Events

This training covers the basics of when and how to reach out to journalists in a respectful, effective way that helps to advocate for Our Children Oregon’s legislative agenda. It includes: How the news can help advance a legislative agenda. Finding journalists. Contacting journalists. What to say/write and when to say it. And getting news and opinion pieces published.

This event is part of the ACT 101 Training Series which consists of 3-big topics, featuring 2 workshops in each.

Attend all six or pick and choose the workshops that best fit your interests.

This virtual training hosted by Sue Wendel, professional public speaking coach shares ways to apply effective public speaking skills to your legislative testimony that is clear, concise, and conversational in tone to enhance and strengthen your message. Sue provides tips for providing oral testimony via Zoom and ways to shift public speaking fears into a positive mindset.

This event is part of the ACT 101 Training Series which consists of 3-big topics featuring 2 workshops in each. This free series will support attendees in building skills in advocacy and civic engagement. ​​Storytelling is fundamental to human societies – and therefore, to social change. But not all stories are created equal. This training series hosted by FrameWorks’ is designed to teach more effective ways of establishing narratives that set up policy thinking and enable large-scale social change.

When it comes to giving legislative testimony, received wisdom is to share a story, to make it compelling, but to keep it short! In this session, drawing from the insights learned in Storytelling 101, we looked at some example testimony (good, better, and best) to help participants build comfort with utilizing framing strategies that help testimony DO everything that it can do. Participants also had the opportunity to practice creating, giving, and getting feedback in order to support one another in implementing and sustaining this practice going forward. 

This event is part of the ACT 101 Training Series which consists of 3-big topics featuring 2 workshops in each.  This free series will support attendees in building skills in advocacy and civic engagement. Storytelling is fundamental to human societies – and therefore, to social change. But not all stories are created equal. This training series hosted by FrameWorks’ is designed to teach more effective ways of establishing narratives that set up policy thinking and enable large-scale social change.

This introductory session held on September 1st shared FrameWorks’ research-informed strategies for harnessing the power of storytelling for social change. This process involves helping the public view the essential needs of children and their families as public concerns, not as private issues. It also involves using stories as invitations to the public to think in terms of systems and solutions and to engage as citizens. Participants had the opportunity to practice evaluating narratives for their ability to create the change we are working to create.

This event is part of the ACT 101 Training Series which consists of 3-big topics featuring 2 workshops in each. This free series will support attendees in building skills in advocacy and civic engagement. 

Hosted by Oregon Student Voice‘s alumna, Gabriella Dover, State Government 101 set the foundation for this 6-course series by teaching the roles that different aspects of state government play in our lives. By the end of this workshop, you will understand the important people and departments that make up our state government. Gabriella takes a brief look at city-level governments while sharing a deeper understanding of who to contact when you want to affect change in your local community and at the state level.  Advocacy within the education system is used as an example throughout this workshop.