umw lobby training ppt

8/3/2019 UMW Lobby Training PPT

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Okay, seriously.

About the phones.

You have options!1. Turn it off.

2. Ask someone to help you turn it off.3. Put it in a different room.

But PLEASE don t let it ring during thepresentations!

FAITHFUL WITNESS:

Creating Community Through LegislativeAdvocacy


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Building Community ThroughLegislative Engagement

Dr. King s Beloved Community:the kind of society in which every

person is valuedand where all conflictsare reconciledin a spirit of goodwilland mutual benefit.

Current Texas Conflicts

Money Regulation RedistrictingI mmigration Recent Elections Political

Rhetoric Crime and Punishment How toEducate Our Children

Community

Com (together)+ Munus (gift, exchange)

S hare-together


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Characteristics of a Robust Community

Characteristics of a Broken Community

CivilityCivilus relating to citizens

appropriate behavior for a citizen


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Civility versus Community

Civility is what wedo individually

Community is whatwe have together

AdvocacyVocare voice, summon help

Special kind of problem-solvingFor,not against

Legislative Advocacy

Common (mis)understandings

getting what you wantwinningmakingyour case


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Standard Advice for Legislative Visits Be on time Wear clean clothes Don t hog up the conversation Take notes Don t lie Say thank you Do what you promise

Using Legislative Advocacy to Build Community

Use your visit to build something, not to getsomething.

Create a narrative about the kind of community youwant to live in with the other people in the meeting.

Find out what kind of community the other people inthe meeting want to live in.

Civil Communication that Builds Community

Committing to be together even though we don t always agree

Respect for the other s worldview

Acknowledging the historical moment

Describing how and why we hope the future can be better


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Community-Building Elevator Speech

It would be great for Texas ifI encourage you toMy greatest hope for this session isI m proud of Texas whenI want to work with you to

Using Advocacy To Build Community ThroughThe Session And Beyond

Create space for dialogue in your congregationKeep your narrative phrased in the positiveKeep listening

To your legislators

To others in the community

Books on Community, Civility and Public Life

Habits of the Heart (Robert Bellah) B owling Alone; American Grace: How Religion

Divides and Unites Us; B etter Together: Restoringthe American Community (Robert Putnam)

The True and Only Heaven (Christopher Lasch) Dialogic Civility in a Cynical Age: Community,

Hope, and Interpersonal Relationships (Arnett andArneson)

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