MCV Grassroots Leadership Training with Joel Bradshaw

TO BE A PART OF THIS EVENT: 

1. Call MCV at 254-1593 to RSVP for the training.
2. Print the Registration Form and mail in with your check to PO Box 63, Billings, MT 59103 or fax the completed Registration Form to 406-254-1609 and bring your check to the event.

They Vote, We Score: Helping Elected Officials Stay on Track
MCV Grassroots Leadership Training with Joel Bradshaw

March 7th, 2008 | 10:00 AM – 3:00PM
Lewis and Clark Public Library, Helena, MT
120 S Last Chance Gulch, Large Conference Room

- $25.00 registration fee includes lunch and materials -

MCV works year-round to help our elected officials stay on track to protect the land that we love.

Our members recruit folks from within the conservation community to run for office, help train and elect them, work to get them pass policies that protect the environment, then report the actions of our elected officials. We call this process the “cycle of accountability”. Every year, dozens of MCV members meet candidates face-to-face through the endorsement process. Of course, our electoral work hinges on who is endorsed. But can it be more than a mechanism to decipher a candidates’ position on conservation issues?

Join other MCV members and grassroots leaders for a leadership
session focused on how to leverage political gains for the
conservation community through the cycle of accountability and
the electoral process.

We’re pleased and honored to bring Joel Bradshaw’s expertise
and engaging style to Montana. Joel helps national LCV and
state leagues around the county to leverage political gains for the
conservation and environmental community.

Joel C. Bradshaw has worked in politics and public affairs for
over 30 years. He is the founder and president of Joel Bradshaw
Associates, a consulting firm specializing in strategy, message,
management and planning for political campaigns and institutions.

Joel has served as the Director of Government Relations for the
Colorado Education Assn., the Director of Reapportionment and
Redistricting at the Democratic National Committee, the Founder
and President of the Campaign Design Group, and a Political
Affairs Specialist for the National Education Assn. He has designed
and conducted political and public affairs training programs for
EMILY’s List, the LCV Education Fund, the National Education Assn.
and the American Medical Assn. and has extensive experience in
designing effective grassroots public policy advocacy programs.