Estimated Project Timeline

• Attend Walk a Mile Training in Seattle

• Recruit liaison organizations

• Enroll endorsers for credibility and bi-partisan support

• Invite keynote speaker for Opening Event

• Conduct training for liaisons

• Liaisons identify and enroll low-income participants in each district

• Send invitations to policymakers and enroll “front-runners”

• Send press release

• Make follow-up calls to legislators & collect registration forms

• Create public support: constituent calls, letters to the editor, attend public meetings, write newsletter articles

• Send welcome packets to participating policymakers

• Send match information to liaisons (for low-income participants) and to policymakers

• Continue to enroll and match participants

• Manage the scheduling of first contacts between matches

• Organize Opening Event

• Liaisons help prepare low-income participants for visit with policymaker

• Send second  press release

• Opening Event

• Maintain weekly contact with liaisons to monitor matches and keep track of activities

• Follow-up with policy-makers who have not contacted their matches

• Answer media inquires and set-up interviews

• Share successes and media with WAM National

• Hold Closing Celebration

• Mail and follow-up with evaluations

• Acknowledge contributors

• Relax and look forward to your WAM project next year!

• Coordinators complete project evaluations and final reports by March

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