Children's Advocacy Day at the Capitol
Kentucky continues to rank in the bottom ten among states for child well-being. Children’s Advocacy Day at the Capitol began in 2004 as an effort to unite advocates from across the state to raise their voices together on behalf of children’s and families’ safety, health, education and economic well-being. Hundreds of advocates representing more than 40 counties bring children’s needs and solutions to state legislators.
The 5th annual Children's Advocacy Day will be held on February 12, 2009.
For more information on the events contact Lacey McNary at lmcnary@kyyouth.org.
Children's Advocacy Day at the Capitol Resources
- Register for Children's Advocacy Day at the Capitol
- Print a flyer to distribute and recruit
- Resources for the Children's Advocacy Day
- Map of the Capitol Rotunda
- Map of Frankfort
- Check out our group leader and participant tips for ideas on how to organize.
- Print Kentucky Children's Dollars to send to your legislators as a symbol of the need to invest in Kentucky's children (please print double sided).
- Print blank children's dollars for children to draw or color. These can be delivered to legislators at any time throughout the year. Think about getting your local coalitions to fill them out to send on to your elected officials.
- Visit the Legislative Research Commission website for information on current and past legislation, how to contact your legislators, and to access kid-friendly pages.
Sponsors
Over 35 businesses and agencies around the state sponsored Children’s Advocacy Day, 2008. We are collecting interested 2009 sponsors now. If you are interested, please contact Janet Masterson at Community Coordinated Child Care for more information at janet-masterson@4cforkids.com. You can also download the sponsorship invoice today.
Sponsoring organizations’ logos will appear on all printed materials. Your small donation helps cover the costs of education and materials for participants. Sponsors are also group leaders and bring a group to the capitol for Children’s Advocacy Day.
2009 Sponsors to date include:
4-C
4C Northern Kentucky
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
Child Care Council of KY
Children, Inc
Children's Alliance
Community Foundation of Louisville
Eastern Kentucky Child Care Coalition
Family & Children’s Place
Family Resource & Youth Services Center of KY
Generations United
Girl Scouts of Kentucky's Wilderness Road Council
Home of the Innocents
Jefferson Co. Community Early Childhood Council
KAECE
Kentucky Child Now
Kentucky Conference of Methodist Women
Kentucky Council on Child Abuse
Kentucky Nonprofit Leadership Initiative
Kentucky Partnership for Families & Children
Kentucky PTA
Kentucky School Based Health Care Network
Kentucky School Board Association
Kentucky Youth Advocates
LexLinc
Metro United Way Success by Six
NECCO
Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky
Prichard Committee
SAFY of KY
United Way of Greater Cincinnati
United Way of Kentucky
United Way of the Bluegrass
2008 Children's Advocacy Day Highlights
- Children's Advocacy Day Booklet - a guide for the day's events
- See the facts that were displayed in the tunnel between the capitol and the annex.
- Read the rally speeches by Jefferson and Harlan County youth
- KCHIP - Morgan Doss, Harlan Independent Middle School
- Dental - Josh Ball, Harlan Independent High School
- Child Care - Ashley Offut, Eastern High School
- Pre-K - Ali Schatz, Eastern High School
- Payday Lending - Javier Quintero, Eastern High School
- EITC - Chris Head, St. Xavier High School
- See pictures of Children's Advocacy Day 2008 taken by the Courier-Journal.
- Check out press coverage in the Courier-Journal of the event.