Tools to Engage: A Deeper Dive into Advocacy

Now, more than ever, direct service organizations are being called upon to advocate for individuals as well as for policy change. By integrating service and social change, organizations can continue to effectively provide needed services, while addressing the root causes that make services necessary. You may be wondering:¥ What would integrating service and social change look like for your organization?
¥ What are some steps you can take, no matter where you are in the process, to more actively engage your constituents?
¥ How can you build on skills you and your staff already have to make a seamless transition to policy advocacy?
Join us on August 29th for answers to these (and many more!) questions during an hour-long Tools to Engage webinar . In an interview with project consultant Judi Sherman, Executive Director of SparkPoint Contra Costa, Betty Geishirt Cantrell, will share her organizationÕs experience of volunteering to engage in a Òdeeper diveÓ to assess their capacity to integrate policy advocacy into their current service provision and develop a plan for future action . YouÕll leave with a sense of what factors helped make this Òdeeper diveÓ a success, how the process changed the organization, and how integrating service and social change might not be such a big leap after all.