Telling Your Story

Telling Your Story with a Purpose:

How to Inspire Action in Two Minutes

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You can make a real impact by sharing your personal stories with lawmakers and community leaders. By clearly describing a challenge and offering a solution, you help others understand what needs to change. You can make a real impact by sharing your personal stories with lawmakers and community leaders. By clearly describing a challenge and offering a solution, you help others understand what needs to change. With practice and support, your voice can lead to better laws, programs, and opportunities for everyone! 

A Brief Overview 

• Speaking up about your experiences helps others understand your life and why change is needed. Civic engagement includes voting, joining meetings, and telling your story to make a difference. 

• This article includes steps for planning, writing, and sharing your story. The Telling Your Story with a Purpose section explains how to describe your experience with a specific issue in a way that helps others understand and inspires change, including a video and downloadable checklist. 

See the full article at this link: https://wapave.org/telling-your-story-with-a-purpose/