What a day, advocates! You rallied, you met with legislators, you packed committee hearings, you tweeted. Your legislators heard you when you asked them to make kids their priority. As rally speaker Tessa Bowling said in her opening speech, “We are leaders, and we have a voice. We are here today to ignite change.” We are still tallying, but it looks like yesterday’s Children’s Advocacy Day was the biggest yet. Thank you to the hundreds [...]

Children's Advocacy Day will be here this Thursday, February 9th! Here is the general agenda and a few reminders: 9:00 Registration begins (Capitol Mezzanine) 10:00 Rally for Kentucky Kids (Capitol Rotunda) 11:00 Attend legislative committee meetings and meet with your legislators 12:30-1:30 Blueprint policy information session (Legislative Annex Room 149) 1. Materials you may want to review in advance. View the Children's Advocacy Day resource booklet online here. The booklet includes a detailed agenda and checklist [...]

With Children’s Advocacy Day at the Capitol mere days away, I find myself running through a long to-do list to make sure I’ve taken care of all of the necessary action items. What’s the status of your to-do list? Have you registered for Children’s Advocacy Day? Did you attend the Advocacy 101 and Children’s Advocacy Day Prep webinar? (If not, you can view and listen to a recording here.) Have you scheduled an appointment with [...]