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The document discusses advocacy and provides definitions from several organizations. Advocacy is defined as actions that support a cause, argue for solutions, or plead on behalf of others. Effective advocates use facts, relationships, media, and messaging to educate about desired changes to policies, laws, budgets, attitudes, power structures, and institutions. The document then lists potential advocacy projects related to domestic workers' conditions, California bill AB241, and the types of advocacy strategies that could be taken, such as organizing, educating, research, rallies, regulatory efforts, public education, voter engagement, conferences, and litigation.

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Introducing Ap

The document discusses advocacy and provides definitions from several organizations. Advocacy is defined as actions that support a cause, argue for solutions, or plead on behalf of others. Effective advocates use facts, relationships, media, and messaging to educate about desired changes to policies, laws, budgets, attitudes, power structures, and institutions. The document then lists potential advocacy projects related to domestic workers' conditions, California bill AB241, and the types of advocacy strategies that could be taken, such as organizing, educating, research, rallies, regulatory efforts, public education, voter engagement, conferences, and litigation.

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Wednesday

5/4
From Historian to Advocate

What is advocacy?
... any action that speaks in favor of, recommends, argues for a cause, supports or defends, or pleads on
behalf of others.
Alliance for Justice
A set of organized actions aimed at influencing public policies, social attitudes and socio-political
process that enable and empower the marginalized to speak for themselves Advocacy consists of both
strategy and action to achieve an objective.
UN WOMEN
Effective advocates influence public policy, laws and budgets by using facts, their relationships, the
media, and messaging to educate government officials and the public on the changes they want to
bring...
Citizens Committee for Children of New York
involves delivering evidence-based recommendations to decision makers, stakeholders and/or those
who influence them. Advocacy is a means of seeking change in governance, attitudes, power, social
relations and institutional functions.
UNICEF

HCP

Condition of domestic workers

AP

California AB241

What the Advocacy Project


Requires
From the AP Prompt:

become an ADVOCATE for solutions to your central problem in at least one of the
following three ways:

1) you might advocate for one or more specific solutions to the significant and current
political/social/cultural problem that sits at the center of your focus;
2) you might locate the next steps to potentially solving your projects central problem;
or,
3) you might argue for why the current solutions do not work and leave your readers
with questions about possible next steps.

Titles from previous APs


FIFA must apply pressure to Qatar to abolish the kafala system
written
by other 39c
A Proposal to Resolving DMCA Abuse
Students
Zero
tolerance: Amending Floridas statute with a graduated
disciplinary system

Curbing and Bettering Puppy Mills


What we should aim for: NOT a perfect solution! Rather, a
proposal and analysis of potential strategies for approaching,
addressing, and ameliorating your problem

Different Types of
Advocacy
Organizing - building power at the base
Educate Legislators about the issues
Educating the public about the
legislative process
Research and produce resources that
reflect the real story
Organizing a rally: Mobilize for your
cause
Regulatory efforts: Take action at the
agencies
Public education: educating the
community about the issues

Nonpartisan voter education: Inform


the electorate on the issues
Voter mobilization: Encourage people to
vote
Educational conferences: networking
with other groups
Training a Grassroots team
Litigation: win in court for your cause or
community
Lobbying: Advocate for or against
specific legislation

wetheeconomy.com

Questions TO Consider
1.What issue or issues are being addressed in this source?
2.What solutions do they propose? Are they legislative? Economic?
Educational? Community-based?
3.What strengths do you see in their arguments? What weaknesses?
Are they feasible?
4.What other actions do you think could be taken to address this
issue? (They dont have to be solutions -- start small)

For Next
Wednesd
ay
Read: Americas Dirty Work:
Migrant Maids and Modern-Day
Slavery by Joy M. Zarembka p.
142-153 in Global Woman
*Pay attention to Solutions*

For Sunday
AP Proposals emailed to me

1)Write down what you identified as the issue you wanted to address
with your HCP, using as few words as possible.
2)Now that you have concluded your HCP, what possibilities do you
think there are in terms of advocacy? What are your thoughts about
what you'd actually like to advocate?
3)Do you think these ideas may be financially feasible or too costly?
If too costly, can you consider a way to narrow your approach to a
particular sub-set of the larger problem?
4)To what extent do you think the solution(s) could actually go into
effect in some way?

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