Become a more powerful advocate for public transit
October 3, 2008
This is your opportunity to become a more powerful advocate for public transit! The Regional Transit Alliance is hosting an advocacy training event specially designed for "friends of RTA" on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. The event will begin with registration and light meal at 5:30 p.m. Training will follow at 6 p.m. and will end at 8:30 p.m. (Location still to be confirmed.)
Stephanie D. Vance, Advocacy Associates, LLC in Washington, D.C., will facilitate our training event. Participants in her workshop will learn more about the following:
- appropriate roles for citizen transit advocacy groups
- transit-related issues, legislation, and initiatives at the federal, state and local levels
- the process of being an effective advocate (i.e., four keys to grassroots advocacy, effective message development and delivery techniques, the power of constituency, follow-up and continuing advocacy efforts, and more)
REGISTRATION:
Mark your calendar and plan to attend! For more information or to pre-register, contact Cynthia at the RTA office, 816-471-6808 or rta@kctransit.org.
INSTRUCTOR:
Stephanie D. Vance is the author of Government by the People: How to Communicate with Congress and the fabjob.com guide, Get a Job on Capitol Hill, and has 15 years of experience in congressional affairs. She has worked in a prominent D.C. law firm, lobbied for National Public Radio and worked in various congressional offices, holding positions as legislative director and staff director. Her work on congressional communications stems from a deep and abiding belief that government is effective only when citizens are active participants.
Stephanie has presented the concepts behind How to Communicate with Congress at seminars and workshops around the country, including the Brookings Institution’s Government Affairs Institute. She has also appeared on WAMU’s “Public Interest” to discuss the basics of congressional communications. Her Web site, www.advocacyguru.com, has won a number of awards, and her work has been the subject of a variety of print media stories, including an interview with the National Journal’s Cloakroom publication.
Stephanie holds a Masters Degree in Legislative Affairs from George Washington University and was a 1999 German Marshall Fund Fellow. She is listed in “Who’s Who in American ”Women.”
