Concurrent University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service and University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law student Alexandra Rodery Rouse, while working with the Arkansas Nonprofit Alliance, created a nonprofit advocacy manual.
The manual was created to provide necessary information on involving nonprofits in the important political discussions that impact the nonprofit sector. Rouse sought to improve the involvement and engagement of nonprofits with local and national leaders, policy makers and citizen groups, to bring awareness of the nonprofit causes to result in sound public policy.
The goal of the advocacy manual is to be a single source for information specific to Arkansas nonprofit advocacy measures. It will quicken the research time by nonprofit leaders and serve to elevate confidence levels in advocacy through information.
“The importance of nonprofit advocacy has become more evident during the past few years from threats of reductions to the charitable giving incentive to cuts in AmeriCorps due to sequestration, but many nonprofits feel isolated from the advocacy realm.” Stephanie Meincke, president and CEO of the Arkansas Nonprofit Alliance.
In creating the manual, Rouse researched the current nonprofit advocacy landscape in Arkansas at both the state and federal level, the current legal and practical realities of advocacy, and then created a compilation of advocacy information and successful strategies to engage and educate nonprofits of their rights and limitations.
The manual will be available for the Arkansas Nonprofit Alliance members and potentially the general public.
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