Advocacy How-To's

Advocacy Made Easy: Extra Tips for Letters to the Editor

“Do you have any specific advice to get LTE’s published? A young activist sent this question to me this week. Does this sound like you?

Aug 9 •

Cynthia Changyit Levin

Advocacy Made Easy: Letter-Writing Events

Have you been calling and writing Congress, but wonder what your next advocacy step could be? Well, you now have a lot of experience that you can share…

Jul 24 •

Cynthia Changyit Levin

Advocacy Made Easy: Writing an Op-ed

I’ve dragged my feet writing this particular “Advocacy Made Easy” blog because there is nothing easy to me about writing an op-ed.

Apr 1 •

Cynthia Changyit Levin

Advocacy Made Easy: Scheduling a Lobby Meeting

Image: A calendar grid with a giant question mark on it.

Jul 14, 2023 •

Cynthia Changyit Levin

Advocacy Made Easy: Zoom Lobby Meetings

A Shot@Life virtual lobby meeting with Kansas Congresswoman

Mar 10, 2021 •

Cynthia Changyit Levin

Advocacy Made Easy: Protests

Image: Cynthia at the 2017 March for Science in Washington D.C.

Jun 29, 2020 •

Cynthia Changyit Levin

Advocacy Made Easy: Writing a Letter to the Editor

A letter to the editor is a very short letter written by readers and printed in the opinion section of a newspaper.

Feb 22, 2020 •

Cynthia Changyit Levin

Advocacy Made Easy: Outreach Events

For me, one of the most challenging advocacy actions is the Outreach Event.

Mar 23, 2018 •

Cynthia Changyit Levin

Advocacy Made Easy: The Handwritten Letter

The first question I usually get when I teach new advocates – young or old – to handwrite letters to Congress is, “Do we really have to write them by…

Oct 5, 2017 •

Cynthia Changyit Levin

Advocacy Made Easy: Coffee with Your Senator

My family with Senator McCaskill of Missouri

Aug 22, 2017 •

Cynthia Changyit Levin

Advocacy Made Easy: On-line Tools

While you will always hear me singing the praises of actions like sitting down with your members of Congress face to face, I recognize that isn't every…

Jun 1, 2017 •

Cynthia Changyit Levin

Capitol Hill: What's in Your Lobby Bag?

Next week, I'm heading to Washington D.C.

Jun 17, 2016 •

Cynthia Changyit Levin

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