Competencies & Skill Sets
Table of Contents
Competencies
In this third session of DC Advocacy Partners, participants will begin to understand:
- How to identify critical city and federal issues and the process by which they can personally address their concerns.
- How a bill becomes a law at the city and federal levels.
- The best ways to advocate for policy and budget change in DC.
- What qualifies as a developmental and/or intellectual disability.
- What the Developmental Disabilities (DD) Act affirms.
Skill sets
Partners will begin to:
- Prepare to give testimony.
- Evaluate what makes for a “good testimony.”
- Describe components of the DD Act and how they impact people with DD.
Agenda
Speakers
Daniel del Pielago
Education Organizer, Empower DC
Ed Lazere
Executive Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute
Dara Baldwin
Public Policy Analyst, National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
Handouts
Influencing Policy Internet and Phone Resources
Local Legislative Process Graphic
Tips for Testifying at a DC Council Hearing
Grassroots Campaigns & Advocacy Toolkit
Community Involvement
Long-Term Project
Session 3 Long Term Project Description: Click here to download
Session 3 Long Term Project Hand-In Sheet: Click here to download