The ECOP Budget and Legislative and Program Committees, along with many experts in Extension, have worked hard to develop the
ECOP Advocacy and Education Toolkit advocacy.extension.org. The purpose of the toolkit is to provide ECOP leadership and the Cooperative Extension System (CES) with consistent messaging and resources focused on CES advocacy and education priorities. These resources include priority language, talking points, CES background information, and examples of national program efforts for consistency in messaging with
APLU Board on Agriculture Assembly (BAA) Committees and Sections, the BAA Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy
ESCOP, legislators, partners, University Congressional and Government Affairs staff, and related advocacy groups. Additionally, the SNAP-Ed Program Development Team (PDT) has developed the
Nourishing Communities: Nutrition Education That Works website
snap-ed.extension.org. The 2 websites are interconnected. These are living resources that will be updated and refined regularly. Advocacy topics will be improved by our experts as we move forward. Comments and suggestions can be submitted to
advocacy@extension.org.
Hyde Serves the ECOP Budget and Legislative Committee - Jeff Hyde, Director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, has joined Southern Region Representatives Gina Eubanks, Louisiana State University, and Rich Bonanno, NC State University on the
ECOP Budget and Legislative Committee (BLC). The ECOP BLC establishes federal legislative, budget and advocacy agenda and strategies for the Cooperative Extension System. Members of the BLC from the the other 4 Regions are listed on page 4 of the
ECOP Leaders List posted online at
www.extension.org/ecop. Welcome to National Leadership with ECOP BLC Jeff, and thank you for serving!
Systemwide Webinar on the Cooperative Extension’s Framework for Health Equity and Well Being - Individuals who have not yet had an opportunity provide input into Cooperative Extension’s Framework for Health Equity and Well Being are invited to participate in a Zoom meeting at
1:00 PM (Eastern) on Tuesday, May 25.
Click here to register and look for confirmation email containing details to connect. This session will be recorded. The Framework is an updated version of the original document developed in 2014 that responds to the realities of today's health ecosystem. This document is a product of ECOP’s Health Innovation Task Force and is being vetted among Cooperative Extension’s various stakeholder groups. To view the Framework in advance, visit
www.aplu.org/CES-EqHealth. An Executive Summary can be found at
www.aplu.org/CES-EqHealth-ES. The system is encouraged to provide feedback on the documents, at
https://tinyurl.com/yne6u9k8.
New Courses from the Military Families Learning Network - The
Military Family Readiness Academy courses are FREE and self-paced, include continuing education credit, and offer practical solutions to local problems regarding disaster and hazard readiness. These courses are for Cooperative Extension professionals working with military service members and their families as well as community members interested in disaster preparedness. The Academy course list has added 11 courses from the 2020 - 2021 Disaster and Hazard Readiness series. These courses cover the basics of disaster preparedness, impact and response, and dive deeper into family caregiving, personal finance, the community recovery aspect, and more!
