Fourth District Advocacy Training September 15 2017 Vivien Moreno VP Advocacy and Kathleen Fay Sacramento Safari PTA advocacy speaks up for all children Let us have no more croaking as to what cannot be done let us see what can be done and above all see that it is done ID: 705753
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Introduction to Advocacy
Fourth District Advocacy Training September 15, 2017
Vivien Moreno, VP Advocacy and Kathleen Fay, Sacramento Safari Slide2
PTA advocacy speaks up for all children
“Let us have no more croaking as to what cannot be done; let us see what can be done, and above all, see that it is done.”
Alice McLellan Birney, 1897
“Those who show up, make the decisions.”
Celia Jaffe, CAPTA President–elect, January, 2017Slide3
PTA Authority to take action
National Position
Convention Resolutions
Position Statements
Legislative platforms and policies approved at convention
Issue related guidelines
California State PTA
State Legislation Issues and Ballot Measures
State ResolutionsOrganizational positions
Local Advocacy
Determine if CAPTA has taken a position on an issue before acting locally
If not:
President appoints a committee to study the issue and present it to the voting body. If PTA approved that is your authority to act.
*Do not go against an official CAPTA positionSlide4
Are PTA Advocates Lobbyists? … NO
PTA
Nonpartisan
Volunteer
Nonprofit
Champion securing adequate laws for the care and protection of children
Lobbyist
Partisan
Paid to represent a particular POVSlide5
Where Do You Advocate?
Make sure you are on every unit and council meeting’s agenda and provide a report. (Use
The Communicator
and the
Talking Points
to get started.)
Write an article concerning a PTA issue relevant to your school and get it in the e-newsletter or newsletter (Advocacy vs. Information: be careful about material you send home with children.) Consider attending a school board meeting. It is a great way to learn about the big picture in public education.Slide6
When do you Advocate?
Unit meetings, Council Meetings, School Board Meetings
Stay informed and be ready to answer questions any time
With State Legislators during Sacramento Safari and at
localoffices
when they are back home.Slide7
How Do We Advocate?
Report at units and council meetings
Share Legislation Alerts and PTA calls to action
Host Voter Registration drives
Attend Sacramento Safari
Start a written report that can be e-mailed to all unit presidents to share with their unit members. *Use the Bcc function to keep e-mail addresses confidentialSlide8
Advocacy Resources
CA PTA toolkit
Legislative Advocacy Chairman
Job Description
Fourth District Advocacy Resource Notebook
Advocacy Communicator- sign up
advocacy@fourthdistrictpta.org Legislative action alerts- sign up at www.capta.org websiteEd100
https://ed100.org/ Fourth District PTA www.fourthdistrictpta.orgCalifornia PTA www.capta.org
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Questions? – We get Answers!
Think of a question later?
Email us at
advocacy@fourthdistrictpta.org
Thank you for Advocating for our children and attending our training session!