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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State associations and other nonprofits stepped up big for Election Day 2019 by encouraging people in their communities to get out and vote. As discussed in the lead State & Local Issues article above, hundreds of seats at the state level, three governorships, and scores of state and local... Read More
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The following is an Advocacy in Action excerpt from the new report: Nonprofit Impact Matters, pages 25-26.
All 501(c)(3) organizations need a... Read More
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The purely nonpartisan National Voter Registration Day is upon us – Tuesday, September 24, 2019. It presents a great opportunity to participate in and celebrate civic engagement. But is it advocacy? It’s safe to say we think so, given that we're writing about it in the Advocacy in Action section... Read More
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The Seattle Human Services Coalition scored a major public policy victory recently as a result of coordinated action, effective grassroots, and skillful application of research-based messaging. That latter tool, and its utility for other nonprofits and missions, is the subject of this article... Read More
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On June 12, 2019, Habitat for Humanity launched its ambitious nationwide Cost of Home campaign to engage its local affiliates and many others in advocacy efforts to secure affordable housing for 10... 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.
