For this assignment, you’re going to create a phone script that you would share with other people concerned about your Advocacy Project’s issue. These individuals would use this script to call legislators or decision makers and ask them to vote, decide, or behave a certain way. These scripts should be short and easily left as… Read More Advocacy Phone Script
Congressional one-pagers are used by advocacy groups to help legislators make decisions and shape policy. One-pagers help busy decision makers understand an organization’s stance on an issue in one glance. So, one-pagers distill a lot of information into one, graphically interesting, easy to read document. All of the information should fit on one side of… Read More Advocacy One-Pager
AD-VOCATE (Latin) ad in order to + vocare to call Making changes in the world doesn’t have to be radical process with marches in the streets or armed conflict. In fact, a lot of change that makes a difference in our lives starts with writing and communication. For this assignment, you’ll select a topic/problem that… Read More Advocacy Project Overview
Op-eds provide news sources an opportunity for their readers to engage in shaping public opinion. Major papers like the New York Times solicit op-eds from leading thinkers and public figures. For example, former president and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Jimmy Carter, routinely writes op-eds for The Washington Post. Twin Cities news sources, such as the… Read More Op-Ed Assignment
Alison A. Lukowski 