Legislative Education Advocacy Development (LEAD)

Prep Tasks and Onsite Activities

Participant: Caroline Everidge__

School/Org: _Ball State______

Primary Policy Issues: mental illness, homelessness/poverty

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Activity
1. Review the 2015 NASW
Indiana Public Policy Agenda.

Completed
(check if yes)

2. Name the State Senator and

State House Representative
that serves your district.

3. Research your State Senator

and Representatives position on
one of the issues on the Public
Policy Agenda.

Describe Your Findings or

the Response to the Activity

Proactive solutions to human service issues; support ch

families, & individuals while building communities; pro
appropriate education; health care; GLBT rights; dive
ethical practice
Rep. Dan Leonard
Sen. Amanda Banks

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act was co-author

Sen. Banks
Possible discrimination of same-sex couples by business
churches due to their religious beliefs would be leg

4. Schedule a meeting with your

legislator or one working on one
of your issues.
5. Visit the NASW Indiana
Facebook page and post a
comment related to your issues.
6. Speak to at least one student
or colleague about an issue of
importance to you.
7. Speak to at least one student
or colleague about LEAD and
other advocacy activities and
why they are valuable.
8. View a live hearing related to
one of your issues or another
from the Public Policy Agenda.

Rep. Sue Errington

Sen. Luke Kenley
Rep. Christina Hale

I posted about my support for SB 380.

I spoke with Cassidy Roeglin about homelessness

I spoke with Mackenzie Espich about how this is an imp

experience in the macro field- I never would have rea
how interested I was in the macro world if I hadnt ha
experience.

Education & Career Committee (Senate)

Listened to the discussion on health education and
education curricula

Assistance with answers found on the www.naswin.org and

www.in.gov websites

Activity

Completed
(check if yes)

X
9. Meet with either your legislator
or another one working on one of
your issues.
10. View or attend a meeting /
hearing related to one of your
issues.
11. Locate the Senate Chamber and
observe current activity from the
Gallery; check the daily schedule.
12. Locate the House Chamber and
observe current activity from the
Gallery; check the daily schedule.

Describe Your Findings or

the Response to the Activity

Rep. Edward Clere

Authored HB 1616, wants to change the cut off fo
care vouchers from 171% of the poverty line to 2
create a sliding scale
Also on the Public Health Committee drug abu
legislation
Education & Career Committee (Senate)
Health education and sex education curricula

8:30am: Judiciary
9am: Health & Provider Services
1:30pm: Education & Career Development
1:30pm: Local Government
1:30pm: Public Policy
8:30am: Education
10am: Roads & Transportation
1:30pm: Courts & Criminal Code
1:30pm: Utilities, Energy, & Telecommunicatio

Where the actual writing of the bills by lawyer

paralegals, etc. occur

14. Locate the Supreme Court

Chamber and learn about its
functions.

Second court of appeals (appeal rulings to the ap

court, but can appeal that ruling to the supreme c
(court of last resort)

15. Locate a specific committee

(e.g. Ways and Means, Finance) and
describe its function.

The Appropriations Committee did not meet today

their function is to deal with the funding of bil

16. Learn one historical fact of

interest regarding the statehouse
building itself.

13. Locate the Legislative Services

Agency and learn about its function.

There have actually been 3 statehouses, the one w

to took 10 years to build and was finished in 18

- Rules / Guidelines
1.

Activities 1-8 should be completed prior to your statehouse

visit.
2.
Activities 9-16 should be completed at the statehouse and
may be completed in a group setting as appropriate.
3.
NASW volunteers will be onsite to assist students with
activities; one will always be in the rotunda on the first floor.