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Advocacy: Strategies for Change

The best policy is made when the most voices are heard - stories from the field, from divergent experience and from experts on the ground serving the people of Kansas. That's why the Sunflower Foundation is developing new programs that help nonprofit leaders and their organizations become stronger and more effective in advocacy and public policy processes.

There are three aspects to the foundation's work:

Advocacy Fellowship Project - a comprehensive training program for nonprofit leaders read more >

Advocacy in Health Speaker Series - a public education program to promote awareness and understanding of nonprofit advocacy read more >

Capacity Building - a technical assistance program to help nonprofits become more engaged and effective in advocacy
 

ACTIVITIES

 

Advocacy Fellowship Project – To encourage our state’s nonprofit health leaders to become effective advocates, the Sunflower Foundation has created a unique training program unlike any other in the nation: The Sunflower Foundation Advocacy Fellowship. The Fellowship helps leaders in health-related nonprofit organization develop the understanding, experience and expertise they need to become powerful voices for the Kansans they serve. read more >

The inaugural Advocacy Fellowship class began in November 2008, to coincide with the first event of the Sunflower Foundation Advocacy in Health Speaker Series. read more > The class of 15 Fellows (see roster with photos and short bios) participated in a series of six training sessions over 12 months. For more information on the Advocacy Fellowship, click here.


Advocacy in Health: A Speaker Series - The Sunflower Foundation hosted a special advocacy-focused speaker series featuring four leading national experts on advocacy, health care and health media. All four speeches, and the receptions that follow, were free and open to the public. Click here for complete details on the series.

 

Calendar
October 28, 2010
Final application deadline for the foundation's three current Requests for Proposals (RFPs). Plan to participate in TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL BRIEFINGS to discuss the RFPs and the new Online Application process. Watch this website for the briefing schedules as they are announced. read more >
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