Advocacy Resources
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Nonprofits and Lobbying
- Michigan Nonprofit Association: Public Policy and Advocacy resources (excellent collection of resources for Michigan nonprofits)
- Alliance for Justice resources (What is lobbying, Guidelines for 501(c)(3)s, etc.)
- NPAction: Why Nonprofit Advocacy? (several articles about why and how nonprofits should advocate)
Elections
- Please see our Elections page
The Legislative Process and the State Legislature
- School House Rock!: How a Bill Becomes a Law (humorous video about the how bills become law on the federal level)
- Michigan.gov: How does a bill become a law? (not-so-humorous article about the state legislative process)
- Michigan Legislature website (look up bills, committee schedules, and more)
- Michigan House website (find your representative, view calendars, and more)
- Michigan Senate website (find your senator, view calendars, take a virtual tour of the Capitol, and more)
- Citizen's Guide to State Government (state-run portal to many Michigan government resources)
Advocacy Day November 2011 Resources
- Talking Points: short summaries of the issues and our requests to legislators
Other Resources
- Advocacy-related blog posts from CEDAM
- HousingPolicy.org - a great site with housing policy resources, live webinars, and a forum for asking questions and sharing ideas
- NACEDA.org - resource for Community Economic Development issues
- NLIHC.org - Resource for Low Income Housing Public Policy
Updated December 6, 2011