Becoming An Effective Advocate Training
Tue, Jul 19
|Zoom Meeting
Join this FREE virtual training to develop and enhance skills as an effective advocate petitioning your elected officials and mobilizing your community to take action on issues that matter to you!
Time & Location
Jul 19, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Zoom Meeting
About the event
As citizens, it's our constitutional right to petition elected representatives to support, introduce, or oppose legislation. In this training, you will learn that lobbying (or petitioning) is both an art and science.
The Center for Faith, Justice, and Reconciliation and Union Presbyterian Seminary's Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation have partnered to offer this virtual advocacy training for faith leaders. Participants will learn how to educate and mobilize their communities to take action on issues that matter to them. Topics that will be covered include: -The Art and Science of Lobbying -Stages of Passing a Bill-Online Legislative Tools -Lobby Meeting Do's - Advocacy Power Tools and more! This 90-minute session will be facilitated by Andrea Miller, founding board member at the Center for Common Ground.