Advocacy in its simplest form is about speaking up. It is about making change and being an active participant in this change. As Music Educators, we all need to engage in advocacy for the children we teach to maintain and grow the opportunities they have to be music makers and music learners.
Deb & Debbie will share about the advocacy they have engaged in over the last few years including the very successful Music For Every Child Every Week campaign to reinstate music education in all state schools in Queensland; Together Sing and school based advocacy to raise the profile of First Nations histories and cultures within their schools. They will also discuss opportunities for you to advocate in your own context as well as on a wider scale. Together we are stronger. Deb & Debbie will share about some of their collaborations, the way they work together and with others and the importance of communication, collaboration and relationships.
This will not just be a lecture! You will participate in discussions and begin or build on your own planning for advocacy in your context. Being a change agent is exciting and rewarding and vital in our context of Music Education.