You can make changes in your community. Get informed, then speak up for a cause you care about. Tell your friends. Write a letter to an elected official. Share your opinion at a public hearing or town hall meeting. Sign a petition. Write a letter to the editor. Vote.

Advocacy is not always about changing public policy. You are an advocate when you 

• Help an elderly neighbor write a letter appealing a denied health care claim
• Tell city authorities about broken street lights in front of your neighborhood school.
• Encourage your company to start a workplace wellness program.
• Report suspected child abuse or neglect.
• Wear the LIVE UNITED shirt.

 

 "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr.