AN INTERACTIVE GUIDE TO BUILDING LAY ADVOCACY GROUPS
ABOUT THIS GUIDE

Part I: Learn some of the history of advocacy organizations and how to use this guide

Part II: Activities for assessing your organization and tips for building it

Part III: Resources and contact information for groups and tools that can help you build your organization

About the Interactive Guide

The Interactive Guide to Building Lay Advocacy Groups was written by Sharon F. Terry and Caitlin Burke with contributions from advocacy leaders and members of the Genetic Alliance. It represents our effort to bring some of the value of the Genetic Alliance MemberForum mailing list to a central, easily navigated place.

See our list of contributors.

The Interactive Guide to Building Lay Advocacy Groups is available under a Creative Commons license. You may reproduce material from the guide (although we prefer that you link to the Web version, so you can be connected to updates as they are made) as long as you do not modify what you reproduce, you include attribution, and you do not use what you reproduce for commercial purposes. Learn more about this license.

The Interactive Guide to Building Lay Advocacy Groups has been published on the Web using a content-management system called Movable Type. This systems uses a database, pages templates, customizable tags, and a series of Perl scripts to automate the creation of HTML pages. Learn more about this technology.

 

 

 


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