Welcome to the NAfME Advocacy Groundswell!
 
What is the Groundswell?
 
The purpose of the NAfME Advocacy Groundswell is to cultivate an online community of NAfME members from across the country interested in participating in advocacy initiatives, engaging in discussions about advocacy and regularly digesting advocacy news.
 
What does the Groundswell do?

• Streamlines advocacy information via a variety of digestible communication tools, including blog, Facebook, Twitter, RSS and blast e-mail.
• Provides timely, fluid, and dynamic advocacy intelligence focused on relevant news and research reporting, state advocacy stories, digital media accessibility, resource integration, professional development, and interactive advocacy opportunities for NAfME members.
• Serves as an “advocate identification” resource, allowing NAfME to better communicate with individuals most interested in becoming advocacy leaders at the local level, and building capacity for jurisdictional policy initiatives.
• Ignites member passion for advocacy, motivates and mobilizes those most interested in getting involved, and provides NAfME with a modern online advocacy hub.
• How can I get involved with the Groundswell?

The NAfME Advocacy Groundswell can be experienced in two ways:

• You can access the Groundswell as an up-to-the-minute advocacy news and resource hub only.
• You can become a part of the fabric of the Groundswell by joining the “network,” enabling posting and forum discussion/group creation privileges for the site, and opting-in to receive "NAfME Advocacy Groundswell Action Alerts" and other correspondence of interest from the NAfME advocacy staff.

Is the Groundswell right for me?

YES – If you want access to an immersive advocacy experience.
YES – If you want to know what is going on in advocacy within the music education field all of the time.
YES – If you want to engage colleagues and become a part of a larger national advocacy “community.”
YES – If you want to share your stories and ideas, and read the same from others.
YES – If you want to FIGHT to protect music in our schools!

*For more information about MENC: The National Association for Music Education, please visit the About section of our main website.