Advocacy Teams Summit 2022

Join with fellow Advocacy Team members to strengthen your skills, hear from special guest speakers, and celebrate a powerful year of grassroots advocacy together.

Schedule

5:30 p.m. EST
Coffee Chat (Optional)
Join us early for informal conversation with Advocacy Teams staff before the summit begins.

6:00 p.m. EST
Welcome and Ice Breaker
Hear an opening address from Advocacy Teams Director Sarah Freeman-Woolpert and FCNL General Secretary Bridget Moix

6:30 p.m. EST
Bridging our Internal Divide: Practicing Skills to Heal Divisions
In this interactive workshop led by Advocacy Team members, explore how deep advocacy skills can heal divisions with legislators and with each other.

7:25 p.m. EST
Break

7:30 p.m. EST
Skill-Building Sessions (Choose One of Three)

1. Of Angels and Dinosaurs: The Irresistible Power of Creative Advocacy
   Host: Carol Dicaprio Herrick, Charlottesville VA Team
   Why and how to enliven your activism by adding creativity. Talent advantageous but in no way required!
2. Looking at Climate Justice Through an Intersectional Lens
   Host: Joey Hartmann-Dow, New Orleans LA Team
   Connecting your story in the contexts of climate and conflict.
3. How to Speak Your Member’s Language for More Lobbying Success
   Host: Sara Avery, Boulder CO Team
   We’ll explore how to learn what matters most to your member of Congress and use that knowledge to frame your lobby visits, media pieces, and relationship-building with your member and their staff.

8:20 p.m. EST
Member of Congress Address
Look for our speaker announcement the week before the summit!

8:40 p.m. EST
Reflecting on a Powerful Year

8:50 p.m. EST
Holding Space for Grounding and Gratitude

Who should attend?

Any current member of an FCNL Advocacy Team is invited to take part!

If you are not part of an Advocacy Team and want to find out more, fill out this form and we’ll be in touch.

Questions?

Please reach out to our Advocacy Teams Director Sarah Freeman-Woolpert, at sfreeman-woolpert@fcnl.org for more.