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'Making Your Case- How to Influence EHDI Public Policy' |
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9-Policy, Advocacy, and Legislative Issues
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public policy, advocacy, legislation, rulemaking |
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Understand how public policy is made and who makes it;
Understand the advocacy process and apply it to your situation;
Tell your story in writing and in person;
Know how to identify the policymakers who can help bring about the changes you need;
Write effective letters and e-mails;
Conduct meetings with policymakers;
Give effective testimony and answer questions; and
Work with others to tackle community issues.
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Abstract: |
The Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans has passed 31 of the 31 bills it has introduced in the last 10 years; many of these bills were related to EHDI and deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind education. This workshop will teach the strategies they used that can be applied on a local state and national level to make changes in rule making or legislation. They have developed an online course in ASL and English that can be used by individuals and by groups to influence public policy on a local, state and national level, Making Your Case, www.mncdhh.org/makingyourcase. This course will be used to help attendees to develop and advance their individual advocacy plans that will help them to strengthen EHDI policies and laws in their states. The course will be interactive. Attendees will leave with the beginning of a plan that they can use in their states to make positive change. |
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Handout is not Available
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PRESENTER(S):
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Mary Hartnett - Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans (MCDHH)
Credentials: St. Paul College
College of St. Catherine
University of Minnesota
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For over 40 years Mary Hartnett has worked with the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind communities in many different roles. Mary has been an educational sign language interpreter, a freelance sign language interpreter, a lobbyist, a community organizer and an executive director of three different nonprofit agencies. Mary has received awards from the Minnesota Association of Deaf Citizens, The Minnesota DeafBlind Association, the Ramsey County Bar Association, The Dispute Resolution Center, Lifetrack Resources, the Public Policy Award for Age and Disability from the Minnesota Department of Human Services and the Antonia Branca Award for Excellence in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention. |
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