LEAP 1
Leadership Education in Action Program 1
Advocacy: Making the Case for Your Department, Program and
College of the Canyons
March 6, 2015
8:15am – 2:30pm
UCEN 258
I.
Breakfast………………………………………………………………………………….
Menu: Egg & cheese croissants, fresh fruit, scones
II.
Guest Speaker: Mr. Scott Wilk, California State Assemblyman… 8:45 – 9:15
III.
What is Advocacy?……………………………………………………………………. 9:15 – 10:00
Presenter: Mr. Eric Harnish, Vice President, Public Information,
Advocacy and External Relations
IV.
Break………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10:00 – 10:10
V.
Advocating at the Community, State & Federal Levels………………… 10:10 – 11:00
Facilitator: Mr. Eric Harnish
Guest Panelists:
 Ms. Rosalind Wayman, Senior Deputy - Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich
 Mr. Dusty Russell, Field Representative – Senator Fran Pavley
 Mr. George Andrews, Chief of Staff – Office of Assemblyman Tom Lackey
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8:15 – 8:45
Panelist Questions:
1. How do you define advocacy?
2. Based on your experiences with past advocacy efforts, what are the steps to
effective advocacy? Please provide an example of a successful advocacy
effort you made.
3. Please discuss your process for developing and maintaining relationships with
key people and organizations when engaged in an advocacy effort and when
not engaged in an advocacy effort.
4. What is one thing about advocacy that you know now that you wish you
knew when you started?
VI.
Break……………………………………………………………………………………………. 11:00 – 11:10
VII.
Present a summary of a bill and its potential impact on COC…….. 11:10 – 11:45
Facilitator: Mr. Eric Harnish
VIII.
Lunch …………………………………………………………………………………………… 11:45 – 12:15
Menu: Spinach ravioli, pasta with marinara sauce, meatballs, Italian sausage,
garden salad, garlic rolls, cheesecake
IX.
Advocating Internally for Your Program…………………………………….. 12:20 – 1:30
Facilitator: Leslie Carr
Panelists:
o Ms. Renee Marshall, Faculty – Early Childhood Education
o Mr. Murray Wood, Chief Development Officer – COC Foundation
o Ms. Kelly Burke, Biology Professor
Panelist Questions:
1. Based on your experiences with past advocacy efforts, what are the steps to
effective advocacy? Please provide an example of a successful advocacy
effort you made.
2. In your particular program or department, what key resources do you seek
out on and off campus to enhance and enrich your program or department?
3. Please discuss your process for developing and maintaining relationships with
key people and organizations when engaged in an advocacy effort and when
not engaged in an advocacy effort.
4. What is one thing about advocacy that you know now that you wish you
knew when you started?
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X.
Solution Team Projects…………………………………………………………………………. 1:30 – 2:20
 Facilitator: Dr. Diane Fiero, Ms. Diane Stewart, and Ms. Leslie Carr
 Distribute copies of a brochure or 1-page handout on your Solution Team project
idea
 Each person will provide a 3-minute “sales pitch” for their Solution Team project
idea
 Diane and Leslie will provide information on Solution Team ideas generated by
the District
 LEAPers will vote on the Solution Team project proposals to determine which
ones to move forward to final voting
 LEAP Coordinating Team will identify the final 6 projects to choose from
 LEAPers will select their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices
 The LEAP Coordinating Team will place LEAPers into Solution Teams
 LEAPers will be notified by email on or before Tuesday, March 10th, which
Solution Team they are on and who their mentor will be
 Solution Teams will meet at least once before the March 20th LEAP session
XI.
Wrap Up and Preview of next session …………………………………………………. 2:20 – 2:30
 Facilitator: Ms. Leslie Carr
 Session Topic 3/20/15: Generating Resources, Creating Effective Partnerships
Internally and Externally, and Networking in the Community
XII.
Solution Teams & Mentors Meet………………………………………………………….
2:30 – 4:00
Homework:
 Meet at least once with your Solution Team and Mentor.
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will be able to:
 Describe what advocacy is
 Examine strategies and techniques used to successfully advocate for an initiative or
program
 Develop an idea that they can begin to work on that will help them advocate for their
own initiative or program
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