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Advocacy 101
Talking to your elected officials throughout the year is just as important as voting, but it's something that not everyone takes the time to do. In the videos below, taken from day 2 of Engage Seattle Organizing Training on November 13th, 2011, Nancy Amidei of the Civic Engagement Project talks about some easy ways that you can become an advocate.
Legislative advocacy training
Nancy Amidei gives a legislative advocacy presentation to an Engage Seattle Organizing Training class. [Update: The final voter turnout numbers for King County for the November 2011 election were 52%, not 30%.]
Nancy Amidei gives a legislative advocacy presentation to an Engage Seattle Organizing Training class. [Update: The final voter turnout numbers for King County for the November 2011 election were 52%, not 30%.]
Materials from the video:
Clips from the video:
If we're not responsive to you, if we don't hold ourselves accountable to you, we're not doing our jobs.
Have a question about how to get involved? Contact Community Engagement Coordinator Sol Villarreal at 206-427-3062 or sol.villarreal@seattle.gov.
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