I am
inspired and excited about my advocacy plan because I want children to be safe
at home. A child’s home should be a safe zone free of abuse. A feel a child
that grows up in an abuse free household will be a healthier adult. Abuse
effect a person on every level. Abuse affects your health mentally,
emotionally, and physically.
The
challenges and anxieties I feel center around the level of knowledge I have. I
wonder do not know enough about abuse a neglect to advocate for prevention services.
I feel my fear can be overcome with some additional study and training. I have
signed up for parent advocacy empowerment class. The class is ten weeks and by
the end of the class I should be a better advocate. Once I will the skills from
that class plus what I have learned in this class I should be ready. I feel ok
presenting my Advocacy Action Plan, but implementing it is ten times harder to
do.
I feel the
way to encourage others to advocate is by telling them to find something they
truly believe in or something that has touched them personally. We all have a
voice and everyone can help someone else. I think it is important to know your
voice is valuable and powerful.
Charla,
ReplyDeleteI agree and also feel that the way to get others to advocate for something is by encouraging them to think about what they are most passionate about. That is what I planned my advocacy plan around and feel it will help when it is time for presenting it to a group. What do you think has been the hardest thing for you to do during this advocacy process so far?
I think that abuse and neglect should never be inflicted on children. I admire your efforts and look forward to hearing future posts regarding the progress that you have made.
ReplyDeleteBelieving in what you feel so strongly about always benefits everyone, the love and concern you show toward children and their families reflects on everyone.Make sure that you gather as much information, charts and pictures that will help bring a positive outcome on your advocacy, so that everyone understand why it's important. Good luck on your Advocacy plan
ReplyDeleteCharla,
ReplyDeleteI give you a lot of credit for signing up for a ten week class. I bet this will help you feel prepared to give this presentation. I know that I feel very nervous about not being able to have enough information or knowledge that the audience is expecting. I also want to say thank you for being advocate on this topic. It something that is touchy but important to talk about. Good luck.