Legislative Education Advocacy Development (LEAD)

Prep Tasks and Onsite Activities

Participant: Micah Jacksom_

School/Org: __Ball State___

Primary Policy Issues: __________SB 380 CIT programs_________

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Activity
1. Review the 2015 NASW
Indiana Public Policy Agenda.

Completed
(check if yes)

2/1/2015

Describe Your Findings or

the Response to the Activity

After reading these articles/ agenda I can see the d

correlation between these and the core values of the N
guidelines.

2. Name the State Senator and

State House Representative
that serves your district.

2/7/2015

State Senator Timothy Lanane, district 25. Stat

Representative Sue Errington District 34.

3. Research your State Senator

and Representatives position on
one of the issues on the Public
Policy Agenda.

2/4/2015

Senator Timothy Lanane, SB 403, student athletes gr

-12 law concerning concussions and head injuries
Representative Sue Errington and HB 1376 in regard
school counselors and student services.

4. Schedule a meeting with your

legislator or one working on one
of your issues.
5. Visit the NASW Indiana
Facebook page and post a
comment related to your issues.
6. Speak to at least one student
or colleague about an issue of
importance to you.

I was not able to visit Senator Stoops on LEAD day bu

able to speak to his representative, her and I were ab
discuss a couple of my questions I had about SB 38

7. Speak to at least one student

or colleague about LEAD and
other advocacy activities and
why they are valuable.
8. View a live hearing related to
one of your issues or another
from the Public Policy Agenda.

1/27/2015

Spoke to my friend and fellow graduate Connie Morton

House Bill 1489 and bill 1530 coincide with one anoth
helping Veterans get jobs.

1/27/2015

I spoke to Connie Morton about my attending LEAD a

State house and she agreed that policy and advocatin
individuals who can not or are afraid to voice their conc
our job and we should do this with vigilance and th
determination to succeed in helping them achieve well
and homeostasis.

2/19/2015

Activity

Completed
(check if yes)

11. Locate the Senate Chamber and

observe current activity from the
Gallery; check the daily schedule.

Describe Your Findings or

the Response to the Activity

2/18/2015

Senator Timothy Lanane, actually I talked to him

Professor Moore brought him to the group I aske
about how I may be able to work at the State hou
help vets and he told me to get involved with Gover
here at Ball State and local Vet rep to pave the w
me to work in politics.

2/19/2015

I was able to find a video of Wednesday 2/17/2015 mee

SB 380 and to see Jim Arnold agree with program an
implementation but his concern was over the cost of the
in the academy from a 15 week course to a 16 wee
implementation of 600 hours.

2/18/2015

I could not find it but I believe these acti

are held on Monday and Wednesday.

9. Meet with either your legislator

or another one working on one of
your issues.

10. View or attend a meeting /

hearing related to one of your
issues.

During the video for SB 380 Detective Nicole Flynn of the

gave her testimony as a CIT officer and how her brother de
a mental disorder and committed suicide and the need so ind
are not taking to jail but mental health facilities.

12. Locate the House Chamber and

observe current activity from the
Gallery; check the daily schedule.

2/18/2015

2/18/2015
13. Locate the Legislative Services
Agency and learn about its function.
14. Locate the Supreme Court
Chamber and learn about its
functions.

2/18/2015

This

This part of the State building is the age

where the divisions are held which handle
research, research matters, the media a
general public and also the revisions of sta
This is where the Supreme Court of Indi
holds its judicial body and reviews, court c
files and appeals are held in this body of

Department of Health and Board of education, these com

functions range from public health issues of various nat
education which entail teachers salaries and sex educ

15. Locate a specific committee

(e.g. Ways and Means, Finance) and
describe its function.
16. Learn one historical fact of
interest regarding the statehouse
building itself.

I believe these meetings are held on Tuesday and Thur

2/18/2015

The stained glass window in the middle rotunda has no s

meaning other than the colors blue and gold which are
Indiana state colors.

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