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  2. Advocacy - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Advocacy group - Wikipedia

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    As a result of group pressure from the NAACP, the supreme court unanimously ruled that racial segregation in education was indeed unconstitutional and such practices were banned. This is a novel example of how advocacy groups can exert influence in the judicial branch of government. Advocacy groups can also exert influence on political parties.

  4. Methods used by advocacy groups - Wikipedia

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    Advocacy groups can cultivate links with political parties in order to influence policy decisions. This is better done when the party is a party of opposition, as a party in government, it will he hindered by time constraints, and policy formation is likely to be "top-down", not "bottom-up." However, when a party is in opposition, it will be ...

  5. Wikipedia:Association of Members' Advocates/Guide to Advocacy

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    Advocacy is NOT an official Wikipedia procedure. - The AMA is a voluntary user-group and, as such, Advocates will take cases on a volunteer basis. It is the advocates themselves, by consensus and as individuals who determine how to best solve disputes. Advocacy is NOT a method to coerce the breaking up of a dispute by Administrative action.

  6. 'We need to heed their warnings': Advocacy groups remain ...

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    Leaders from prominent advocacy organizations decried the Republican Party following the conclusion of its national convention this week in Milwaukee, saying the presidential election is a choice ...

  7. Wikipedia : Association of Members' Advocates/ABC

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    Toggle Part I: Advocacy subsection. 2.1 What is advocacy? 2.2 What Advocacy is NOT. 2.3 Advocates duties. 2.4 How to be a good advocate/Mini-handbook/Code of Conduct.

  8. Policy advocacy - Wikipedia

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    Policy advocacy is defined as active, covert, or inadvertent support of a particular policy or class of policies. [1] Advocacy can include a variety of activities including, lobbying, litigation, public education, and forming relationships with parties of interest. Advocating for policy can take place from a local level to a state or federal ...

  9. Community practice - Wikipedia

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    Community practice also known as mezzo social work is a branch of social work that focuses on ... community development, policy analysis, policy advocacy ...