It’s an election year and many of your may be wondering on how your organization can spend money and advocate during an election year. Thanks to the Alliance for Justice, for the following:
- Permissible Election Activities Checklist
- Electing the 501(h) Expenditure Test
- What is Lobbying?
Learn more at the following archived webinar: Do’s and Don’ts for Non-Profits in an Election Year.
CAMEO has gathered a number of resources to make your advocacy efforts a little easier.
- List of 2011-12 California Legislature New Members
- Guide to Meeting with Legislators
- District Meeting How-to Webinar
- Five Rules for Effective Advocacy
- Advocating by Letter
- CAMEO Brochure
- Talking points
- California Microbusiness Means Business
- Visit the Communications Resource page for more talking points
If you have a question about advocacy, educating your legislators, please don’t hesitate to email Heidi Pickman.
Results is devoted to ending poverty and has built a really good set of advocacy tools that can be applied to almost any issue.
In a similar vein, the Half in Ten Campaign from the Center for American Progress. has a great compilation and step by step guide on how to run an advocacy campaign. It’s geared to poverty, but starting on page 19 has steps that can apply to any campaign.
