Environmental Studies - Environmental Advocacy and Organizing

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Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program

Professional public interest advocacy organizations, which usually work on a single issue or single set of issues through research and education, lobbying, litigation, inter-group coalition building, and high-level negotiations with decision-makers.
Grassroots organizations and larger organizing networks and clearinghouses which mobilize specific communities and constituencies to take collective action through community organizing, popular education, community development, alternative institutions, and direct action campaigns.
Labor unions and professional associations which both represent and mobilize their members on political, economic, and social issues of interest to members and the public.
Progressive electoral public policy groups such as third parties, major party caucuses like the 1980’s Rainbow Coalition, non-partisan groups, and Political Action Committees.
Social action training and political education groups and centers that work with other advocacy organizations and activists to build up their personal and organizational capacities as advocates and organizers.
Research and data management organizations that help meet the information needs of social movement organizations, often in direct collaboration and sometimes even with the full participation of community and public interest groups.
Progressive media and cultural groups which produce documentaries, radio shows, books and periodicals, web-pages for activists and the public; offer public relations assistance to activist groups seeking to influence the mass media; and create art, music, and theater that inspire activists and the public.
Progressive, social change philanthropy groups including individual foundations and coordinating groups like National Network of Grantmakers and the Donor Organizers Network.

Last Updated: 6/18/07