for a Healthy Kansas Adv Advoca ocating f ting for Action or - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Community Food Solutions for a Healthy Kansas Adv Advoca ocating f ting for Action or Action What is advocacy? Advocacy : Any action that speaks in favor of, recommends, argues for a cause, supports or defends, or pleads on behalf of


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Community Food Solutions for a Healthy Kansas

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Adv Advoca

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What is advocacy?

 Advocacy: “Any action that speaks in favor of, recommends,

argues for a cause, supports or defends, or pleads on behalf of

  • thers.”

 Encompasses a wide range of activities that influence policy and

helps find specific solutions to persistent problems.

 Examples: researching, public education, policymaker education,

coalition building, regulatory work, litigation, work before administrative bodies, lobbying, organizing, and voter education

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Adv Advoca

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Why is advocacy important?

The expertise and views of our food system

leaders and stakeholders can be especially persuasive to policy makers.

Without your involvement, others may be

forced to make policy decisions without the critical information you can provide.

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