10 ways you can advocate for young children 

1. Support leadership that cares for young children and their families.

2. Know the issues affecting young children and their families on local, state and federal levels. Read the local paper. Find out how legislative decisions impact young children and their families. Follow important issues over the course of the legislative session as the status of issues can change quickly ---issues can be introduced as bills, expedited or squashed in a short time.

3. Build your knowledge base today. Sign up for email alerts through Champions for Children. (Join the mailing list now!)

4. Join the The Covenant with North Carolina's Children, an  organization that represents many issues affecting child across the state and/or join N.C. Child Care Coaliton, an organization that represents early childhood educators across the state. 

5. Attend Keep the Promise Rally on May 23, 2006 at the NC Legislature in Downtown Raleigh.

6. Volunteer your time to help organizations that serve young children, expecially around an issue or service you care about.

7. Engaging the public around key issues takes time and resources. Help pass along important information within your networks to engage more people to care about services for young children.

8. If you know a young child that has been impacted by a local service that supported his or her success in kindergarten, urge the family to voice their story with a local legislator.

9. Donate to advocacy organizations. Donations make it possible for advocacy efforts to happen.

10. When decisions are pending that could help or hurt children their families, or the early childhood profession, call, email, write or visit your local legislators and voice your concern/support. Click here for more information

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