Making it Real: The Link Between Issue Organizing, Ballot Initiatives, and Building Power

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When looking at our issue advocacy strategies, how can we strengthen our understanding of evolving concepts like ballot initiatives, organizing, and direct action that together advance this work for the long term?  Join us for a conversation moderated by Julie Fernandes, Rockefeller Family Fund, to help break down those interrelated approaches.  Leaders in the field will share how ballot initiatives are an integral part of issue advocacy, followed by how these measures are implemented in combination with community-driven organizing through ways that lead to increased civic engagement.

Speakers:

• Alejandra “Alex” Gomez, Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA)
• Tomas Robles Jr., Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA)
• Dana Laurent, Ballot Initiative Strategy Center

Cosponsors: 

• Chesapeake Bay Funders Network
• Council of New Jersey Grantmakers
• Economic Opportunity Funders
• Environmental Grantmakers Association
• Funders' Committee for Civic Participation
• Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
• Maryland Philanthropy Network
• Philanthropy New York
• United Philanthropy Forum