Advocacy In Action: Four-part Series

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Join Philanthropy Northwest for the second year of our virtual policy advocacy workshop series. This four-part series is designed for foundation staff and trustees who want to build their knowledge and capacity to fund and implement policy advocacy. Register for all four sessions and receive a significant price discount. Click the Register Now button on the right.

The first three sessions will focus on building your organization’s policy advocacy capacity and strategy. The last session will focus on how you can work with grantees to support the most effective and meaningful types of investments. Each session features thought leaders and peer funders to engage and facilitate discussions on the various topics, and participants learn together in an interactive format.

At the end of the series, funders will have the knowledge to move forward with the development and implementation of their own strategies to participate and make strategic investments in policy advocacy work.

Session attendees who want more customized information can sign up for ONE FREE HOUR of policy advocacy consulting from Philanthropy Northwest's Executive in Residence, Remy Trupin. Contact Ankita Patel, public policy and advocacy manager, for more information.

SERIES SCHEDULE

Advocacy in Action Session 1: Policy Advocacy: Why, What, How?
March 18, 2019 10am-11:30am (Pacific)
In session 1, we will talk about the fundamentals of advocacy and discuss the value add for funders engaging in policy advocacy as a strategy.

Advocacy in Action Session 2: Funding & Engaging in Policy Advocacy Rules and Regulations
April 22, 2019 10am-11:30am (Pacific)
In session 2, we will review the legal rules of funding and doing policy advocacy work and how these activities can leverage your foundations’ impact.

Advocacy in Action Session 3: Preparing for Impact: Defining Success and Making the Case to Boards/Trustees
July 8, 2019 10am-11:30am (Pacific)
In session 3, we will look at ways funders can prepare to measure the impact of policy advocacy investments and build a case for their trustees and boards from a success mindset.

Advocacy in Action Session 4: Building Grantee Capacity to Do Policy Advocacy Work
September 9, 2019 10am-11:30am (Pacific) 
In session 4, we will look at investing in grantees and nonprofit partners to build their capacity to engage in policy advocacy, including base-building, community organizing, public education and lobbying.

COSTS

Members = $150 for the four-part series (individual sessions are $60 per session)
Non-members = $225 for the four-part series (individual sessions are $75 per session)