Competencies & Skill Sets
Table of Contents
Competencies
In this eighth session of DC Advocacy Partners, participants will:
- Identify ways to begin and sustain grassroots level organizing around specific issues
- Identify existing groups/organizations who could benefit from working with you/you working with them
- Recognize the issues that exist in local organizing efforts in DC
- Understand the importance of thanking your advocacy networks
Skill sets
Partners will:
- Learn to use the media to effectively promote their issues
- Write an effective thank you note
Agenda
Speakers
Matthew Frumin
Chair, Advisory Neighborhood Commission, ANC3E
Liane Scott
Founder, Grassroots DC
Kamilah Martin-Proctor
Founder & Executive Director, Martin Multiple Sclerosis Alliance Foundation &
Co-Chair, National Council on Disability
Handouts
Partial List of Community Organizing Resources
Disability Issues: Organizing Community Support
About Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs)
Media Advocacy Manual from the American Public Health Association
Case Study on Social Media on Disability Rights Issues: Amplifying Your Voice by Lydia Brown
Media Workshop Handout & Interacting with the Media Handout from the Washington Peace Center
Free & Affordable Event Space for Action
DC Vote: 10 Myths about the District of Columbia
Community Involvement
Long-Term Project
See Community Involvement above