Session 4: January 23-24, 2026

Oregon Partners in Policymaking Leadership Series

2025-2026


COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, ADVOCACY, AND CREATING CHANGE IN OUR STATE SYSTEMS

Where: Hyatt Centric, 601 SW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97205

Day 1: Friday, January 23, 2026 from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Day 2: Saturday, January 24, 2026 from 8:00am to 4:00pm


    • Determine which part of your topic can be focused on to create a winnable action.

    • Understand systems change advocacy.

    • Understand the messaging triangle as a tool for speaking to the press, communicating with the public and centering values.

  • 1:00  Welcome/Overview of Agenda

    1:15 Mindfulness

    1:30 Home Groups - Debrief Homework

    2:00   Building and Communicating Your Message

    3:30 Break

    3:45   Coalition Building

    Activity: Systems Thinking worksheet

    5:00   Dinner with ADD Coalition Building Panel

    6:30   Social Hour

    8:00 Adjourn

  • Breakfast on your own

    8:30 Know Your Rights and Peaceful Protesting

    9:30 Change Makers Panel

    10:30   Break / Hotel Check Out

    11:00 Monitoring the News

    Group Activity

    12:00   Lunch

    12:45   Overview of Action Group Purpose and Strategy 

    1:00   Choose Your Own Adventure: Action Group Planning

    Activity

    2:30 Action Group Report Out

    3:00   Person-Centered Planning Next Steps

    3:30   Evaluations / Homework

    4:00   Adjourn

Schedule for this Session


Homework

  • Action Groups

    • Connect with your Action Group

    • Develop an OpEd about your issue to bring to the February session

    • List coalitions/individuals and strategy for connecting

  • Person Centered Planning for Life (prep for 2-minute graduation speech)

    • What is your vision statement?

    • Steps to achieving the vision?

    • What are you afraid of along the way?

    • What’s going to help you get past those fears?

    • How will achieving your vision benefit yourself, your family, your world?

  • Watch/Read to Prepare for February Housing Session


Resources

Videos

Reading

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