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This article provides insights on advocating for long-term goals and adapting to changes, emphasizing the importance of vision, flexibility, and perseverance. It also covers planning, preparation, and commitment strategies for sustained impact.
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Looking at the long term • Vision: seeing the whole • Flexibility: things will change over time, your advocacy may need to change with them • Constant vigilance: maintaining your gains • Patience • Perseverance
Planning for the long term • Consider the issue in context • Anticipate trends and attitudes • Develop short- and long-term objectives and strategies
Preparing for the long term • Get organized • Motivate allies and other supporters • Prepare the public and policy makers
Committing to the long term • Resources • Drive to continue the effort • Reevaluation and adjustment of the plan • Maintenance of past gains and of the effort as a whole