Advocacy Tools

This module, Advocacy Tools, consists of several video clips of a panel of advocacy experts that were recorded during the Sept. 2023 training session.  Also included are extracts from several advocacy-related Handouts. Topics include several practical “tools” that a League member can use to advocate for an issue she/he feels passionate about, including positions supported by the League of Women Voters. 

Click on any link to learn more about the following topics:

• Talking Points from LWV Positions 

• Calls, Letters, Emails to Elected Officials 

• Letters to The Editor 

• Op Eds 

• Giving Testimony 

• Face-to-Face 

• One Pagers 

• Coalitions 

PANELISTS (see Bios HERE ) 

• Lynn S. Teague - Lead Lobbyist, Vice-President of Issues and Actions, LWV of South Carolina

• Dr. Janelle Rivers  - Education Advocacy Specialist / Lobbyist, LWV of South Carolina

• Teresa Arnold - Health Care Advocacy Specialist/  Lobbyist, LWV of South Carolina

• Carla Damron - Social Worker, Advocate, Author, and member of LWV of the Columbia Area

• Omme-Salma Rahemtulla - Interim Executive Director, FoodShare South Carolina, member of LWV of the Columbia Area

• Frances Eargle- former Senior Advisor to US EPA Administrator; Co-Chair Environmental Affairs Committee, LWV of the Columbia Area