Student Parent Advocacy Alliance

Eligibility & Responsibilities

Eligibility Requirements: To be eligible for participation, you must be a current undergraduate student parent or a student parent who graduated from an undergraduate program within the last year. 

Participation Requirements:

• Meet with the Policy & Research team monthly to participate in a skill-building workshop, touch base on the advocacy events calendar, and provide feedback on planned policy events. Members may be required to meet in addition to these monthly meetings to discuss strategies if policies pertaining to student parent success are being considered at a federal or regional level.

• Engage fellow student parents by connecting, inviting, and recommending student parents to participate in our policy events, panel discussions, reports, etc.

• Participate in at least two approved policy and advocacy events or opportunities related to student parent work and Generation Hope’s Policy Priorities that are shared by the Generation Hope term or other organizations. Advocacy and policy events such as blog or op-ed writing, lobby day advocacy, panel discussions, conference presentations, testimony writing, etc. can be counted as part of your work.

  • Any activity you would like to be counted towards your goal, must receive approval from Yoslin Amaya Hernandez, Student Advocacy Coordinator.

• Help create a positive, welcoming, and affirming environment for other student parents involved in this work.

• Outgoing alliance members will be required to assist in onboarding new members, participating in the initial orientation and serving as a mentor to a new alliance member for the first month.