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Our Afterschool Campaign Kit has everything you need
to make afterschool an issue in the elections in your
area. Developed by the Afterschool Alliance based on
our experience around the 2005 gubernatorial race in
Virginia, the kits contains proven strategies and tested
materials. Use it to build your own afterschool campaign
around the elections, or to ensure that candidates address
the issue of afterschool resources. Follow the step-by-step
sections below. For quick links, see: Complete
Election Kit (PDF) a printable version of this kit
for your planning and Candidate
Kit (PDF) give this to candidates to educate them
on the afterschool issue.
Why start an afterschool effort during elections?
Every election, from school board to a presidential
election, brings about the opportunity to raise topics
to the forefront of public debate and news coverage.
But what concerns will be raised? Whose voices will
be heard? What will the candidates and pundits choose
to care about and talk about? It is the voices of people
like you, in local communities, that drive candidates'
campaigns.
We have the power to make afterschool a key issue in
political campaigns of all types. The afterschool
movement is, and always has been, locally driven. Programs
are being started by local organizations, teachers,
parents and concerned residents like you. You are giving
youth a chance to explore their past, change their present
and choose their future. You are building a national
movement with the momentum to make Afterschool for All
a reality...
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If you decide to organize an afterschool campaign for
an election in your state, it is important to understand
your community and the election that you choose to get
involved in...
Read more...
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