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Giving Voice to Mission:  Strategies You Can Use

Giving Voice to Mission:  Strategies You Can Use. Dr. Jocelyn D. Taliaferro, Dr. Richard Clerkin , Dr. William Kinsella , Deena Bayoumi , & Chris Cummings, North Carolina State University. Words of Wisdom.

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Giving Voice to Mission:  Strategies You Can Use

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  1. Giving Voice to Mission:  Strategies You Can Use Dr. Jocelyn D. Taliaferro, Dr. Richard Clerkin, Dr. William Kinsella, Deena Bayoumi, & Chris Cummings, North Carolina State University

  2. Words of Wisdom • The most frightening part of helping is getting involved – Dianne Ridley Roberts • If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has his foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.-Archbishop Desmond Tutu • I am planting seeds for a tree under which I will never sit –Unknown

  3. Workshop Goals • Connect the role of advocacy and lobbying to advancing 501(c)(3) nonprofit missions. • Identify opportunities to influence the policy process. • Explore advocacy strategies such as direct lobbying, administrative advocacy, mobilizing your base, and working in coalitions.

  4. So, just what is lobbying? lob·by[lob-ee] verb, -bied, -by·ing: A specific, legally defined activity that involves stating your position on specific legislation to legislators and/or asking them to support your position.

  5. What is it again? • Contacting legislators to influence public policy broadly and legislation specifically • Serving as expert consultant • Making nonpartisan research on the legislation available • Lobbying is classified as direct (you speak) or grassroots (the general public speaks).

  6. So, how is it different from advocacy? • Advocacy: Seeking to affect some aspect of society, whether appealing to individuals about their behavior, employers about their rules, or the government about its laws. • Lobbying: Specifically advocacy efforts that attempt to influence legislation.

  7. Giving Voice to Mission • You can make a difference.   • People working together can make a difference.   • People can change laws.  

  8. Giving Voice to Mission • Lobbying is a democratic tradition. • Lobbying helps find real solutions. • Lobbying is easy.   • Policy makers need your expertise.

  9. Giving Voice to Mission • Lobbying helps people.   • The views of local nonprofits are important.   • Lobbying advances your cause and builds public trust.   Adapted from "Ten Reasons to Lobby for Your Cause" from Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest

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