Considering Your Capacity

Considering Your Capacity

 

 

 

Which issues impacting young children and their families and/or the field of early childhood fuel your passion?

 The issues that impact me and fuel my passion are the following:

·         Quality childcare for all

·         Teacher’s salary

·         Programs that support children and families.

I believe that all children should have the opportunity to go a quality center. I think teacher salary need to increase across the nation.  Finally, I believe that there need to more programs that support the whole without income guild line.

 What resources do you have at your disposal that can benefit your advocacy work?

The resource that I have at my disposal are flyers of different programs the support family. For example, like parenting class and free health screen for families.  Also, the different website of the quality childcare center in the community. For teachers have list training that help the increase their salary. Also list more that are campaigning for increase teacher’s salary.

In what ways do you hope to grow in order to be a more effective advocate?

I hope to gain more knowledge about advocacy so that I can advocate more for those issue close to my heart. Also, working with different advocates and learning from them on how to work with the families and the community leaders the will give me more experience.

 

 

 

 

 

Motivations, Strategies, Resources, Leadership, and Advice

Motivations, Strategies, Resources, Leadership, and Advice

 

What motivated you to start advocating for very young children?

I want to make a different in a child life.  I also want to give children health start to education. I want to support programs that focus child development.

 

Why is it essential to acknowledge and foster advocacy efforts at the micro as well as the macro level?

For me, advocacy starts off as a grassroots movement with small voices and the more voices add to the movement demand change.

 

What does it take to be a community leader on early childhood issues?

To be a community leader in early childhood issues the person must be knowledge on what families need in their community. You must have an open mind and willingness to work with other with different backgrounds and cultural beliefs. You must work with elected official in community.

 

What resources does it take to be a state leader on early childhood issues?

 The two main resources are time and money. Working with an organization that supports young children educational programs.  . Pre-K for PA is an issue campaign supported by individuals and organizations across Pennsylvania who believe that investing in our children is the right choice and an urgent necessity. The 2014 election is was important election year for the state of Pennsylvania. All children should have the opportunity to enter school ready to succeed, and your help is needed to send that message to candidates for governor and the legislature.

 

What tactics or strategies do you use to mobilize others?

Sharing information through social media   by creating a page on Facebook, or like the different organization that support young children and families Naeyc or Children Defense. Also send emails about

 

What advice would you give to someone who was interested in taking a leadership role in advocating for young children and their families?

Start by joining up with local organizations that support issues that have meaning for you. Volunteer for an event or attend a community meeting offered via their membership emails. Learn who the elected officials in community are.  Also, write to the elected officials and tell them about your concern with young children and the changes that you would like to see for the community.

 

References

http://www.prekforpa.org

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Messages for Families

     Messages for Families

 

Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

-Senator Robert F. Kennedy, June 6, 1966

 

One of parent was pregnant with her three child .She was experiencing very bad back pain there was a language barrier with and doctors they would ask her the level of pain on scale from one  to ten she did not understand. I talk to the family advocate at my center who she good relationship with and she offer to go with her to emergency.  The family advocate told the doctor that she doesn't understand the question about the level of pain. She explain the question to parent so she could understand.  The end result is that my parent receive some pain medicine.

 

 From this experience I learn that you can advocate for one family and make different. I continue to advocate for my families in many ways like get translator for parents meeting, help the find resources in the community and supporting them in growth and development.