Advocacy: What Can You Do to Help Other Kids?

You can become an ADVOCATE !!

What is an Advocate ?

An Advocate is someone who:

•  argues for a cause; a supporter or defender, such as an advocate of civil rights.

•  pleads in another's behalf; an intercessor: advocates for abused children

Who can be an Advocate ?

Anyone can be an advocate - especially someone who cares a lot about a cause or other people, like you.

An advocate writes letters, protests, and tells other people about important issues. For example, YAP International advocates to help the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children, especially those children who are victimized or exploited.

What good ideas do you have to share ?

If you have ideas about how to help improve the lives of children, send them to us, and we will share them with people worldwide. When we receive your idea, if you are the first person to send us that idea, you will get your name on our website with your idea.

We have already started the list of things you can do to help other kids and become an advocate. What other ideas do you have?

1.   Write a letter to your U.S. Representative in Congress

         www.house.gov

2.   Write a letter to your United States Senator

         www.senate.gov

3.   Write a letter to the President of the United States

         www.whitehouse.gov

4.   Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper, your school paper, or a national paper

5.   Participate in and/or plan a rally, protest, or a meeting about the issue

6.   Volunteer at a local nonprofit organization of interest to you

7.   Join the YAP International listserve to keep informed

        www.yapi.org

8.   Become a more socially aware consumer

         www.fairlabor.org

If you know of any good website that we should tell people about, let us know, and we will add them to our links page.

To visit the links page, click here.

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Last updated 7/8/2004