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Longtime friends Jane Brooks and Joyce Burd decided to combine their skills, Jane as a writer and Joyce as an arts administrator, to bring ballroom dancing to 5th grade classrooms in Philadelphia.

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Highlights of Advocacy Training Session:

Learning Objectives:

  • Explain the purpose and types of advocacy
  • Strengthen participant interest in community organizing (and personal leadership)
  • Learn how to use personal experiences to tell an effective advocacy story

Some Topics Covered:

  • What is advocacy?
  • Demystifying advocacy
  • Why is advocacy important?
  • What tools do you need to effectively tell your story?
  • What is most important when you introduce yourself to a public official?
  • How do you plan to use advocacy in your community?
  • How will this training influence how you advocate in the future?

This highly interactive training will have both small group and large group activities.

For more information, please call (215) 204-8585 or e-mail info@comingofage.org.