17th Annual California Afterschool and Summer Challenge
March 8-9, 2021 | VIRTUAL EDITION
Help us keep children learning and parents working!
Be the voice of your community to ensure that expanded learning programming remains a public priority in California at the 17th annual California Afterschool & Summer Challenge. This is the only event of its kind that brings together hundreds of afterschool and school-age care providers, families and youth to share their stories of why afterschool and summer programming for youth matters.
Virtual Challenge Logistics
EVENT SCHEDULE
Monday, March 8 - 10:00am-12:30pm
10am — Brief plenary and rally with all Challenge participants and our legislative champions!
10:30am — Small team meetings - preparing for your legislative visits
Tuesday, March 9 - 10:00am-4:00pm
10:00am-4:00pm — The exact schedule of your legislative visits will be shared with you by your Team Leader. Please hold this entire time, as you will likely be meeting with your team before and after visits to prepare and debrief.
EVENT LOGISTICS
Below you will find some event logistics. Your main point of contact will be your Team Leader, who will support and guide your team through your virtual legislative visits.
Youth Participants: If you are planning to bring middle and high school youth they must be registered by an adult attending the event.
Legislative Visits: Your Team Leader is working tirelessly to confirm visits with your legislative representatives specifically for you! If you are unable to participate in the legislative visits on Tuesday, March 9 please contact your team leader immediately.
Challenge Issues: Learn more about the polices that we are focusing on during the Challenge —coming soon!
Participant Experience
As a participant at the Challenge, you're provided with:
Training - You will meet with your team and Team Leader 1-2 times during the Challenge event to get trained on policy information, talking points, and prepare for your visits
All Materials - You will receive materials from your Team Leader, including fact sheets and policy information, advocacy guides, legislative visit talking points and MORE!
Legislative Visits with Your Team - each team will have a Team Leader to support and prepare the group for virtual legislative office visits with your representatives and representatives in surrounding areas!