The two-day Girl-Centered Practice Advocacy and Activism training addresses the need for service providers, specialists, educators, community leaders, and individuals who care about girls and young women to learn the important roles activism and advocacy play in promoting social change and public policies. Participants must complete the three-day Seminar in Girl-Centered Practice prior to taking Advocacy and Activism for Practitioners.
Course Description
The course is presented in two parts: The Healing Power of Activism and Advocacy in Public Policy. Day One will introduce participants to the ways in which activism, defined as taking action to effect social change, can bring about positive outcomes by empowering and connecting individuals and communities. Day Two will focus on how to create effective advocacy platforms using core principles of political science, including a basic overview of the legislative appropriations process and how advocacy can impact it.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how to engage the voices of girls and young women as activists
- Recognize that identifying and elevating the needs of girls in the community allows for the creation of a healing environment
- Discover key elements of public awareness and communication techniques required to engage citizens and other target audiences in advocacy and activism
- Learn how to create effective advocacy messages on behalf of girls to build public awareness that drives engagement and action
- Understand the importance of connecting best practice research and outcomes of model programs to advocacy strategies that drive public policy changes
What You Will Learn
- Skills necessary to be an effective advocate for girls
- Critical elements of political science
- Key players and stakeholders to target for advocacy messages and efforts
- Communication tactics and strategies: when, how, who and where to use them
- What’s at stake when we don’t have successful advocacy focused on the needs of girls
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About the Girl-Centered Institute
The Girl-Centered Institute (GCI) is a partnership between the Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center, Voices for Florida Girls, the University of North Florida Division of Continuing Education, and the Jacksonville System of Care Initiative. This innovative training program educates participants about effective, research-based practices for addressing the needs of girls and young women who have experienced trauma and/or been impacted the juvenile justice system.
Courses in the Girl-Centered Institute are designed to enhance the skills of professionals and students in the fields of education, social services, child protection, mental health, and juvenile justice, as well as volunteer mentors, coaches, and leaders involved with girl-serving organizations. GCI participants will become more effective in including girls’ voices in their work by learning strategies for translating research into policies, processes, programs and services that emphasize the safety, dignity, and growth of girls.
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