Advocacy

• Self-Advocacy – Asserting your own rights, in your own voice
• Individual-Advocacy – Working with support to assert rights and make changes for one consumer
• Systems-Advocacy – Encouraging change and action among policymakers for the benefit of the greater community

Specifically defined, advocacy is “supporting or recommending a cause or course of action”. Supporting and recommending action is exactly what we do by:

• Nurturing, encouraging, and activating the “inner advocate” in others.
• Showing up at community events, rallies, marches, public meetings, forums, and hearings.
• Contacting our elected officials by sending correspondence, calling them, visiting their offices, and inviting them to visit us.
• Participating in local, regional, and national advocacy activities.
• Paying close attention to current events and legislation as well as listening to consumers, members, and others associated with the disability community.

TRPIL brings together people with disabilities to share their concerns about community life and civil rights. Together, people with disabilities collaborate to help each other solve individual problems or change the policies of our society through voting. To learn more about registering to vote, call our office today.