NPAction Update
Vol 3, Issue 23
12/16/2005

Welcome to the year-end edition of the NPAction Update. Please look for the next NPAction update on Friday January 13, 2006.

In This Issue:

*Featured Article*
Lessons Learned from Legislative Battle over Anti-Advocacy Language
In every legislative fight, there are challenges every nonprofit must face. Whether it is how to frame the debate to how do you pick leadership of a coalition, most legislative advocacy efforts include these challenges. A recent legislative battle in the House provides illustration of a few issues you may encounter. Click here to read more.

*Related Articles*
Elements of Strategy: Constituents, Allies and Opponents
The members and leaders of your organization who participate in the work of building alliances and neutralizing the opposition learn many skills and collect information that are important to your immediate campaign, and they are also important to building the strength of your organization over the long-term.
This article was brought to you by the Virginia Organizing Project. Click here to read more.

What is Organizing and Mobilizing?
Organizing and mobilizing refers to efforts to engage individuals and groups in collaborative efforts, coalitions, constituency development or community building around a specific viewpoint, or to inform the public about a particular set of issues. These activities may include protests, town meetings, petitions, and public recognition campaigns. Organizing activities may lead to referenda and resolutions that the public or stakeholders should consider. Click here to read more.

*"Steal This Code": Put NPAction on Your Site*

NPAction invites organizations to share our tools on their websites. Just copy the HTML code from our site, and you're ready to go (but when you steal the code, just let us know!).

"Steal the Code" today
http://www.npaction.org/article/articleview/600/1/1988

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