GLOBAL INVOLVEMENT

*NEW* Language Advocacy: Making Your Voice Count Legislative Visit Video

JNCL-NCLIS Study Abroad Information and Resources

A Workshop For Those Who Don't Know Their Own Power . . .

"Things don't just happen. They are made to happen."
-- John F. Kennedy

The political advocacy workshop prepared by the National Council for Languages and International Studies offers strategies for informed and effective participation in the policy making process at the local, state, and national levels. Areas discussed include the Advocacy Workshops and Letter Writing Campaigns in addition to the following:

• Discuss current policy issues affecting the language profession
   
• Learn how to build a strong Political Action Network
   
• Consider success stories and effective models
   
• Study advocacy techniques such as:
   
  • Letter-writing
  • Making visits to policy makers
  • Testifying on policy issues
  • Building coalitions with other organization

MEMBER ADVOCACY MATERIALS

Advocacy 101: Advocating for World Languages to Decision Makers Beyond the Choir Anita Ratwik

National Education Repot: NCLG's Latin YouTube Video Stan Iverson

The World Speaks French: Advocacy Wiki

NECTFL Review 64 Timothy Reagan, p. 18

Speak Up for Languages Gaelle Berg, Janice H. Kittok

ADFL Toolkit for Formulating Arguments in Defense of Departments Facing Closure of Language Programs David Goldberg

Elementary School Foreign Language Programs: Keys to a Successful Voyage Jessica Haxhi

"The transformation of personal power comes with the exercise of some quite simple and accessible political processes and leads to ultimate self-determination in the world around us."
~Samuel Halperin

E-mail: info@languagepolicy.org