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Heather Iliff
Van Jones Diagram
Advocacy diagram with Inside Game, Outside Game, Headspace and Heartspace
Testimonial of West Virginia Mother impacted by chemical spill
An example of a mother impacted by the WV water crisis. How do we reach beyond our traditional constituents and allies and involve people like Lucrecia, who never thought of themselves as clean water activists before?
Organizing on Elk River Chemical Spill – Angie Rosser
Executive Director of West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Angie Rosser, shares the powerful story of the chemical spill in the Elk River and how they organized the community for clean water.
List share agreement – sample template
Sample template for a list sharing agreement between two roganizations
Collaborative List Building
Presentation by Chris Casey of Netcentric Campaigns on Building Lists in Collaboration
Chester River Association Legislative Protocol
Chester River Association Legislative Protocol (Advocacy Policy)
St Mary’s River Watershed Organization Advocacy Policy
St Mary’s River Watershed Organization Advocacy Policy
Savage River Watershed Association – Advocacy Policy
Savage River Watershed Association – Advocacy Policy
Delaware Nature Society Legislative Agenda 2013
Delaware Nature Society Legislative Agenda 2013
West Virginia Rivers Coalition Advocacy Policy
West Virginia Rivers Coalition Advocacy Policy
Stewards of the Lower Susquehanna Advocacy Policy
Stewards of the Lower Susquehanna Advocacy Policy
Sample Watershed Organization Advocacy Policy
This is an actual advocacy policy of a Watershed Organization that gave their permission to share their internal policy without the organization’s actual name.
Evaluation and Metrics – Powerpoint by Alliance for Justice
Evaluating Advocacy and Community Organizing – Powerpoing presentation by Sue Hoechstetter and Abby Levine of Alliance for Justice
Advocacy Policy – Susquehanna Greenway Partnership
Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Advocacy Policy
Choose Clean Water Coalition SOP for Federal Legislation
Standard Operating Procedures for Coalition Support of Federal Legislation
Core Components of Community Organizing Evaluation
Online article from www.bolderadvocacy.org. This is the same article that Jamie Baxter forwarded previously on the CIGO email list.
Resources for Evaluating Community Organizing
Links to great online resources for evaluating community organizing.
Advocacy Capacity Assessment Tool – online version
Advocacy Capacity Self-Assessment – online version
Advocacy Capacity Assessment Tool
Advocacy Capacity Organizational self-assessment tool – hard copy PDF version
Strategic Communications for Environmental Policy Change
Makani Themba’s Powerpoint presentation from June 6, 2013 CIGO meeting Praxis Project
Mapping Our Story
“Comic Strip” style boxes to help think through the problem, history/context, what can be done, why it matters, identify characters and metaphors
Media Planning Template
Media Planning Template provided by Makani Themba of the Praxis Project. Main goals Audiences Spokespersons Main Message Media options Planning – events, timeline Sound Bites
Leadership Development Ladder: Sample
Example from Maine People’s Alliance of 5-levels of organizing and metrics from each. Levels include Member, Volunteer, Activist, Member Organizer, and Lead Organizer
Potomac Conservancy Loudon County Organizing Plan
Potomac Conservancy provided their sample plan for organizing in Loudon County
Maryland Ethics Rules
This is a one-hour webinar describing the ethics rules for lobbying in Maryland.