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Advocacy is an activity by an individual or group that aims to influence decisions within political, economic, and social institutions. Advocacy includes activities and publications to influence public policy, laws and budgets by using facts, their relationships, the media, and messaging to educate government officials and the public.
The Connect journal, published in Melbourne, features dozens of examples of student voice throughout education in its bi-monthly publication. The Victorian Student Representative Council is the umbrella or peak body of students in Victoria, Australia. It is supported with funding from the Victorian Department of Education and Training.
Action civics is a modern and alternative form of civics education in the United States. Action civics is an applied civic education process in which participants learn about government by examining issues in their own community and then select a focus issue for action through a process of debate, research the issue and learn advocacy strategies, develop civic skills such as public speaking ...
Traditionally, the campaigns of advocacy groups have included letter-writing, petitions and marches.For example, in the mid-1980s, LIFE compiled a petition of more than 2,000,000 names opposed to abortion, organised a "Mail MPs a Mountain" campaign in 1987 and employed postcard campaigns in 1989 and 1990 against the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.
Many simultaneously conduct policy analysis and advocacy evaluation. Most are, at the least, useful examples for anyone wishing to conduct Advocacy Evaluation. A Decade of Effort, A World of Difference: The Policy and Public Education Program of The California Youth Violence Prevention Initiative by Lawrence Wallack, Amy Lee and Liana Winett 2003
A number of examples link participatory community plans with local government planning. One widely applied example is South Africa's national policy of community-based planning methodology, and an adapted version, the Harmonised Participatory Planning Guide for Lower Level Local Governments, [48] which is national policy in Uganda.
Malala Yousafzai, an activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. Youth empowerment is a process where children and young people are encouraged to take charge of their lives. They do this by addressing their situation and then take action in order to improve their access to resources and transform their consciousness ...
WP:Advocacy suggests that "consensus" is a valid solution. Unfortunately, consensus on advocacy articles is difficult. Articles whose very nature is "all people ought to do thus-and-such for the common good" have trouble when skeptical sides are presented, and even more of a resistance to actual counter-positions. [citation needed]