Advocacy and your role as a diaper bank leader

Janet Stolfi Alfano, MSWNew Haven Diaper Bank, Inc.

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What is it?

Why advocate?We advocate to protect our health, well-being and livelihood

We advocate to help those less fortunate, whether we know them or not

We advocate for the benefit of those who can't speak up for themselves

We advocate on behalf of loved ones both near and far, living and dead

We advocate to make the world a better place, according to our own definition of a "better place"

Coalition Building :Getting Others on Board: Examples for Diaper Banks●New Haven Early Childhood Council

●CT Early Childhood Alliance●Connecticut Alliance for Basic Human Needs

●New Haven MOMs Partnership

Results●New Haven Early

Childhood Council●CT Early Childhood

Alliance●Connecticut Alliance

for Basic Human Needs

●New Haven MOMs Partnership

●The Sound BNI

●EHS Partnership Grant Opportunity

●Media Support & state level advocacy opportunities

●Advocacy training & access/State level partnership

●Research & funding opportunities

●Networking & event support

Other ExamplesLetters to the editor

Op Eds on Closely related issues

Educating Legislators

Highlighting the work of your partners

Administrative policy changes

Changes in practice