Amy Conley Wright & Kenneth J. Jaffe 
Six Steps to Successful Child Advocacy [EPUB ebook] 
Changing the World for Children

Six Steps to Successful Child Advocacy: Changing the World for Children offers an interdisciplinary approach to child advocacy, nurturing key skills through a proven six-step process that has been used to train child advocates and create social change around the world. The approach is applicable for micro-advocacy for one child, mezzo-advocacy for a community or group of children, and macro-advocacy at a regional, national, or international level. This practical text offers skill-building activities and includes timely topics such as how to use social media for advocacy. Case studies of advocacy campaigns highlight applied approaches to advocacy across a range of issues, including child welfare, disability, early childhood, and education.  Words of wisdom from noted child advocates from the U.S. and around the world, including a foreword from Dr. Jane Goodall, illustrate key concepts. Readers are guided through the process of developing a plan and tools for a real-life child advocacy campaign.

Table des matières

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Parameters of advocacy

Chapter 3: Planning your project with the six steps to successful child advocacy

Chapter 4: Step 1–Knowing your issue

Chapter 5: Step 2, Research for background and impact

Chapter 6: Step 3–Preparing effective materials

Chapter 7: Step 4—Making Meetings That Work

Chapter 8: Step 5–Conducting strategic follow-up

Chapter 9: Step six–Reinforcing successful advocacy outcomes

Chapter 10: Where do we go from here?

A propos de l’auteur

Kenneth J. Jaffe (M.A., University of California, Berkeley; J.D., John F. Kennedy University) has implemented the Six Steps to Successful Child Advocacy in more than 40 countries. He is the Executive Director of the International Child Resource Institute (ICRI), committed to improving the lives of children and families, with offices and programs worldwide. He is the author of numerous articles on making change for children and co-authored the book Straw into Gold, translated into into Haitian Creole, Nepali and the Ga dialect of Ghana. He has chaired numerous commissions and planning bodies worldwide, including the California Governor′s Advisory Committee on Child Development, and was a founding member of the World Forum on Early Care and Education. He has improved more than 400 children’s programs worldwide and has advised the governments of 15 countries on child and family policy. He has presented hundreds of seminars and keynotes to professionals worldwide and has lectured at universities around the world.