POLS 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: American Civil Liberties Union, American Enterprise Institute, Aarp
8 Oct 2015
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What nonprofits can do politically. Tuesday, october 6, 2015. Aims of nonprofit political engagement. Politically engaged nonprofits (regardless of ideological orientation of h. Neighborhood associations & community organizations (i. e. , citizen groups ) Congregations & faith- based organizations (alone or coalitions) Policy research organizations (i. e. , think tanks like american enterprise. Public interest groups (american civil liberties union) Identity- based organizations (e. g. , aarp, naacp, la raza) Educational institutions (e. g. , emory university) Unions (e. g. , afsmce) and business leagues (u. s. chamber of commerce) Political parties and political action committees. Foundations (e. g. , annie e. casey foundation) Access points for nonprofit political engagement: government entrances. Neighborhood, city, country, state, federal. Set new laws that will benefit the ideas that the people want. Translation of laws into rules, regulations, and programs. If you cant influence a law, the next best place is to influence the bureaucracy. We have some influence if we can be chosen as the implementers of public policy.
