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Worksheet: Storytelling for Advocacy

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Use this worksheet to help ANCOR understand and tell your story

Storytelling is a powerful way to engage in advocacy. Crafting a story about how you or those in your community have been positively impacted by I/DD services, or about the challenges you face and the support you need, can compel lawmakers to support policies that improve our services.

Download and complete this worksheet to identify some of the compelling components in your story. Then, share it with us so we can help you refine and tell your story.