Community advocacy starts with what is important to us - individually, in our neighborhoods and our communities, vs the traditional approach, in which very few people with specialized knowledge and education advocate

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Community
Advocacy
From “To” to “With…“
Schools Out Washington
Bridge Conference 2015
Joyce Yee | October 19, 2015

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Working to improve public
education in Washington state
from cradle to career with ample,
equitable, and stable funding.

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Agenda
• Introduction: 15 minutes
• Round one: ourselves and our cultures: 15
minutes
• Round two: our neighborhood: 15 minutes
• Round three: our communities: 15 minutes
• Putting it together: 15 minutes
• Take an action! – 15 minutes

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Stories, stories…

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Who speaks out about our
communities?
Traditional Community
• Experts
• Specialized
knowledge
• We tell our stories
• Everyone has knowledge
to share

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Who is an education advocate? That
depends on who tells our stories…
People: parents,
students, educators,
CBO’s…
Legislators and
other elected
officials
Our
communities
Experts
Neighborhoods…
Our cultures,
elders, women,
youth…

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Instructions
• Count off by…,
form small groups
• You will have 15
minutes to
share…
• What is one thing
you like about
your culture?
• And what is one
thing you would
like to improve?
Round One

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Round two: Your neighborhoods…

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Round two
• What is one thing
that you like about
your
neighborhood?
• And what is one
thing that you
would like to
improve?

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Round three: your community…

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Round three
• What is one
thing that you
like about your
community?
• And what is one
thing that you
would like to
improve?

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Instructions
• Your group will
introduce itself
• Please share
about
• Your cultures
• Your
neighborhoods
• Your
communities
Putting it together

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Take an action!

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QUESTIONS?
@edvoters
Thank you -
Joyce Yee
joyce@educationvoters.org