VA, Arlington: Issues in Action Fair - Finding Your Effective Political Voice

EVENTS

VENUE:
George Mason University

3801 N Fairfax, Room 329
One block from the Virginia Square Metro
Arlington, VA 22203

starts: 06/09/2007 - 10:00am
ends: 06/09/2007 - 2:00pm

A unique workshop to help promote coalitions and effective advocacy for issues important to you

  • Think nonprofit organizations and their members can’t be political?
  • Is it legal for a nonprofit to lobby?
  • Cynical about political values and the capacity to effect real change?
  • Looking to identify like-minded people to help support your cause?

Join:

  • Peter Edelman, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Elizabeth Heagy, Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest
  • John Pomeranz, Legal expert on lobbying and election-related activity by tax-exempt organizations

10:30 -- Panel presentation: Effective leadership and the links connecting grassroots organizing, public policy, and electoral politics

  • 24 networking tables featuring organizations, issues, and initiatives sponsored by Arlingtonians
  • Expert information on the legal limits to nonprofit political activity

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