Literacy Advocacy - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

About This Presentation
Title:

Literacy Advocacy

Description:

saving the bookmobile – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:50
Slides: 9
Provided by: arachuba
Category:
Tags:

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: Literacy Advocacy


1
Saving the Bookmobile through grassroots support
Literacy Advocacy
2
Bookmobile To save or not to save
  • Unique resource in Sheboygan and Ozaukee County
  • Under attack by some constituents
  • Can we find enough support?

3
Referendum on the ballot
  • Will there be enough support?
  • Can we convince local voters of the benefits of a
    mobile library?
  • Will the question of a possiblity of tax increase
    sway voters?

4
Statistics are on our side
  • Important community resource
  • Offers new technology to everyone
  • Cost effective
  • Economic sense
  • Greater importance on impact on children's future

5
How to Procede?
  • Wrote an editorial in local paper
  • Created flyers for door-to-door distribution
  • Handed out yard signs to users in
    community
  • Presented information to local Village Boards

6
Results
  • Referendum passed, 62 to 38
  • In Belgium, it passed overwhelmingly by 74.7
  • Planning commission reviewed results
  • Now counties set aside specific amount for
    replacement bookmobile

7
Local community involvement
  • Joined the Board of Trustees
  • Member of the Planning Committe
  • Supporter of library initiatives
  • Remain active volunteer in local education to
    support reading in young children

8
(No Transcript)
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com