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Helping children
find and use
their voice.
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In-school workshops that combine art-making with guided conversation to build confidence, encourage self-expression, and remind children that their voice matters.
WHAT ADVOCACY CRAFT IS
A practice you can bring into any classroom.
Advocacy Craft is a practice. We teach young people the craft of using their voice: the small skill of knowing what you feel, what you need, and how to say it out loud.
Our in-school workshops combine art-making with guided conversation, designed to give children the confidence to learn the power of advocacy and how to advocate for themselves from a young age. Every session is led by our founder, Megan Marsiglio.
THE SIGNATURE EXERCISE
The Voice Portrait
Every Advocacy Craft session centres on our signature exercise. Using paint, mirrors, and embellishments, children create a self-portrait that captures who they are AND what their voice looks like.
The art is the vehicle. The advocacy is the outcome.
OUR FOUNDATIONAL WORKSHOP
BRAVE
75-90 minutes
For SK through Grade 3
The first practice in speaking up.
BRAVE is a 75–90 minute in-school workshop for children ages 5 to 8. Through circle time, a read-aloud, feelings exploration, and Voice Portrait creation, children practice the earliest language of advocacy, naming what they feel, asking for what they need, and learning that their voice belongs in the room.
COMING SOON
BOLD — our program for Grades 4 through 6. Sign up below to be notified when it launches.
For schools
Advocacy Craft complements existing SEL and wellness programming. Our workshops give children a hands-on way to practice self-advocacy (a core social-emotional skill) through art. Founded by a patient advocate and artist, our workshops are informed by 16+ years of professional advocacy work and designed with care for young learners.
Children learn the importance of their voice through storytelling
Children practice identifying and naming emotions and feelings
Children leave with a parent take-home to extend the conversation at home
Children create a voice-portrait that affirms identity
Pricing
Advocacy Craft workshops start at $550 per session, all materials included.
Multi-session and full-day rates available for schools booking multiple classes.
Serving schools across the GTA.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Meet Megan
Advocacy Craft was founded by Megan Marsiglio, a mom, artist, patient advocate, and patient engagement strategist with more than 15 years of experience helping people use their voice inside the health care system.
She is also the co-founder of Unum Co., a Toronto-based patient strategy studio. Advocacy Craft was built on the belief that self-advocacy is a skill, and skills are learned best when they are practiced—early, often, and through making.
Book a workshop
Interested in bringing Advocacy Craft to your school? Please fill out the form below or contact
Megan at megan@advocacycraft.com
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