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Me and all my friends We’re all misunderstood They say we stand for nothing And there’s no way we ever could. Now we see everything that’s going wrong With the world and those who lead it We just feel like we don’t have the means To rise above and beat it.
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Me and all my friendsWe’re all misunderstoodThey say we stand for nothingAnd there’s no way we ever could
Now we see everything that’s going wrongWith the world and those who lead itWe just feel like we don’t have the meansTo rise above and beat it
So we keep waitingWaiting on the world to changeWe keep on waitingWaiting for the world to change
It’s hard to beat the systemWhen we’re standing at a distanceSo we keep on waitingWaiting for the world to change
NotWaiting on the World to Change Davenport Community School District Board Members Ralph Johanson Ken Krumwiede Richard Clewell
NotWaiting on the World to Change YESTERDAY TODAY TOMORROW
NotWaiting on the World to Change Yesterday...the history of how we got to Today • Connect with organizations: • Iowa Association of School Boards • Urban Education Network • After School Alliance • PTA\PTO
NotWaiting on the World to Change Got moving………. What we did: Wrote Letters Called Legislators Attended the IASB Leadership Academy Made sure Advocacy was on our Board agenda Created a Legislative Advocacy Committee
NotWaiting on the World to Change Broadened the Base of Support………………. What we did: Expanded the Legislative Advocacy Committee Organized Constituency Groups Early Childhood Teachers Faith-based Business Student Councils Scott County School Board Coalition
NotWaiting on the World to Change Hit the Road................. What we did: Participated in IASB and UEN Lobby Days Organized DCSD Lobby Days Student Perspective -Students as Message Bearers Follow-up
NotWaiting on the World to Change Legislator Attention What we did: Legislator Receptions Meet the Candidate Forums Legislator Forums Attend IASB Legislator Forums in Des-Moines Follow-up
NotWaiting on the World to Change Today.......How we put together what we learned It’s Grounded on RELATIONSHIPS!! It begins with ……. Student-Student Student-Teacher Teacher-Parent Teacher-Principal Principal-Superintendent Superintendent-Board Board-Community Community-Legislators
NotWaiting on the World to Change Tomorrow...where are we all going with what we have learned? US YOU • Becoming a Resource • Becoming More Strategic • Developing a Higher Profile
CONTACT INFORMATION • Rich Clewell • rclewell@mchsi.com • 563.359.4598 • Ken Krumwiede • knocky1@aol.com • 563.320.2419 • Ralph Johanson • rjohanson1@msn.com • 563.340.7046 www.davenportschools.org/currentissues/legislativeadvocacy.asp