MISJT Cradle to College, How to Create an Action Campaign (2)

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This session focuses on helping participants build civic action skills to promote greater opportunities for all children. The workshop will discuss how to identify a target issue, develop a strategic campaign, and take action to promote awareness and create social change. We will review critical questions in the change process, such as: What do we want? Who can give it to us? What are the messages to use? Who are the best messengers? How do we deliver the message? We will practice these skills with scenarios relevant to themes discussed in the conference.
Change Agents
 Alex Wiesendanger, Community Renewal Society
 Steven Meyers, Professor and Associate Chair of Psychology, Mansfield Professor of Social Justice, and Director, Initiative for Child and Family Studies, Roosevelt University

Bios
Alex Wiesendanger is the North region organizer for the Civic Action Network of the Community Renewal Society, a 127 year old, faith based organization dedicated to eliminating racism and poverty. The Community Renewal Society combines investigative journalism with training and grassroots organizing. In his role, Alex works to build leadership, knowledge, and skills in member congregations in our area to enable people of faith to act effectively to create policy change for a more just world.

Steven Meyers is a Professor of Psychology, Director of the Initiative for Child and Family Studies, and the Mansfield Professor of Social Justice at Roosevelt University. He earned an AB degree from Brown University, and MA and PhD degrees in Clinical Psychology from Michigan State University. He is a licensed clinical psychologist who provides therapy services to at-risk children and adolescents. His research interests focus on understanding and promoting children's well-being within their families and communities. His work at Roosevelt also includes spearheading the widespread use of transformational learning, which involves students connecting their classroom learning with community service to promote social justice.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Mansfield Institute
• Alex Wiesendanger
• Steven A. Meyers
• Cradle to College Summit
• Activism
• Create an action plan
• CAN
• Community Renewal Society