Raise Your Voice for

Service-Learning

~March 25 - 26, 2009~

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The Raise Your Voice for Service-Learning Conference at the Ramada Inn Conference Center in Tallahassee will include workshops, training, recognition of the inaugural class of Florida Service-Learning Leader Schools, student displays in the Capitol, student visits with legislators, and a rally and press conference to celebrate the upcoming Florida Service-Learning Month and the new Leader Schools. Over 300 people are planning to attend.

April is Service-Learning month in Florida. Click on the image below to download the proclamation (PDF).

Review the sections below for information about the agenda, planned workshops, and scheduling information visits with legislators. We look forward to seeing you in Tallahassee.

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Wednesday, March 25 (events at Ramada Inn Conf. Center)

11 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Registration

1:00-1:45 p.m. Opening Plenary

2:00-3:15 p.m. Workshops I (5 choices)

3:30-4:45 p.m. Workshops II (5 choices)

5-5:30 p.m. End-of-Day Plenary (planning for March 26, logistics, questions)

6:15-8:45 p.m. Fla. Service-Learning Leader Schools Reception and Awards Banquet (invitation)

Thursday, March 26 (events at Florida Capitol)

8:00-8:45 a.m. Set up displays in Capitol

8:45-11 a.m. Students man displays, students and teachers visit legislators

11 a.m. Rally/press conference to recognize April as Service-Learning Month and recognize Florida Service-Learning Leader Schools

11:45 a.m. End of Conference

March 25 Workshops

1. How to do Arts-Based Service-Learning—Young Men’s Academy at MacArthur South, Miami-Dade County
2. How to be a Voice for Service Learning—Javier Betancourt, FL&S
3. How to Make Service-Learning PSAs—Timber Creek High School, Orange
4. Youth Service-Learning Councils/Student Philanthropy—Joe Follman, FL&S
5. Engaging Students with Disabilities in Service-Learning—Chautauqua Service-Learning Charter School, Bay
   State Farm Service-Learning Programs—Joy Atkins, State Farm Insurance
6. How to Make a Service-Learning Podcast—Seven Springs Middle School, Pasco
7. How to Become a Service-Learning Trainer—Neptune Middle School, Osceola
8. Making Great Service-Learning Web Sites and Brochures, OR Building and Sustaining Long-term Service-Learning Partnerships–Lakeland High School, Polk
9. How to Inform and Work with Public Officials–South Lake High School, Lake

Scheduling Visits with Legislators

Every group should make plans now to visit with one or more state Senators or Representatives on the morning of March 26—there is time for you to make several visits. At these visits, students educate their elected officials about service learning and their projects. Contact information for all members of the House and Senate members is included in the link below, which has mutiple resources to help you provide information about your great efforts to elected officials and the media: http://www.fsu.edu/~flserve/resources/mediakit.html

We strongly suggest you contact the legislators’ offices now to let them know you will be coming to Tallahassee to meet with them on March 26. Even if they are not able to schedule a specific time on 3/26 this far in advance, it is useful to make initial contact and make them aware of your intentions. You can then, if necessary, schedule the appointment closer to the actual 3/26 date.

HOTEL

The Raise Your Voice for Service-Learning Conference will be held at the Ramada Inn Conference Center, located at North Monroe Street and I-10 (exit # 199).

To reserve your hotel room(s), contact the Ramada Conference Center in Tallahassee (850-386-1027) and tell them you are with Florida Learn & Serve to secure conference rates of $89 per night. You will need proof of non-profit status to avoid paying taxes on the room(s).

HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE: Friday, March 12, 2009.

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Ramada Inn and Conference Center

2900 North Monroe Street

I-10 and U.S. Hwy. 27 (exit #199)

Tallahassee 32303

Phone: 850-386-1027

LOCATION OF EVENT ON THE CAPITOL

FL&S reserved space inside the Capitol for our spring event next year, on the third floor. The student displays will be there on March 26 instead of in the Capitol courtyard as they were last year. We plan to bring a large group again to Tallahassee, and the tentative agenda is as follows:

Download the FL&S Student Guide for Working with Legislators. Click Here.

See our page on Outreach and working with the Media.Click Here.

Download the 2009 Governor's Proclamation for Service-Learning Month in Florida for April

Download the National Service Days document