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Advocacy is Key

 

As resources get tighter, new solutions need to be identified, and leaders need to be cultivated, effective advocacy work is more important than ever. The MHSC is committed to advocating for the needs of Montcalm County residents and organizations. And as the MHSC continues  learning how to advocate more effectively, they are interested in providing opportunities to enable other people to better advocate for themselves. Past MHSC advocacy activities include: co-sponsorship of community candidate forums, getting responses to candidate questions, inviting candidates and elected officials/their representatives to our meetings, arranging  an advocacy training at an annual retreat, regularly communicating with elected officials, and co-sponsorshing a voter engagement training.

 

Check out the Defining Moment/Community Conversations Final Report from The Center of Michigan (released June 3, 2010).     

 

Candidate Forums 

 

The MHSC has agreed to partner on two Candidate Forums this year. The Primary forum was in July and the other is going to be October 26.

 

Click here to see about the July forum. 

 

Legislative Contact Information

 

Good communication and relationships with legislative representatives are important, so here are some resources:   

 

Click here for a one page PDF document containing phone numbers, emails, and addresses for key State and Federal elected officials.

 

You can visit www.montcalm.org for contact and meeting info for locally elected officials/ governments. 

 

EightCAP Legislative Lunches

 

**NEW** A schedule of the 2010-2011 lunches is now on the website Event Calendar. 

 

They are held at Montcalm Community College in Sidney during lunch, and they run from Fall through Spring. They are a unique opportunity to personally meet and dialogue with your legislative representatives. 

 

To get on a e-mail reminder list or for more info, please contact EightCAP at (616) 754-9315 or contact Allison DeMara at allisond@8cap.org.