Collective Impact Forum

Connecting Advocacy and Data to Advance Collective Goals


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Last year, Independent Sector published research on how advocacy by the nonprofit sector has evolved over the last 25 years, and specifically, how it has severely declined, with only 31% of nonprofits reporting advocacy activities over the last 5 years. Compare that to the year 2000, where more than double that—74% of the nonprofit sector--was participating in advocacy activities.

That dip in advocacy has multiple rationales, including increased confusion about what counts as advocacy and experiencing “advocacy fatigue” from how long advocating can take to create long-term policy and systems change.

To better understand how collaboratives CAN participate in advocacy to support policy change and their collective goals, we talk with Arts for LA, an arts advocacy organization that supports creative arts and jobs in Los Angeles County, California. We learn about the Creative Jobs Collective Impact Initiative (CJCII), and how they have used data to strengthen their collaborative and advocacy efforts.

To learn more about how collectives can get involved in advocacy (and how to avoid or mitigate advocacy fatigue), we hear from Ricky Abilez and Gabriel Gutierrez from Arts for LA, and Adam Fowler from CVL Economics. They share what has worked, what has been challenging, and how partners with different motivations and backgrounds can still work together to achieve advocacy wins.

Resources and Footnotes

  • Arts for LA
  • Creative Jobs Collective Impact Initiative
  • CVL Economics
  • Resource - Arts for LA Campaign Center
  • Webinar -Public Comment: A Webinar on Using Your Voice for Change
  • Video -Creative Jobs Collective Impact Initiative (CJCII) Report about Policy Recommendation
  • Report -The Retreat of Influence: Exploring the Decline of Nonprofit Advocacy and Public Engagement
  • Webinar –Advocacy: What You Can and Can’t Do

More on Collective Impact

  • Infographic: What is Collective Impact?
  • Resource List: Getting Started in Collective Impact

The Intro music, entitled “Running,” was composed by Rafael Krux, and can be found here and is licensed under CC: By 4.0.

The outro music, entitled “Deliberate Thought,” was composed by Kevin Macleod. Licensed under CC: By.

Have a question related to collaborative work that you'd like to have discussed on the podcast? Contact us at: https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/contact-us/

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