Advancing Missions Through Advocacy
Advocacy is essential to advance and achieve nonprofits' missions.
To demonstrate how common nonprofit advocacy is – and how effective it can be in advancing missions, improving lives, and strengthening communities – each edition of our free e-newsletter, Nonprofit Advocacy Matters, concludes with a current example of “Advocacy in Action.” Here are some recent examples:
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There is no template or playbook for what our country is going through; nonprofit innovation is in ultra-high demand. The rapid-succession passage of two federal COVID-19 stimulus bills poses immense opportunities for nonprofits to secure immediate relief, but only if they know how to access the... Read More
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A community’s character is on display when a crisis hits. The threat of a coronavirus pandemic is causing some in our society to panic, hoard, and price gouge. But in the nonprofit community, the emerging crisis is demonstrating humanity's finer instincts.
Here are some of the... Read More
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Recently, the Maine Association of Nonprofits (MANP) did what many state associations of nonprofits and other groups do: convened an annual Nonprofit Day at the Capitol. The inspiring event involved... Read More
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Every edition of Nonprofit Advocacy Matters closes with an example of people overcoming adversity, mobilizing like-minded people in support of a goal, and innovating approaches to advocacy. These articles focus on real people doing what their convictions compel them to do, and we... Read More
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The astronomical $1.6 trillion in student debt, now second only to debt for home mortgages, is weighing down individuals, families, and the economy. Many charitable nonprofits are taking on the issue, including... Read More
About Advocacy in Action
Pick your cliché, the Advocacy in Action feature is where “the rubber hits the road” and where we feature nonprofits not only “talking the talk,” but also “walking the walk.” For us, it’s not enough just to report what’s going on. Here, we share the inspiration of advocacy activities by practitioners around the country. Advocacy in Action articles in 2018 featured innovations in the areas of relationship building, messaging and communications, subject-matter expertise, policy development, grassroots mobilization, and more. The articles don’t just end the newsletter on a high note (which they do); they also encourage us (and hopefully you) to identify and learn from everyday advocacy successes that are mission-centered and proof that advocacy works.
