A SQUEAKY WHEEL GUIDE 8

TO LOCAL ADVOCACY

Ghenis, a quad, has served on a city board that is influencing changes in the building code to increase accessibility, such as requiring wide doorways, units with roll-in showers and two elevators instead of one in the basic requirements for new housing.

“Sitting on an advisory board is more effective, in a lot of ways, than doing protests. It can be proactive instead of reactive,” he says.

“Getting involved can be the key to drafting good policies.

Because you are appointed to the board by a commissioner or mayor, you have more access to staff — to get things done.”