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title: Advocacy & Lobbying
description: This topic examines the strategies used to influence public policy and decision-makers. Learners will understand how to draft policy proposals, build coalitions, navigate legislative processes, and execute campaigns to advance specific social or political causes.
category: personal-development
subcategory: social-impact
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/advocacy-and-lobbying
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# Advocacy & Lobbying

This topic examines the strategies used to influence public policy and decision-makers. Learners will understand how to draft policy proposals, build coalitions, navigate legislative processes, and execute campaigns to advance specific social or political causes.

## Available Resources

1 Books • 3 Websites

## Websites

### 1. Advocacy Academy

Free online training modules for social impact advocates

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.advocacyacademy.org/

### 2. Indivisible Guide

Free organizing guide from Indivisible, a progressive advocacy group, written by co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin. It explains how organized constituents pressure elected officials and walks through forming a local volunteer group and running coordinated advocacy campaigns.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://indivisible.org/guide

**Tags:** grassroots-organizing, constituent-advocacy, lobbying, civic-engagement

### 3. nonprofitaf.com

Nonprofit AF is a practical blog by Vu Le offering guidance on nonprofit governance and leadership, with articles on board governance, fundraising, equity, and organizational sustainability.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://nonprofitaf.com

**Tags:** websites, social-services, nonprofit-management

## Books

### 1. Lobbying and Advocacy

**Author:** Deanna Gelak

A practitioner's handbook by a former president of the American League of Lobbyists covering congressional process, lobbying law and ethics, direct advocacy, grassroots organizing, coalitions and media relations. Readers learn how professional Washington lobbying works and how to stay compliant.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1587331004?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, social-services, social-impact

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