E-Community Activity: Self-Advocating

Send this message to the e-community of protégés and mentors.

Subject: Self-advocating

It is critical to your success to be good at self-advocacy. This means that you:

• are able to determine what you need
• know who can help you get what you need
• are skilled at asking for what you need

Suggest how family members, mentors, teachers, and friends can help you become a better self-advocate.