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Advocacy to Your Future

Advocacy to Your Future. Presented by The Advocacy Center 590 South Avenue Rochester NY 14620 585-546-1700 800-650-4967. What is Advocacy?. Advocacy is doing something for another person Advocacy is doing something with another person for that person

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Advocacy to Your Future

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  1. Advocacy to Your Future Presented by The Advocacy Center 590 South Avenue Rochester NY 14620 585-546-1700 800-650-4967

  2. What is Advocacy? • Advocacy is doing something for another person • Advocacy is doing something with another person for that person • Self-Advocacy is doing something for yourself

  3. YOU HOLD THE VISION

  4. Steps to Effective Advocacy • Identify the current issue or concern • Obtain complete information and organize • Look at the issue/concern/problem from another’s viewpoint • Make contacts • Make a plan and ask for help if you need it

  5. Advocacy (cont’d) • What are the alternatives? • Take action/be persistent and follow through • Be courteous and thank everyone • You can do it!

  6. Watkins Glen, New York

  7. Group Activity • Watkins Glen is a very busy community during race weekend, making local travel difficult. • You have been nominated by your neighbors to address the City Council to ask for policemen to direct traffic during the busiest times on race weekends. • Outline at least 5 steps you will take to prepare your presentation to City Council.

  8. My Vision Based on the Steps to Effective Advocacy, list 5 steps that you will take to meet your vision.

  9. Questions?

  10. Thank You and Good Luck!

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