Advocacy is at the heart of PTA. LWPTSA Council is passionate about advocating for the health, safety, education, equitable access and well-being of every child.
Learn about our legislative priorities and other supported issues, and read below for more ways to get involved. Our advocacy work is directed and powered by our members.
3 Easy Ways You Can Make a Difference:
- Become a PTA Member: By becoming a PTA member at your school, you add to the impact the PTA is already making on your behalf. Our Washington State PTA team is already advocating in Olympia and will continue this work throughout the session. Your membership increases our numbers, which adds more weight to our advocacy efforts in our legislators’ eyes. Visit your school’s PTA website and join!
- Contact your state legislators as a PTA member and share our Washington State PTA Legislative Platform: By adding your voice to those PTA members already working on your behalf, you raise the volume of our requests and help make sure our legislators know these issues are truly a priority for ALL of us.
- Contact your state legislators as a parent and community member to share your own personal concerns, stories and opinions: Although as PTA members we legally must share the official PTA stances and platform, as individual constituents we always have the right to speak our own opinions and add weight to the grassroots interest in these important topics.
- Participate in LWPTSA Council’s Advocacy Skills in the Education System! Learn more about this newly established group here.
More Ways to Take Action
- Join the WSPTA Action Network Group: Sign up to receive timely information and action alerts during the Washington State Legislative sessions.
- WSPTA Legislative Assembly: Attend this annual fall event to learn about the issues, how you can take action and network with other PTA leaders.
- WSPTA Focus Day: During each year’s legislative session, Washington State PTA holds an annual Focus Day to bring members together at the state capitol to advocate for the association’s legislative platform.
- Find State Legislators – Look up your Washington state legislators, and share what is important to you.
Advocacy News & Updates
- With Gratitude and Goodbye: Rooted in Advocacy, Guided by BelongingDear LWPTSA Leaders, It has been both an honor and a transformative journey to serve alongside Continue reading With Gratitude and Goodbye: Rooted in Advocacy, Guided by Belonging
- Combating Internalized Ableism – Creating Cultures of Access and BelongingInspired by the work of Dr. Victoria Verlezza Internalized ableism is not a personal failing. Continue reading Combating Internalized Ableism – Creating Cultures of Access and Belonging
- WSPTA 2025 Legislative RecapLWPTSA Council’s Advocacy Update From WSPTA Legislative Consultant Marie Sullivan’s 2025 Legislative Session Wrap-Up: 📄 Session Continue reading WSPTA 2025 Legislative Recap
- Advocating for Equitable School Funding: Why the Big Three (and More) MatterBy Zahra Eslami, LWPTSA Council Co-VP of Advocacy Washington’s public schools are facing a funding Continue reading Advocating for Equitable School Funding: Why the Big Three (and More) Matter
- State Legislators and Student Voices Close Out Our 2025 ‘Advocacy Skills in the Education System’ SeriesWe wrapped up the school year with the final session of our Advocacy Skills in Continue reading State Legislators and Student Voices Close Out Our 2025 ‘Advocacy Skills in the Education System’ Series
PTA Advocacy Contacts
- LWPTSA Council Co-VPs of Advocacy: Zahra Eslami (she/her) and Kameh Saman (she/her) — Advocacy {at} LWPTSA.net
- WSPTA Advocacy Director: Currently Open
- WSPTA Region 2 Advocacy Chairs: Gwen Loosmore & Lauren Bartholomew