Who's Actually Doing Maryland's Gender Identity Bill (HB 235) Grassroots Activism
by: Autumn Sandeen
Sat Apr 02, 2011 at 12:30:00 PM EDT
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There's insider strategies and outsider strategies, and these can be accomplished by professional lobbyists and grassroots lobbyists.
One of the effective tools of grassroots activism involves citizen lobbying. The formula is actually pretty simple:
Identify the target and/or audience. That target could be a legislator, regulator, or legislative aide or a bureaucrat who can influence legislation/regulation coming into effect. Or, an audience may be voters one wants to vote for a particular piece of legislation. Basically, one needs to identify who one wants to message to for a particular piece of legislation and/or regulatory change.