The Children's Defense Fund website has many useful links. This week I followed the "Take Action" tab. Under this tab was suggestions for how to take action from your home or in your community. Under the subtitle "Advocacy that Works", there are suggestions for how to advocate for children's policies that work. Under this tab there are links with instructions on how to e-mail, call or send a letter to our elected officials. If you keep following those prompts, they allow you to choose an issue and then they give you a template for a letter that you can personalize and then send to your senator. I also am signed up for the newsletters but I did not receive one this week.
As far as our topic for this week of availability, accessibility and affordability of care, I was able to find a section called Early Learning Challenge Fund which is one of the CDF's policy priorities. This website continues to be very informative and interesting. I enjoy spending the time getting to know more about specific topics. I am still pleased with this site as a choice. The more I learn about this organization the more I like it and would want to be a supporter of it in the future.
Here's the link:
http://www.childrensdefense.org/
Cari,
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of "taking action" in your own town....if we do not invest in our communities who will. I believe you get what you put into a situation...so if we invest now the outcome will be greater oppose to not investing in our youth/future. Great post!
Nicky
Cari,
DeleteThanks for all of the words of encouragement!!! We are almost at the finish line...stay focused and continue to be a beacon of hope our children and families need!!!
Best wishes,
Nicky