Competencies & Skill Sets
Table of Contents
Competencies
In this eighth session of DC Advocacy Partners, participants will:
- Identify ways to create 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
Skill sets
Partners will:
- Learn how to prepare for graduation
Agenda
Speakers
Kimberly Perry
Executive Director, DC Vote
Kamilah Martin-Proctor
Founder & Executive Director, Martin Multiple Sclerosis Alliance Foundation &
Council Member, National Council on Disability
Handouts
Guide to Federal Disability Rights Laws
Partial List of Organizations and Resources on Community Organizing
Grassroots Campaigns & Advocacy from The Leadership Conference Education Fund
Disability Issues: Organizing Community Support from the ILRU
Strategies for Community Organizing adapted from “Strategies for Community Organizing” by John R. Johnson
Media Advocacy Manual from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
Interacting with the Media: Handout 1 and Handout 2
Case Study on Social Media in Disability Rights Issues: Amplifying Your Voice by Lydia Brown
About DC Event Spaces adapted from the Washington Peace Center
About ANCs adapted from DC.gov’s Advisory Neighborhood Commissions page
About DC Vote: 10 Myths about DC from DC Vote
Community Involvement
Long-Term Project
See Community Involvement above