Youth Legislative Advocacy 101

Your Course Description

Your Competency Focus Area

The Field of Youth Work

Empower yourself as a youth work advocate! Many youth lack essential support due to underfunding and inadequate policies. This training, though specific to Minnesota, provides fundamental advocacy skills applicable anywhere.
Learn how to influence legislation, navigate budget cycles, and effectively engage elected officials. Explore trauma-informed advocacy and gain the knowledge to champion life-changing interventions for youth.
As youth workers, we can drive investment in youth work, reshape societal perceptions, and prevent young people from slipping through the cracks. Join us and be a catalyst for positive social change.

Your Learning Objectives

Build skills and confidence to advocate on issues that impact one’s life and community
Gain knowledge of political representation at the local, state, and federal levels
Understand how Minnesota’s legislative session is designed as a two-year cycle known as a biennium
Gain in-depth knowledge of the Minnesota legislative process regarding how an idea becomes a law

Your Course Details

Completion Certificate
Youth Worker Track
This training will count as 1.5 CE hours for most boards. Please contact your board directly with questions on submitting. Course details for CE submissions provided.

Your Trainer

Juliana Keen is the Senior Director of Advocacy at Lutheran Social Service of MN. She has worked at community-based nonprofit organizations and campaigns at the international, national, and state level. Juliana is a Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory and uses a racial equity lens in her work. Juliana holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Oberlin College; a Master of Social Work and Master of Public Policy from the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota.