ADVOCACY PITCH
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Hart City Case Study – Scenario 7
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Hart City Case Study – Scenario 7 Program Transcript
MALE SPEAKER: Hello, Ms. Clark. Thank you for seeing me. I'm looking for disabilities advocate to help me petition my landlord.
FEMALE SPEAKER: Hello, Mr. Grant. I will do my best to assist you. Can you tell me about the petition and the events that led up to your landlord tenant concern?
MALE SPEAKER: I lived in my apartment for five years. I like my neighbors and community, but I'm having trouble accessing things around my apartment. I was injured during my last active duty tour.
When I returned home, I notified my landlord that I now use a wheelchair. And I made a request to make my apartment accessible. It's been a month. My landlord has ignored my letters and phone calls.
FEMALE SPEAKER: Thank you for your service, Mr. Grant. It seems that you have been patient. One month is a little long to go without receiving any acknowledgment of your requests.
MALE SPEAKER: Thank you. I feel that I have been patient. I really like my apartment so I don't want to move. What are my options?
FEMALE SPEAKER: Sure. Let's explore your options.
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Snow (2013) defines advocacy as the process of “eliminating oppressive forces in clients’ lives and working at a systems level towards achieving a more just and fair society” (p. 6). Advocacy often requires advanced human services professional practitioners to make an argument about why a specific service user—or group of service users—need a service. This argument could be made to those in power who control the allocation of services or to the general public to raise awareness about a specific social justice issue. Therefore, practitioners must be able to present a clear and concise argument that is persuasive enough to secure services or mobilize the public to support an issue.
In this Discussion, you create an advocacy pitch on behalf of a service user from one of the Hart City scenarios assigned this week.
Reference: Snow, K. C. (2013). The importance of advocacy and advocacy competencies in human service professions. Journal of Human Services, 33(1), 5–16. Retrieved from https://www.nationalhumanservices.org/assets/Journal/journal-of-human-services_fall-2013.pdf
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity. Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
TO PREPARE
· Review your Course Announcements for possible information related to this week’s Discussion and Assignment.
· Review the Learning Resources on the role of advocacy in human services. Think about the challenges diverse groups of service users face and the ways in which advanced human services professional practitioners can advocate for service users.
· Review the Learning Resources on developing an advocacy message. Pay particular attention to how to film yourself and upload media in the Blackboard classroom.
· Go to the Hart City virtual community using the link that is provided in the Learning Resources. Visit the Hart City Human Services Agency, the Hart City Middle School, and The Families With Disabilities Support Center. View the scenarios associated with each organization and select one to focus on for this Discussion.
· Use Kaltura to record a 2-minute advocacy pitch for the service user in the Hart City scenario you selected.
BY DAY 4
Post the 2-minute video of yourself giving the advocacy pitch. Within your post, indicate the Hart City scenario to which you are responding.
