Whether you’re a parent, family member, early childhood professional, community leader, business owner, or advocate, your voice and your story matter. For the final day of our 5-day virtual advocacy challenge, we are celebrating the early childhood advocates who helped make this week's advocacy challenge a success.
Here's what you told us about why you're an early childhood advocate:
Like this video? Share with your networks by clicking here.
Thanks to the participation of committed early childhood advocates like you, we sent nearly 200 messages to Ohio policymakers letting them know that investment in infants, young children, and their families must be a priority in the state budget.
Ready to take your early childhood advocacy to the next level? Check out our resources below to get started and help us make this moment a movement.
Missed out on one of the advocacy days? There's still time to participate and make your voice heard! Click here to catch-up.
Read our advocacy toolkit for more tips and tricks on how you can be an advocate for young children and families.
Watch this video featuring Ohio early childhood advocates sharing why investments in early childhood matter to them, their families, their work, and their communities.
We Want Your Feedback!
This was Groundwork Ohio's first-ever virtual advocacy challenge, so we want to hear your thoughts. What did you like about the challenge? Do you have suggestions on ways we can improve? Are you interested in participating in future virtual advocacy opportunities?
Please share your feedback by completing our short survey!
Share the virtual advocacy challenge with your network by forwarding this email. Want to view previous days of our advocacy challenge? Click here to view days you may have missed.
Want to engage further? Post about the challenge week on social media and use the hashtag #LayingTheGroundwork and tag @GroundworkOhio for a chance to be retweeted.
Need help? Contact Julia Jackels at jjackels@groundworkohio.org.