Becoming an Effective Advocate Training Session

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As citizens, it's our constitutional right to petition our elected representatives to support, introduce, or oppose legislation. In this training, you will learn that lobbying (or petitioning) is both an art and science with the following goals:

• Turning No into Maybe
• Turning Maybe into Yes
• Turning Yes into Let me Help you Build Support

During this 90-minute training session, we will cover the following topics:

• The Art and Science of Lobbying
• Stages of Passing a Bill
• Online Legislative Tools
• Lobby Meeting Do's
• Advocacy Power Tools and more

The facilitator for this program is Andrea Miller, founding board member and policy strategist at the Center for Common Ground. This training session is brought to you by the Center for Faith, Justice, and Reconciliation, Union Presbyterian Seminary's Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation, National Council of Churches USA, and Sojourners.