CYC Advocacy and Bills Passed
$100: What age group and population does CYC serve?
Answer: What is foster, and system impacted 14–24 year olds?
$100: This term describes standing up for a cause or individual.
Answer: What is advocacy?
$100: Advocating for oneself in personal situations.
Answer: What is self-advocacy?
$100: These short, written statements summarize an issue for policymakers.
Answer: What are policy briefs?
$100: The first thing to do when you feel your rights are being violated.
Answer: What is speak up for yourself?
$200: True or False? Did CYC help pass AB 1393
(This requires the California universities and community colleges to give priority to current and former foster youth for on campus housing.)
Answer: What is true?
$200: The first step in advocacy, often involving gathering information.
Answer: What is research?
$200: Advocating for a vulnerable person who may not be able to speak for themselves.
Answer: What is individual advocacy?
$200: A large gathering of people expressing their stance on an issue.
Answer: What is a protest or rally?
$200: This is important to have when advocating for your needs in formal settings.
Answer: What is a clear goal?
True or False? Did CYC just work with the board of supervisors to add a stipend of $500 extra dollars onto SILP (supervised independent living program) payments?
Answer: What is true?
$300: Advocacy usually requires this key communication skill.
Answer: What is effective communication?
$300: The type of advocacy aimed at influencing policymakers or laws.
Answer: What is legislative advocacy
$300: This involves telling personal stories to connect with decision-makers.
Answer: What is storytelling or personal narrative?
$300: Keeping this can help you remember what’s been done or said when advocating.
Answer: What is documentation or a paper trail?
True or False? Did CYC help pass AB 2489?
(This is a higher education support bill! This expanded the funding for the Chafee grant so that more youth can receive it.)
Did Answer: What is true?
$400: This type of advocacy involves a person representing a group or community’s needs to decision-makers.
Answer: What is community advocacy?
$400: A form of advocacy that uses public campaigning, media, and awareness to create change.
Answer: What is social justice advocacy?
$400: A written request signed by many people to show support for a cause.
Answer: What is a petition?
$400: This strategy helps when dealing with difficult conversations or pushback.
Answer: What is staying calm and confident?
$500: True or False CYC passed the foster youth tax credit in California?
Answer: What is false, although we are always happy to support advocacy efforts, this was legislation led and PASSED by our friends at John Burton Advocates for Youth (JBAY)
$500: This describes a long-term effort to make systemic changes rather than individual ones.
Answer: What is policy advocacy?
$500: Working with organizations to improve conditions for a specific group.
Answer: What is organizational advocacy?
$500: This type of campaign involves calling and emailing legislators to take action.
Answer: What is a grassroots campaign?
$500: This is the ability to stand up for yourself while respecting others' rights.
Answer: What is assertiveness?