Highlights from ATPE's Political Involvement Training and Lobby Day
Date Posted: 2/26/2015 | Author: Jennifer Mitchell, CAE
ATPE thanks all our members who braved the cold, wet weather to attend our Lobby Day events in Austin earlier this week. We also sincerely appreciate our guest speakers, Rev. Charles Foster Johnson of Pastors for Texas Children and Retired District Judge John Dietz. Attendees are reminded to watch for our follow-up email and encouraged to complete the online evaluation of the event to help us continue to offer excellent programs like this one in the future. Read more about the event:
Multimedia:
Media coverage:
- The Texas Tribune: Judge Urges Lawmakers to Fix School Finance
- The Houston Chronicle: Judge: School finance system 'dooming' Texas children
- KVUE: Teachers lobby for increased funding
- The Austin Chronicle: Lege Lines
Links of interest:
- #ATPELobbyDay on Twitter
- ATPE's Professional Learning Portal for tracking CPE credits earned at Lobby Day
- Charles Foster Johnson's Connectivity blog
- Website for Pastors for Texas Children
- Lobby Day photos on Facebook and Instagram via @OfficialATPE
- Website for The Texas Promise documentary film
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