Join us for a pre-session Legislative Advocacy Training. Learn how to advocate for the issues YOU care about. $25.00 per person (includes lunch). (Students may attend at a reduced rate of $15.00 per person. Please call 244-9505 ext. 12 to register as a student.) 

Program 

8:30 a.m. - Registration

9:00 a.m. - Welcome and Why Advocate (Kay Monaco, J.D., Executive Director, New Mexico Voices for Children)

9:10 a.m. - Effective Advocacy (Bill Jordan, Deputy Director for Policy, New Mexico Voices for Children)

10:10 a.m. - Effective Messaging and Communications (Sharon Kayne, Communications Director, New Mexico Voices for Children)

10:50 a.m. - Break

11:00 a.m. - New Mexico's Money Pie: How Big Is It and How It Gets Sliced (Gerry Bradley, Research Director, New Mexico Voices for Children and Kay Monaco, J.D., Executive Director, New Mexico Voices for Children)

12:30 a.m. - Lunch - Guest Speaker: Dave Cargo, former New Mexico State Governor

1:45 - 2:35 p.m. - Workshop Session I

• State EITC (Ruth Hoffman, Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministries - New Mexico)
• Health Care Reform, including Medicaid expansion
• Unemployment Reform (Gerry Bradley)

2:35 - 2:45 p.m. - Break

2:45 - 3:35 p.m. - Workshop Session II

• Minimum Wage (Matthew Henderson, ACORN)
• Early Care and Education (Baji Rankin, NM Association for the Education of Young Children)
• Federal Tax and Budget Issues and SCHIP Reauthorization (Bill Jordan, Deputy Director for Policy, New Mexico Voices for Children)

3:40 - 4:00 p.m. - Next Steps and Thank You