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Save the Children’s Advocacy Day 2011
Advocates from Around the Country Raise Their Voices for Children on Capitol Hill
The Advocacy Summit 2012 is March 20 & 21: Save the Date! This year’s Advocacy Summit in Washington D.C. saw record numbers of participants, with over 215 Save the Children staff, supporters, board members and advocates attending the two day event on Capitol Hill. Over 130 meetings were held with Congressional offices in which participants spoke boldly on behalf of issues impacting children in the U.S. and in developing countries around the world. The timing of this year’s Advocacy Summit was critical for advocacy efforts around newborn and child survival as proposed budget cuts to funding for maternal and child health were being debated in Congress. Save the Children advocates sent a powerful message that constituents care about this issue, and in particular U.S. youth do not want to see cuts that impact youth around the world. “I think Congress should know kids are the future. They should be healthy everywhere,” said Lexie, a 14-year-old Save the Children supporter from New York.
Advocates also met with policymakers to discuss issues of children’s education and literacy, especially in rural America, as well as the importance of establishing disaster preparedness regulations being at child care facilities nationwide. At this week’s events, Save the Children also named its 2011 Congressional Champions for Children honorees. Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA), Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Sen. Roger Wicker, (R-MS) were recognized for their work on behalf of children in the United States and worldwide. Special guest, Cokie Roberts, also awarded Save the Children President and CEO, Charlie MacCormack, a Champion for Children award for his years of dedication, service and advocacy on behalf of the world’s children. In addition to our traditional advocacy efforts, Save the Children included a special focus on online advocacy opportunities through social media in a presentation given by Susan Ridge, Save the Children’s Vice President of Marketing and Communications. “Tools like Facebook and Twitter help amplify and accelerate advocacy because it’s digital and social and as a result, your advocacy action can spread further and faster than ever before. We are using social media to galvanize support for the investment in children around the world.”
Advocacy Summit participants were encouraged to take photos, blog and write Facebook updates and Tweets about their experiences. YouTube video bloggers, Kristina Horner and Kayley Hyde joined us from Seattle and created videos for YouTube describing their experiences. Watch Kristina and Kayley. Save the Children also encouraged citizens around the country not able to make it to D.C. to participate as an online advocate by sending emails to policymakers through the Save the Children “Action Center” and signing our Facebook petition. Overall, Save the Children counts this year’s Advocacy Summit as another critical milestone in our work to bring immediate and lasting change to children. We look forward to providing additional opportunities to supporters throughout the year to raise their voices for children. Last updated February 2012 |
