Advocacy

 

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There are three options for giving your input on a bill at Washington's 2021 legislative session: (1) Note you position for the record, (2) submit written testimony, or (3) testify live at a hearing. View or download our pdf for more details.

Washington's 2021 legislative session will be mostly remote, making it more accessible than ever for advocates from across the state to make our voices heard. View or download our pdf to find out how you can get involved.

Letters to the editor are important tools for advocates like you. They influence the press’s coverage of issues facing Washington’s kids and families; legislators read them; and they raise public awareness among fellow readers in your area. Use this guide to help you compose a letter and find publications to send it to.

In the midst of the 2020 legislative session, your legislators are back home and they want to hear from YOU. Now’s your chance to speak up for kids and families. Find a town hall near you.

The Early Learning Action Alliance invites you to make some noise for the little ones at our first Early Learning Advocacy Day! Join us to Think Babies, stroll the capitol, and advocate for early learning resources for children and families in Washington. We invite you learn about advocacy, take a deep dive on issues such as prenatal services, home visiting, ECEAP, and child care, and rally on

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Washington kids and families recently lost a joyful, compassionate advocate who brought her gifts and spirit to our shared work for equity and for kids.

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Working with parents, policymakers and community leaders from across Washington state, Children’s Alliance advances public policies that address the barriers of poverty and racism in order to give every child the opportunities they deserve. In the 2019 session, our advocacy produced the following results:

On Saturday, October 26th, Children’s Alliance is hosting an advocacy training for our members and the public in Vancouver, WA. Details below:

Vancouver Advocacy Day
Saturday, October 26th
10am to 3pm
Water Resources Education Center
4600 SE Columbia Way
Vancouver, WA 98668

On Friday, October 4th, Children’s Alliance is sponsoring a community-led advocacy training with leaders in Spokane, WA. Details below:

Spokane Advocacy Day
Friday, October 4th
5:00pm to 8:00pm
Martin Luther King Jr. Center – East Central Community Center
500 Stone St
Spokane, WA 99202

“It’s an incredible honor to be recognized before my peers from all across the country,” said Maranan. “I’ve learned so much from them. Together, we have worked to develop and deploy the tools of democracy that can change kids’ lives.”

MEDIA ADVISORY: Monday, March 11, 2019

Download a copy (PDF).

PARA MÁS INFORMACIÓN:
Sarah Sumadi, OneAmerica, (206) 723-2203 x226
Malou Chávez, Proyecto de los Derechos del Inmigrante, (206) 957-8633
Eric Holzapfel, Entre Hermanos, (206) 486-9755

State lawmakers can take important steps to improve kids’ lives in the 2019 state legislative session. Candidates for the Washington state legislature will make critical choices for our kids if they are elected in November. Their choices can help kids have great childhoods and grow up strong, and advance racial equity and opportunity for all our kids.

Children’s Alliance has taken the following positions on statewide ballot measures.