1. When is advocacy needed to tackle social disadvantage? Scott Higgins Baptist Care Conference Canberra, June 2014

2. 2 Baptist Care Workshop June 2014 Images of Advocacy?

3. 3 Baptist Care Workshop June 2014 Living Below the Poverty Line in Australia 13% Of All Australians

4. 4 Baptist Care Workshop June 2014 Living Below the Poverty Line in Australia 6/10 Unemployed Households 1/4 Lone parent households Over 65 households Working age single adults

5. 5 Baptist Care Workshop June 2014 The Stories We Tell Personal System Community System Socio- Economic System

6. 6 Baptist Care Workshop June 2014 The Implications of the Stories We Tell Incentives Personal System Community Development Community System Advocacy Socio-Economic System

7. 7 Baptist Care Workshop June 2014 Crop Failure Death of Adult Male Foreigner The Story Jesus & the Prophets Tell Poverty in biblical era Israel was directly linked to land

8. 8 Baptist Care Workshop June 2014 The Story Jesus & the Prophets Tell 7 7 14 21 28 35 42 49 Loan forgiven Land sold Join in harvest Land returned An economic system was created to ensure no- one went without access to land and livelihood Interest Free Loan

9. 9 Baptist Care Workshop June 2014 The Story Jesus & the Prophets Tell 7 7 14 21 28 35 42 49 Interest Free Loan Loan forgiven Land sold Join in harvest Land returned Chronic poverty emerged because the powerful violated the rights of the poor.

10. 10 Baptist Care Workshop June 2014 The Story Jesus and the Prophets Tell Woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort. Woe to you will well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. Jesus, Luke 6: 24-25

11. 11 Baptist Care Workshop June 2014 The Stories Jesus & the ProphetsTell Personal System Community System Socio- Economic System

12. 12 Baptist Care Workshop June 2014 Which Stories Should We Tell? Incentives Personal System Community Development Community System Advocacy Socio-Economic System

13. 13 Baptist Care Workshop June 2014 What makes effective advocacy? Consider an area of social disadvantage in which Baptist Care works. How might advocacy bring change? How would you implement the process diagrammed?