Policy Advocacy 


Tools for Legislative Advocacy
Overview of Legislative Advocacy
Get tips on talking to legislators.

Customizable "By the Numbers" Handout
Save a copy, then insert your coalition's logo and your county's data from the 2010 Burden of Tobacco Report.

2010 Candidate Education materials:

• Booklet Format (print on 11x17 paper)
• Single Sheet Format (print on 8.5x11 paper): Sheet 1, Sheet 2, Sheet 3

Getting Started
Principles of Advocacy
This overview from the will get you started

Advocacy Dos and Don'ts
Don't have much time, check out this one page tip sheet



Planning Tools
Health Policy Guide
Provides evidence-based, peer-reviewed policy guidance and resources to support advocacy and decision-making at the state and local levels



Evaluating Advocacy
Community Activist Survey

Monitoring and Evaluating Advocacy Efforts
Although focused on youth advocacy, this resource provides good ideas for process, outcome and impact indictors

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E-Advocacy Resources

Getting your organization ready for e-advocacy
A checklist to help you assess your organizations' readiness

Electronic Advocacy
An overview that covers the what, when, why and how of electronic advocacy

Using the internet for outreach and organizing
A more comprehensive resource on how to use the internet for activism

Designing Effective Action Alerts
Specific tips for writing well-designed action alerts to invite people to participate