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Bolder Advocacy Resource Library
Unleash the advocacy advantage with our Resource Library, your go-to hub for hundreds of actionable how-to’s, insightful factsheets, and powerful tools that turn advocacy challenges into triumphs. Elevate your cause with confidence!
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Effective Strategies to Raise Awareness & Advocate for Racial Justice and Immigrant Rights
Factsheet
Raising public awareness is key to advocating for racial justice and immigrant rights. This factsheet provides three powerful strategies to help you amplify the message and create change.
Issues
Fiscal Sponsors and Advocacy: Understanding Lobbying Rules
Factsheet
Key lobbying considerations, along with links to helpful resources, for 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsors and their projects who are engaging in advocacy work
Robocalling Rules: Before you Pick Up that Phone, Hold that Call—What You Need to Know about Robocalls, Robotexts, and Autodialers
Alliance for Justice’s Bolder Advocacy program has just published the definitive guide to the laws and regulations governing autodialing, robocall, and robotext campaigns, called Robocalling Rules: Before you Pick Up that Phone, Hold that Call—What You Need to Know about Robocalls, Robotexts, and Autodialers.
Democracy and Equity: The Advocacy Playbook for Democracy and Voting Rights
Hub/Toolkit
This toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of the legal guidelines for 501(c)(3) public charities working to protect democracy and voting rights.
Race and Equity: The Advocacy Playbook for Racial Justice and Immigrant Rights
Hub/Toolkit
This toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of the legal guidelines for 501(c)(3) public charities advocating for racial justice and immigrant rights.
Issues
Advocacy Check-Up: Nonprofit Self Assessment
Guide
Topics
Health and Equity: The Advocacy Playbook for Health and Disability Rights
Hub/Toolkit
This toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of the legal guidelines for 501(c)(3) public charities advocating for health and disability rights.
Pride and Equity: The Advocacy Playbook for LGBTQ+ and HIV Communities
Hub/Toolkit
This toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of the legal guidelines for 501(c)(3) public charities advocating for LGBTQ+ and HIV communities.
Issues
Power and Equity: The Advocacy Playbook for Labor and Economic Justice
Hub/Toolkit
This toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of the legal guidelines for 501(c)(3) public charities engaging in labor and economic justice advocacy.
Issues
Gender and Equity: The Advocacy Playbook for Gender and Reproductive Justice
Hub/Toolkit
This toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of the legal guidelines for 501(c)(3) public charities engaging in gender and reproductive justice advocacy.
Justice and Equity: The Advocacy Playbook for Criminal Legal Reform
Hub/Toolkit
This toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of the legal guidelines for 501(c)(3) public charities engaging in criminal legal reform.
Issues
Earth and Equity: The Advocacy Playbook for Environmental Justice
Hub/Toolkit
This toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of the legal guidelines for 501(c)(3) public charities engaging in environmental justice advocacy.
Issues
Transition Advocacy: Is it Lobbying?
Factsheet
Nonprofits that want to get a jump on building relationships and communicating their point of view on policies that benefit their communities should start now.
Topics
Preparing for Change: How Nonprofits Can Shape Policy By Engaging Transition Teams
Factsheet
Perhaps the best kept secret of nonprofit advocates is the importance of the time between a candidate’s election and the time they’re sworn in.