How you can help advocate for children and families

WSA provides a strong voice in Washington, DC and Olympia as our legislators make decisions that affect low-income children and families.

Our voice is made stronger by the continuing involvement of hundreds of Head Start and ECEAP parents and graduates. We rely on the efforts of individuals across the state make our programs strong and continue to ensure that our elected officials hear from those who are most affected by their decisions.

2008 WSA ADVOCACY DAY - Help us advocate for ECEAP and Head Start Children and Families in Olympia!

Advocacy Day will be Thursday, February 21st! 

Advocacy Day is a great opportunity for parents and staff to help us change government for the better and help ECEAP and Head Start children and families.  With our Washington Head Start proposal under consideration in Olympia, we need your voices to get our message heard!

  • You can tell the law makers what HS/ECEAP means to you and your family.
  • You have the right for your opinion to be heard.
  • You will have the chance to meet and talk with other parents and family members who care about early childhood education too.
  • You will learn new ways to have your voice be heard.
 

The Advocacy Day schedule will be as follows:

8-10am              Make-and-Take Room Open
10-11:15am     Advocacy Day Training and Caucusing
11:15 am           Box Lunches Available
11:15-2:30pm   WSA Members meet with Legislators
2:30-3:15pm     Rally on the Capitol Steps – WEAR RED!!

It’s time to make your appointments with your legislators! If you don’t know which legislators to call, just plug in your address here.

If you’re bringing folks down to Olympia for Advocacy Day or coming yourself, please send Katy your numbers by 2/14/08. Lunches will be available at a reduced rate, $8 per person, and they must be ordered in advance.

Help us make a difference!

  • Sign up for WSA email updates We will provide periodic e-mail updates on what is going on with Head Start and ECEAP, what training is available to parents and staff, and what you can do to make your voice heard. Sign-up here.
  • Call your Elected Officials You can call your state elected representatives for free! Just call the Legislative Hotline at 1-800-562-6000 (TTY for Hearing Impaired 1-800-635-9993). You can leave messages on important issues and the Hotline will forward your messages to your own state Senator, Representatives, the Governor and the Lt. Governor. They have interpreter services for many languages.

    Federal elected officials can be called at the following numbers:

     

    		 Senator Patty Murray   1-866-481-9186

    Senator Maria Cantwell   1-888-648-7328

    Baird, Brian, Third District   360-695-6292

    Dicks, Norman D., Sixth District   360-479-4011

    Hastings, Doc, Fourth District   509-545-1972

    Inslee, Jay, First District   206-361-0233

    Larsen, Rick, Second District   800-562-1385

    McDermott, Jim, Seventh District   206-553-7170

    McMorris-Rodgers, Cathy, Fifth District   509-353-2374

    Reichert, David G., Eighth District   877-920-9208

    Smith, Adam, Ninth District   253-896-3775

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