Workshop: Advocacy Program

📅 Event Details 

Date: September 24, 2025 
Time: 6:30pm (Pacific) 
Location: Online via Zoom

Are you passionate about making sure every parent in your school community feels heard, supported, and empowered?

Then don’t miss our upcoming Workshop “Curious about Advocacy.”

This session is your chance to learn how to build a sustainable, parent-led advocacy program -- right in your own district.

What You’ll Learn

✅ How to launch and manage a sustainable Parent Advocacy Project

✅ Tools for training parent volunteers and handling parent concerns

✅ Strategies for district-wide promotion and long-term engagement

✅ Insights about the Exclusion Tracker – what it reveals about our schools

✅ A special presentation from the Ombudsperson on parent rights and education equity

What We'll Cover

• Who should lead the project: PAC, DPAC, or the district?
• Creating clear policies and realistic expectations
• What leadership and time commitment is really needed?

The Implementation:

• How to recruit and train parent advocates
• Managing concerns & assigning advocates

The Future:

• Keeping momentum going
• Planning for leadership transitions
• Measuring impact and celebrating progress
• Sustaining long-term interest

Why It Matters:

• Every parent and caregiver deserve to feel supported.
• Every concern deserves to be heard.
• Let’s build a school community where advocacy is the norm, not the exception.