MMCI Charter School Advocacy

In order for charter schools like ours to grow, improve and flourish, we need parents and community members to become actively involved in promoting our school and others charter schools like us. Listed below are just a few of the ways you can become an advocate for public charter schools.

What can you do?

· Make a commitment to call, write to, or e-mail your legislators regularly regarding issues that affect Maryland’s charter schools. Click on the links below for more details

o Find out who are your elected officials

§ MD Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (EHE)

§ Local State Legislators

o Letters and E-Mail Messages

§ Example Message

o Telephone Calls

o  Personal Visits

o Giving Testimony

· If you aren’t already registered, register to vote. Elected Officials are concerned about the issues which are important to their constituents who vote. Voter registration in Maryland is free. Simply download the form at http://www.elections.state.md.us/pdf/InternetVRA.pdf , fill the form out and mail it in.

· Recruit friends to support advocacy initiatives. Look to all your networks – family, neighborhood, religious organizations, and work – to enroll colleagues who will work on issues faced by Maryland’s charter schools.