General Letter from Connie Deckert:

Hello to my sister Zontians in Areas 1, 2 and part of 3. I am your Canadian representative on the Legislative Awareness & Advocacy Committee for District 4. Throughout this biennium I will endeavor to bring you information about our legislative process from a municipal to a federal level as well as discussing how advocacy can be used at various levels to help us fulfill our mandate of improving the status of women and children world-wide.

Here is some food for thought@ from a very distinguished Canadian Therese F. Casgrain. In her 1966 book AA Woman in a Man's World@ she writes Ain a democracy, all the citizens are governed by the same laws but these are generally drawn up and enacted by men. If society is to be improved, a greater number of competent women must make their presence felt in all spheres of life, politics included.

In Funk & Wagnalls the definition of an advocate is someone who speaks out - an intercessor - who may be in favor of, in defense of or making a recommendation - one who pleads the case of another. In reality all of us practice this every day when we speak up for what we need as individuals. By learning more about our legislative process we then can be more effective agents for change.

If there are any specific topics or questions anyone wants addressed please let me know.

Connie Deckert
Zonta Club of Kitchener-Waterloo
fax 1-800-986-0333
email cedeckert@bellnet.ca

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