Your Personal Advocacy Journey

"A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark."
-- Robert A. Heinlein

What inspires and excites you most about your advocacy plan and being an advocate?

• What inspires me to be an advocate and implementing my advocacy plan is knowing that I have the ability to make a difference in a child's life.  I am excited for someone to hear my plan and give me feedback and hopefully persuading them towards my advocacy cause.

What challenges and/or anxieties do you feel related to engaging in the advocacy efforts you have targeted?

• My main anxiety is just presenting in front of a group of people.  I tend to get nervous doing public speaking and I want to be well prepared to know and understand all the avenues of my advocacy so that I can feel confident when I present it. 

What do you believe will be most effective in helping you overcome any challenging emotions you may be feeling with regard to presenting and implementing your Advocacy Action Plan? How can you encourage others in their advocacy efforts, and how can others encourage you?

• I think to overcome my challenging emotions I need to make sure I am well prepared when doing my advocacy plan.  To be well prepared I need to make sure I know all the information to my fullest ability so that I am well prepared when presenting it.  I can encourage others by letting them know how this advocacy is so important and all the benefits it will have in the life of a child. 

How can you encourage others in their advocacy efforts, and how can others encourage you?

 I can encourage others by letting them know how this advocacy is so important and all the benefits it will have in the life of a child.  They will need to see the positive effects of the end goal and I will help them to see that.  I will help in anyway that I can and try to show and teach them how to use their resources properly.