PPT-ADVOCACY FOR OUR COMMUNITY

tools of advocacy Speaker Temitope Adeosun Dictionary Definition of advocacy the act of pleading for supporting or recommending active espousal an act of adopting or supporting a cause belief or way of . Advocacyoriented counselors recogni ze the impact of social politic al economic and cultural factors on human development They also help their clients and student s understand their own lives in context This lays the groundwork for selfadvocacy Empo Many . Faces 1 Voice & . The Anonymous People Project. Kim Manlove Director . Indiana Addictions Issues Coalition?. IAIC . Broad based organization whose mission is to. promote recovery through public education, advocacy and service. vermontearlychildhoodalliance.org * 802-229-4281 * a program of the VT Community Loan . Fund. Kelly Ault, Public Engagement Director. The . Vermont . Early Childhood . Alliance. is a statewide, independent, advocacy coalition formed in 2000 to bring together the early childhood community on policy priorities in the areas of health, safety, food, economic security and early care and education.. A Resource of PWSA (USA) www.pwsausa.org. Module . 1. An Overview of Special . Education Law. Special . Ed. ucation. . Attorney:. Jim Comstock-Galagan. S. erved . thirteen years (2001-2014) as the Executive Director\Senior Attorney of the Southern Disability Law Center (SDLC) located in New Orleans, LA, with a second office in Austin, TX. Founded in 2001, SDLC is a non-profit legal services organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the legal rights of people with disabilities throughout the South. It partners with the Southern Poverty Law Center, Protection and Advocacy (P&A) programs, Legal Services Corporations (LSC) and disability organizations on major, systemic disability rights issues involving the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the federal Medicaid Act. Recently in November 2014, Jim retired. . Agenda. What is Advocacy? Why Advocacy?. Effectively Communicating with Congress. Congressional Meeting Breakdown. What is Advocacy?. Building and educating the grassroots . Educating policymakers. Developing research and data. Blending distinctions and disjunctions. Distinctions . In mathematics, two thing are called distinct if they are not equal . In physics, two . things are called distinct if they are not . mapped to . Moving your CCR Beyond an . Incident-Based Response. Cindene Pezzell, National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women. Mary Ingham, Crisis Intervention Services, . Sandra T Murphy, BWJP . When the Victim is Arrested:. Facebook.com/. icstlouis. @. IndpndncCntr. * 4245 Forest Park Avenue * St. Louis, MO 63108 * www.independencecenter.org *. Our Mission. Independence Center is committed to providing a comprehensive system of high quality programs and services that assists adults in the St. Louis metropolitan area with serious and persistent mental illnesses to live and work in the community, independently and with . Objectives for Module 4. Our . Mission(s) . Today:. Review a Brief . history of HIV/AIDS policy advocacy. Understand basic tactics for policy advocacy and how it differs from other kinds of advocacy. Scott Wright, Rachel Peloquin, Jessica Stewart, . Wan-. hsuan. Lin, Emily Morgan, & Peter Williams. Elderly Client Empowerment. Emphasize Autonomy, Meaning, and Ability. Discuss the realities of Ageism. August 18, 2015. Allegra Stout. astout@bostoncil.org, 617-338-6665. Community Organizer, . Boston Center for Independent Living. Example:. Affordable Housing for People with Disabilities in Massachusetts. ��KAMU Grassroots Advocacy ToolkitKAMU Grassroots Advocacy ToolkitContentsIntroductionGrassroots Advocacy 101Why Grassroots Advocacy?Getting Started: Who are Your ‘Grassroots’? THE ® We exist to reduce the disease of addiction as well as oering support in the process of recovery. For far too long the nature of recovery from addiction has been veiled in secrecy and sha Study Overview. These findings and recommended actions are based on a nationwide study of tourism advocacy . planning. efforts.. In-depth interviews . with 26 state-level destination and advocacy association leaders and an .