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DISTRICT 4 ADVOCACY AND SERVICE POSTER PROJECT
Spring Workshops 2015
DISTRICT 4 ADVOCACY AND SERVICE CHAIRS
• Advocacy:– Connie Deckert: connie@
conniedeckert.com– Lee Fogarty: [email protected]
• Service:– Judy Powers: [email protected]– Holly Anderson: holly.anderson@
sympatico.ca
OUTLINE OF TODAY’S WORKSHOP ON THE ADVOCACY PROJECT
• General overview • Presentation on the poster and general
steps• Group Discussion on the Poster, Ways to
contact organizations, contract • Additional questions
BACKGROUND AND GOALS FOR TODAY
• The District 4 conference in 2013 voted on a joint project for advocacy and service.
• Purpose of the District Project is to raise awareness of Violence Against Women and Girls and the community resources available for someone to seek help through the use of posters in the communities; – Many of our clubs already work with groups in your communities
providing assistance in both time and donations.• Today an update on the project status will be presented and discuss,
– How can each club participate in the district project?• As with the birthing kit project, we will be tweaking it as we go along. • Today we seek to share the experience clubs have had so far with
the poster project with other clubs in the district
ROLES OF ADVOCACY AND SERVICE
Definition of Advocacy• Advocacy involves Education and Outreach• Advocacy is action directed at change –
attitudes, policies, laws, practices
1. Involves:
2. Identifying and raising awareness of a problem
3. Analyzing causes and alternatives
4. Developing recommendations to solve problem
5. Building support for proposed solutions
6. Seeing solutions through to enactment
Advocacy Actions for the project! • Research Organizations• Develop Public Relations Information Kit• Inform other Organizations of Partnership with
Zonta• Work with Public Relations to announce
Partnership• Work with Elected Officials about Partnership
and Violence Against Women
Definition of Service
• Service is the work that is done for others. It
includes “hands on” time that makes up a Club’s
service hours
• Includes financial support to local service projects
Goal to Improve Women’s Status
1. Economic
2. Education
3. Healthcare
4. Youth Development
5. Legal and Political Rights
6. Violence Against women
Service Actions for the project!
• Determine which facet of Violence to address
• Determine Organizations to Interview
• Authenticate Selected Organizations
• Sign agreement with Selected Organizations
• Design Poster
• Fundraise to cover expenses
• Determine location of posters and post
STEPS FOR THE CLUBS
• Pick a facet of violence against women that your club would like to focus on
• Research organizations in your area• Interview selected organization(s)• Due diligence– history of organization, public profile, – credibility
• Develop:– Agreement with organization– Letter of commitment from Zonta Club– Identify
• Effective locations• Ease of maintaining them
AGREEMENT WITH ORGANIZATION
• It supports the mission of Zonta• It can accommodate additional clients• Length of time of the agreement (not
more than 1 year to start)• Financial responsibilities• Will organization publicize the
partnership?• Can the organization track the impact of
the posters
THE POSTER
• In the fall of 2014 D4 ran a poster design project; • The specifications for the poster design were as follows:
– Key phrase to attract victims of violence against women– Reminder that violence can include many types of abuse:
Physical, Emotional, Financial, etc– Information on confidential help, contact agency– Attach tear off pad or post-its with name of agency, contact
info – telephone & e-mail, QR code– Suggested size 8 ½ x 11 or 9 x 12 in.– Include “UN Zonta Says No to Violence Against Women” logo– Zonta’s name (distributed by/provided by)
THE FINAL DESIGN
DEVELOP A PUBLIC RELATIONS PACKET
• Zonta International (Advocacy Committee can request info from ZI)
• District info – District PR committee• Local club – history/other projects• Number of poster sites• Types of poster sites• Why this project is important to
community
PUBLIC RELATIONS
• Issue press release with organization when agreement is signed
• Coordinate launch of project with organization
• Utilize social media• Inform other women’s organizations in
the area of project• Offer to supply speakers/presentations
ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES FOR THE POSTER
• Inform all elected officials of the project and partnership with organization
• Educate them about ZI and local club• Do they understand the extent of the problem• Continue to research programs in your area
that serve women who are victims of violence• Remind community that “Women’s rights are
human rights”
SERVICE ACTIVITIES for POSTER
• Hanging and maintaining the posters• Providing service to the organization
Questions for Discussion
• How can it work in your area• Since the project can extend to several different forms of violence
(sexual, domestic, trafficking), brainstorm list of what agencies would be appropriate to approach for this project;
• Brainstorm how the club would pitch their approach with these agencies; discuss with a group that organizes presentations on this topic in the community such as the police
• Brainstorm list of locations to locate the poster; i.e. universities, service stations, doctor offices, retail stores; and looking at locations, what does one need to do, what materials are necessary, how often should they be checked
• A discussion of benchmarking - monitoring, feedback, impact - how could we do this?
• After we are up and running, does Zonta want to become part of a speakers group
Other news
• Another Service Award next year• Birthing kit update on following slides
D4 Canada Birthing Kit update
• The Service Committee continues to work on finding organizations operating within Canada and the US
that will ship the kits and distribute them appropriately in the destination country. • continuing to work with the following organizations in Canada as outlined below.
– Medical Women International Association in Canada• http://mwia.net/about/organization-structure/
• an international non-governmental organization (NGO) representing women doctors from all six continents, founded in 1919; non-political, non-sectarian and non-profit making.
– Not Just Tourists(http://njt-pqt.org/english/view.asp?x=1)• Not Just Tourists send thousands of Kg of medical supplies with travelers every year; have
begun supplying NGO’s with larger shipments. • chapters in: Calgary, Edmonton, Manitoba, Montreal, Niagara, Ottawa, and Toronto. • First identified by St. Catharines and Niagara Falls Clubs where NJT started• Toronto group now preparing to take kits to Somalia
– New opportunity with World Vision Canada • Opportunity the result of a contact made by Oakville club member Julia Bowser• World Vision has requests for birthing kits in three locations:
– Ghana– Zimbabwe– El Salvador
– Waterloo has recently made a contact with Global medic who are taking about
1700 kits in two trips to Nicaraugua
D4 US birthing kit update
• found several new contacts for US shipping.• Kits accompanied a pediatric group to El Salvador in February.
– This group has taken them previously. – possibly going to India this spring: deciding on numbers. – This new contact is associated with the Wesleyan Church which is very active
performing missionary work.
• Groups going to Zambia & Lebanon in the spring • They are determining contacts and need. • Continue to pursue other leads as well - Malawi. • Please let us know if your club is working on this project and about how
many will be ready for distribution.
Input from the Clubs
• What birthing kit events have taken place since September 2014?
• Who has kit events planned?• What transportation and distribution
arrangements have you in place or do you need assistance?
