Advocacy Training Webinars
Learn How YOU Can Be an Advocate!
Take our online webinar trainings to learn about what advocacy is and how you can do it. Not sure what advocacy really is? Nervous about meeting with your Senator? Have a story to share but not sure how to share it? Want to get others to join your cause?
We’ll answer these questions and more in the NCCS Advocacy Training Series!
Over the next six months, we will post sessions from our Advocacy Training series. Watch your e-mail for invitations to join us live or visit this page to watch recordings of each presentation.
Learn what advocacy is, why it’s important for all of us to do it, and the basic skills you’ll need to do it – whether you are speaking up for yourself to get treatment that you need, helping others in your community, or taking a stand in the public interest.
Topics covered:
- Definition of Advocacy
- The Advocacy Continuum
- Six Basic Skills for Action
- Examples of Advocacy in Action
- Next Steps and Resources
How to Hold an Effective Meeting with Your Legislator (56 min.)
Learn how to arrange an appointment, how to prepare for your meeting, and what to say depending on where your legislator stands on an issue.
Topics covered:
- Why Visits with Legislators Are Important
- How to Prepare for Your Meeting
- Do's and Don'ts Before, During, and After Your Meeting
- What to Say When Your Legislator Is Supportive (View Video)
- What to Say When Your Legislator Is Not Supportive (View Video)
- What to Say When Your Legislator Isn't Familiar with Your Issue (View Video)
- State and Local Visits
- Resources for Preparing and for Getting Involved
Check back for our next trainings:
The Media and the Message: How to Use to the Media to Raise Awareness and Stir Action (September)
Learn how to share your story or talk about an issue through traditional and new media.
Building a Movement: How to Recruit Advocates to Your Cause (November)
Learn how to use your story and those of fellow cancer survivors to move people to action in support of your cause
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