[Community Event] Virtual Policy & Advocacy Training Series: Gearing Up for 2021, Nov 20 - Jan 21

[Community Event] Virtual Policy & Advocacy Training Series: Gearing Up for 2021, Nov 20 - Jan 21

Virtual Policy & Advocacy Training Series
Sunday, November 15, 2020 - 3:00pm to Monday, January 11, 2021 - 2:45pm

Join this series of free virtual trainings in November 2020, December 2020, and January 2021! Save the date to hear from local policy and advocacy experts as we gear up for the 2021 legislative session.

Click here to register for all/any of the sessions.

Click here for recordings & materials from completed sessions.

  • Civics for Change
    Nov. 15, 2020 | 3:00-4:30 pm
    Want to better your community and don’t know where to start? This interactive session will teach you the key steps to becoming a changemaker. Bring your ideas and a friend.
    Presented by Jaylen Murakami, Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute and Colby Takeda, Blue Zones Project Hawaiʻi.

  • Building Power in Challenging Times
    Nov. 22, 2020 | 3:00-4:30 pm
    Organizing, networking and leadership development values and strategies to mobilize for change.
    Presented by Christy MacPherson, PHOCUSED.

  • Getting your message out through effective PR and communications
    Dec. 6, 2020 | 3:00-4:30 pm
    During COVID-19, communications are more important than ever. Learn about getting your message out through traditional media and public relations (news articles, op-eds, letters to the editor) along with digital communications (social media, emails, and more).
    Presented by Ryan Catalani, Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network.

  • What to do now that session is here
    Dec. 13, 2020 | 3:00-4:30 pm
    This session will address how to submit testimony, contacting your legislator, doing one-on-one meetings with legislators, how to use your story and why this is important.
    Presented by Laura Nevitt, Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network

  • Legislative panel: How has COVID-19 changed the way we interact with elected officials?
    Jan. 10, 2021 | 3:00-4:30 pm
    Hear from officials on remote testifying best practices, keeping up communication, and how to build a relationship in a virtual space
    Presented by Kathleen Algire, Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network and Sandy Ma, Common Cause Hawaiʻi.

Organized by Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network, Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute, Blue Zones Project Hawaiʻi, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, Common Cause Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations, and PHOCUSED.

Contact Information
info [at] hawaii-can.org