MLELEC 6312: Advocacy and the Third Sector

This course discusses nonprofit organization advocacy with a focus on government relations and community organizing; examines major public policy issues and trends that impact the sector on the national, state, and local levels; examines the rights and responsibilities of nonprofit organizations in the advocacy process; explores the importance of advocacy to nonprofit organizations' missions, the legal parameters of nonprofit involvement, and the proper techniques for establishing an effective presence in the political process and the conditions that promote and hinder the sector's effectiveness; discusses how laws are passed, implemented, and interpreted; and, explores ways to research policy and third sector issues.