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Contributed by Eric Wadud, Tom Seekins, and Stephen B. Fawcett Edited by Bill Berkowitz and Jerry Schultz |
- Communicating Information about Community Health and Development Issues
- Making Community Presentations
- Developing a Plan for Communication
- Using Principles of Persuasion
- Preparing Press Releases
- Arranging News and Features Stories
- Approaching Editorial Boards
- Developing Multisector Task Forces or Action Committees for the Initiative
- Learning How to Be a Community Leader
- Developing and Communicating a Vision
- Discovering and Creating Possibilities
- Understanding People's Needs
- Building and Sustaining Commitment
- Overview: Getting an Advocacy Campaign Off the Ground
- Training Adult Mentors
- Identifying Opponents
- Encouraging Involvement of Potential Opponents as well as Allies
- Developing a Plan for Advocacy
- Monitoring and Gathering Feedback from Your Mentoring Program
- Giving Personal Compliments and Offering Public Support
- Reframing the Debate
- Writing Letters to Elected Officials
- Writing Letters to the Editor
- Criticizing Unfavorable Action
- Filing a Complaint
- Seeking Enforcement of Existing Laws or Policies
- Working with the Media
- Making Friends with the Media
- Creating News Stories the Media Wants
- Using Paid Advertising
- Meeting the Media
- Overview of Opposition Tactics: Recognizing the Ten D's
- How to Respond to Opposition Tactics
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