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EQUIPPING FOR ADVOCACY

EQUIPPING FOR ADVOCACY. Rev. Cedrick D. Bridgeforth, EdD pastorcedrick@gmail.com. MALCOM X.

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EQUIPPING FOR ADVOCACY

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  1. EQUIPPING FOR ADVOCACY Rev. Cedrick D. Bridgeforth, EdD pastorcedrick@gmail.com C D Bridgeforth, Ed D

  2. MALCOM X “I for one believe that if you give people a through understanding of what confronts them and the basic causes that produce it, they’ll create their own program, and when the people create a program, you get action.” C D Bridgeforth, Ed D

  3. UNDERSTANDING ADVOCACY ADVOCACY :the act or process of advocating or supporting a cause or proposal INTERCESSORY ADVOCATE :one that pleads the cause of another; one that defends or maintains a cause or proposal; one that supports or promotes the interests of another INTERCESSOR C D Bridgeforth, Ed D

  4. WHAT IS THE CONTEXT? Community / Neighborhood National Global PERSONAL • Congregational • Denominational • Institutional CHANGE / TRANSFORMATION C D Bridgeforth, Ed D

  5. What do you desire? CHANGE TRANSFORMATION Internal Known Behavior is aligned • External • Understood • Actions are acceptable [And] to what end? C D Bridgeforth, Ed D

  6. ”To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” –John Henry Newman C D Bridgeforth, Ed D

  7. The term: Burning Platform is a business lexicon that emphasizes immediate and radical change due to dire circumstances.

  8. C A S E AUSE / ISSUE • What is happening that should not be happening? • What is the origin of this? • Why is this happening this way? • What would be different if this were not the case? C D Bridgeforth, Ed D

  9. Am I the only one? “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” –M.L. King, Jr. C D Bridgeforth, Ed D

  10. C A S E LLIES / ASSETS • Who cares about this? • Who is impacted by this? • Who no longer cares? Why? C D Bridgeforth, Ed D

  11. PG 7 INSTITUTIONS ASSOCIATIONS INDIVIDUALS C D Bridgeforth, Ed D

  12. C A S E TRATEGY / PLAN • What shall we do? • Who will do it? • When will it be done? • What will be lost if we do nothing? C D Bridgeforth, Ed D

  13. C A S E NGAGEMENT / EVALUATION • “Ain’t nothing to it but to do it!” • What worked? What didn’t work? C D Bridgeforth, Ed D

  14. C A S E NGAGEMENT / EVALUATION COMMUNICATION How will you share the message? INCLUSION Who has been considered? EXCLUSION Who may never know? • “Ain’t nothing to it but to do it!” • What worked? What didn’t work? CONTACT vs IMPACT C D Bridgeforth, Ed D

  15. EQUIPPING FOR ADVOCACY Rev. Cedrick D. Bridgeforth, EdD pastorcedrick@gmail.com C D Bridgeforth, Ed D

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