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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; moreover, the MHSC is interested in providing opportunities to enable other people to advocate for themselves. 

 

The MHSC 2011 Advocacy Plan sets out to: 1) build and maintain working relationship with state and federal legislators and their staff, especially new legislators; 2) actively participate in the FY 2012 budget process; 3) maintain positive working relationship with Montcalm County Board of Commissioners; 4) impact capacity for community-driven advocacy.  

 

Past MHSC advocacy activities include: co-sponsorship of community candidate forums, collecting candidate question responses, inviting candidates/elected officials/their representatives to meetings, conducting advocacy training, promoting community legislative events, communicating with elected officials, Michigan Kids Count Book release promotion, and co-sponsoring a voter engagement training.   

 

Community Candidate Forums 

 

In 2010, the MHSC partnered on two Candidate Forums. See the 2010 Election menu tab on the left side of this page for information about those events.

 

Legislative Contact Information Resources

 

Good communication and relationships with legislative representatives are important, so here are some resources for your educational efforts:   

 

Click here for the MHSC document containing current phone numbers, e-mails, and addresses for key Federal, State, and Local elected officials/staff.

 

Click here for the 2011-2012 Montcalm County Government Directory.

 

Click here for the 6/8/11 online Daily News Story about the 2011 county redistricting decisions.  

 

Click here for the 2011 Michigan League for Human Services Government Directory. Includes committee leadership and members (2 Pages, uploaded 4/7/11).  

 

The "2010-2011 Citizen's Guide to State Government- First Glance" is available online as a PDF document. A hard copy version should be available soon from state legislative officials. "The intent of A Citizen’s Guide to State Government– First Glance is to provide basic information about your newly elected government officials. This booklet includes an updated listing of State agencies and other very helpful information. A more detailed version will be printed when more information becomes available."

  

Visit www.montcalm.org for locally elected officials' and governments' contact and meeting information.   

 

EightCAP/Montcalm Community College  Legislative Update Lunches

 

The schedule of the 2011-2012 lunches is now listed on our website's 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 talk 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.