BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:2026 SSWAA Legislative Institute Pre-Training #2: From Pressure Points to Policy Power DESCRIPTION:From Pressure Points to Policy Power:Understanding the System So You Know Where Your Voice Matters MostAdvocacy is not just about having passion\, It's about understanding how systems move.This pre-training is designed to help school social workers understand how legislation moves through Congress and where advocacy has the greatest influence throughout the process.Participants will learn:\n How bills advance through the legislative process\n Where most legislation stalls\n How strategic advocacy creates momentum for change\n What effective legislative engagement looks like before\, during\, and after Hill visitsDuring this session\, participants will explore: How a bill becomes law\n The role of committees and cosponsors\n Where advocacy has the greatest impact\n How to strategically prepare for Hill visits\n What effective follow-up and relationship-building look like after legislative meetingsThis training is especially designed for: First-time Legislative Institute attendees\n School social workers interested in policy and advocacy\n State affiliate leaders\n Professionals looking to strengthen their advocacy voice and strategyParticipants will leave with a stronger understanding of:\n How policy actually moves\n Where advocacy matters most\n How to move from storytelling to strategic influenceBecause advocacy is not just about showing up! It's about knowing where pressure creates movement. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

From Pressure Points to Policy Power:

Understanding the System So You Know Where Your Voice Matters Most

Advocacy is not just about having passion\, It&rsquo\;s about understanding how systems move.

This pre-training is designed to help school social workers understand how legislation moves through Congress and where advocacy has the greatest influence throughout the process.

Participants will learn:
&bull\; How bills advance through the legislative process
&bull\; Where most legislation stalls
&bull\; How strategic advocacy creates momentum for change
&bull\; What effective legislative engagement looks like before\, during\, and after Hill visits

During this session\, participants will explore:

&bull\; How a bill becomes law
&bull\; The role of committees and cosponsors
&bull\; Where advocacy has the greatest impact
&bull\; How to strategically prepare for Hill visits
&bull\; What effective follow-up and relationship-building look like after legislative meetings

This training is especially designed for:

&bull\; First-time Legislative Institute attendees
&bull\; School social workers interested in policy and advocacy
&bull\; State affiliate leaders
&bull\; Professionals looking to strengthen their advocacy voice and strategy

Participants will leave with a stronger understanding of:
&bull\; How policy actually moves
&bull\; Where advocacy matters most
&bull\; How to move from storytelling to strategic influence

Because advocacy is not just about showing up! It&rsquo\;s about knowing where pressure creates movement.

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