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Understanding yourself, your values, and your needs
Self-advocacy requires that you first understand yourself (your values, your needs, and your rights) in the context in which you operate. It requires that you are aware of the support that you need and the resources that are available.
Self-advocacy also requires the ability to communicate your value, your needs, and your human rights in a way that will be understood and offer you the greatest return on the ask.
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What is self-advocacy?
Self-advocacy is the ability to speak up on your behalf effectively. You might do this to bring about positive results in any of the various contexts in which you interact — whether at work, in organizations, school, community, or family.
If there are decisions being ma...
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Benefits of self-advocacy
- You empower yourself and others by practicing and honing self-advocacy skills. In doing so, you build a psychologically safe and inclusive environment where other people are more apt to share their ideas and flourish.
- You take control of your own life.
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Understanding your context
You need to understand yourself in the context of your role within the larger group. This means having a good understanding of the organization’s values, rules, rights, and resources. For instance, look at your organization’s mission and your team’s role in fulfilling that missio...
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How to communicate your needs
Make sure to take the following steps: prepare, consult, draft, and state your case.
- To prepare, start by documenting your concerns in detail.
- Do your research. Which laws govern the issue on a federal, state, and local level?...
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Build up a support system
- Develop a robust and direct line of communication with your manager. Your manager is in the best position to advocate on your behalf. They know both you and the organization. I
- Join — and lead — organizations that are there to support you and others,...
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Shaping your personal values
Your values will not be fixed; they change throughout your life. While this process happens naturally, you can proactively decide to shape your values.
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Create meaningful core values
- Start with a beginner’s mind, someone with no preconceived notions of what is.
- Create your list of personal values.
- Chunk your personal values into related groups.
- Highlight the central theme of each value group....
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