To learn how to strengthen your relationships with legislative leaders, consult Access to Power: Building Political Clout for the Arts.*
For ideas on how to maximize contacts with your legislators and expand your advocacy clout, consult Forty Action Strategies.*
To see how you can broaden the reach of public arts funding by connecting the arts to a variety of public policy issues, consult The Arts in Public Policy: An Advocacy Agenda.*
For help with turning your board members into advocates, consult Advocacy for Public Support of the Arts: A Civic Responsibility.*
To learn how nonprofit arts organizations can lobby without risk to their tax status, consult Advocacy by Arts Organizations: Tax Laws and Lobbying.*
These and other advocacy resources developed by NASAA may be found on their Web site, http://www.nasaa-arts.org/publications/advo.shtml.
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