Activist Leadership Circle
 The Activist Leadership Circle is NARAL Pro-Choice New York's core network of highly active volunteers, trained by our community organizing staff to help guide our advocacy efforts. Members of the Activist Leadership Circle meet once a month to discuss current reproductive health issues, learn about opportunities to participate and lead upcoming advocacy efforts, and develop new advocacy initiatives and campaigns. The Circle has three Action Groups that allow members to get involved in the work that is most interesting to them: The Outreach Action Group, the Political and Legislative Action Group, and the Emerging Issues Group. Outreach Action Group: The Outreach Action Group is responsible for getting more people involved in NARAL Pro-Choice New Yorks activist efforts and disseminating life-saving resources and information. Members of the group will lead existing outreach efforts like tabling at events, street canvassing, and online event posting and will also develop new tactics to engage people in our activist opportunities. Political and Legislative Action Group: The Political and Legislative Action Group participates in efforts to elect pro-choice candidates such as election phone banks, disseminating voter guides, and representing NARAL Pro-Choice New York in campaign offices. Members will also help pass pro-active, pro-choice legislation by participating in legislation phone banks, petitioning, and lobbying efforts. Members will be central to helping pro-choice candidates win elections and to passing legislation! Emerging Issues Group: The Emerging Issues Group is a space where emerging reproductive health issues can be discussed and new initiatives can be developed to address them. Members of the group will collectively identify new issues, engage in participatory research and strategic planning to create advocacy efforts that address the real reproductive health and choice needs in New York State.
Below is the complete new member training and event schedule: Wednesday, 1/12/11, 6:00-8:00 pm: Welcome & NARAL Pro-Choice New York 101 Wednesday, 1/19/11, 6:00-8:00 pm: How to Talk about the Issues" Wednesday, 1/26/11, 6:00-8:00 pm: Pro-Choice Activism" Wednesday, 2/2/11, 6:00-8:00 pm: Graduation and Welcome Party For more information contact our Political and Legislative Action Coordinator, David Benzaquen, at dbenzaquen@prochoiceny.org or (646) 520-3506. 
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