Advocacy 101: Storytelling Worksheet

How to use this worksheet

Work through each question to shape your personal story. Your lived experience is your most powerful advocacy tool. Bring this completed sheet to SPAN advocacy days.


More Ways to Advocate

An op-ed is an opinion-based article published in newspapers, magazines, and other print and online publications. They are written by members of the general public instead of by the publication’s staff.

A guide and template for finding and contacting your U.S. senators and representative.

Reaching out to members of government at the local, state, and federal levels can be an effective advocacy tool to demonstrate support or concern, and to continue educating and holding policymakers accountable when in-person meetings aren’t feasible.