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Grassroots Advocacy

Advocacy Due Diligence Playbook

This playbook helps you and others understand the problems and challenges you identified and produce ideas, alternatives, and outcomes to ask a decision-maker or elected ...

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Public Relations and Working With the Media

In chapter 9 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, you'll learn tips for bringing your message about saving homeless pets to the media.

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Using Social Media to Support Your Advocacy Efforts

In chapter 8 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, learn tips for using social media to save more dogs and cats.

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Engaging With Local Schools

In chapter 7 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, you'll learn how you can involve young people in saving more homeless pets.

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Tabling and Canvassing in Your Community

In chapter 6 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, learn tips for tabling and canvassing to raise awareness for homeless pets.

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Hosting a 2025 Action Team Meetup

In chapter 5 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, learn tips for hosting a 2025 Action Team meeting.

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Creating Petitions and Gathering Signatures

In chapter 4 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit you'll learn tips for creating successful petitions to help save more homeless pets.

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Supporting a Lifesaving Animal Ordinance in Your Community

In chapter 3 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, you'll learn how to promote ordinances that save homeless dogs and cats.

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Starting a Local 2025 Action Team Chapter

In chapter 2 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, learn how to start a local 2025 Action Team.

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Community Organizing to Help Homeless Pets

In chapter 1 of Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit, learn how to connect with advocates for homeless pets in your community.

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Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit: Introduction

Best Friends Animal Society's Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit provides a guide to creating compassionate communities for pets and people.

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How to Lobby for Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return (TNVR) for Cats

Want to lobby for trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR), aka trap-neuter-release (TNR), to help community cats (feral and stray cats)? Answer these questions before you sta...

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End Puppy Mills: Tips for Writing to Legislators and Media

If you're looking for ways to stop puppy mills, here are some tips for contacting your legislators and media outlets to share your message.

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Essay on Animals: How to Write a Persuasive Paper

If you’ve decided to write an essay on animals, either for a school assignment or for another purpose, here are the steps to follow.

This girl (with help from her two black cats) is writing an essay on animals for school.