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Funders: Considering Collaboration? Start With a Light Touch and See Where It Leads

sgEngage

Common subjects include strategic planning, communications, advocacy, and community needs assessments. . 6) Funding or Engaging in Advocacy . Funder coalitions working at the city or state level can pool their resources to support data and research that backs policy change.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

They believe that the most innovative and effective policies and strategies emanate from educators engaged in authentic partnership with policymakers, students, parents, and others who are committed to educational equity, excellence, and opportunity. Areas served: Baltimore/Maryland. Areas served: Illinois. Oregon Community Foundation.

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TechSoup Member Organizations Doing Great Work During Hard Times

Tech Soup

Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition — Boston. The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) represents 1 million immigrants and refugees in New England. It provides policy analysis and advocacy, institutional organizing, training development, and strategic communications.

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New on SSIR: Effects of Joining the Conversation

Amy Sample Ward

The Hatcher Group , a Maryland-based public affairs and communications firm, released a great report this past Fall called New Media & Social Change: How Nonprofits are Using Web-based Technologies to Reach Their Goals (PDF). Joining the conversation is incredibly important if these organizations expect to change policy and change minds.

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How to Effectively Engage Lawmakers at Town Hall Meetings

Connection Cafe

Why cover an event where an elected official and constituents have a calm conversation on public policy?) As a press secretary to a suburban Maryland congressman in the 1980s and 1990s, I worked the legislative issues by day and went to more than 100 town hall meetings at night. Tell a Personal Story. Use Numbers If You Have Them.

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On Frogloop's Radar

Care2

conference is bringing together leaders of major women’s advocacy organizations and online women’s communities to further the connection between today’s issues and women’s voices. is intended for all women interested in better policies for women, families and society. RSVP: Maria Enie at menie@vancomm.com.

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Demographics Are Destiny: How and Why to Diversify Your Staff Now!

NTEN

And, in Maryland, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, New York, New Jersey, Mississippi, and Florida, the percentage of non-Hispanic whites has fallen below 60 percent. I asked both women to talk about how they apply the lens of gender when planning advocacy campaigns, building coalitions, and marketing their programs. So What and Who Cares?