Advocacy
This section provides some of the tools necessary for practitioners to advocate for Grow Your Own in their locales and beyond. These include important information to know about Grow Your Own and its impact, sample Grow Your Own legislation, and tips for writing and speaking about GYO to the public.
Grow Your Own Educators: Talking Points for Advocacy
Raven DeRamus-Byers and Amaya Garcia
This document contains compelling points one would want to make about Grow Your Own and why it is a worthy investment. This document can be used with Considerations for Effectively Testifying in Legislative Hearings.
Grow Your Own Educators: Tips for Testifying in Legislative Hearings
Raven DeRamus-Byers
This guide lists key factors to consider when testifying in legislative hearings, and provides a testimony template using the GYO Talking Points.
Guided Grow Your Own Advocacy Presentation
Raven DeRamus-Byers
This customizable Grow Your Own presentation slide deck offers speaker prompts and Grow Your Own talking points for any user advocating for a GYO program.
Op Eds 101: Video
Riker Pasterkiewicz and Kevin Carey
This video describes the fundamentals of opinion writing, including what op-eds are, important considerations for pitching an op-ed, and how the op-ed publication process works. It can be used in conjunction with the Op-Eds 101: Outline that offers guidance on writing an op-ed.
Op-Ed Outline: Key Points for Writing about Grow Your Own Educator Programs
Riker Pasterkiewicz and Julie Brosnan
This template offers guidance on how to write a compelling op-ed about a Grow Your Own program. It is meant to be used with the Op-Eds 101: Video.
Social Media and Communications Training
Maika Moulite and Amanda Dean
This video training provides tips and best practices to help build awareness and engagement with GYO programs