Disability Speciific Advocacy Online Readings

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Advocacy Online Readings

Updated 7/26/04

General

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Advocacy resources for nonprofit organizations – 2004, Dorothy Johnson Center- for Philanthropy and Non- Profit leadership provides an online, Non Profit Good Practice Guide. (Last accessed 07/19/04)

Advocacy I: Seize the Power--Motivating Others to Recognize & Use Their Personal Power, 1999.

Activist Toolkit, 2004, by ONE/Northwest is a Seattle-based nonprofit organization. Online references with brief, jargon-free articles that will help you use technology in community organizing work.

Advocacy: Unite in Power, 2000, Two seasoned advocates share what they have learned about this critical process for changing our society's attitudes and infrastructure.

Civil Disobedience: How to Survive an ADAPT Action 10/92 by ADAPT, Training material for preparing for demonstrations that may include civil disobedience, 3 pages. (last accessed 7/17/04)

Community Organizing: Community Organizing Toolbox, A Funder's Guide to Community Organizing 2001, details the achievements of community organizing groups nationwide in creating jobs, combating crime and reforming schools. The Toolbox is the first-ever comprehensive review of the community organizing field for grant makers. It will help foundations exploring and investing in community organizing make informed decisions in their grant making.

Demonstrating and Civil Disobedience: A Legal Guide for Activists, 1996-1999, by Gary L. Francione and Anna E. Charlton

Explains some of the basic rights afforded under the law to political activists, primarily concerning the right to protest.
Demonstrating
Civil Disobedience
Your Rights upon Arrest / Detention

Developing Organized Coalitions and Strategic Plans, 2001, by Bobby Silverstein. (last accessed 7/20/04)

Disability Policy Resources, 2003, Training materials, policy papers and policy briefs prepared by ROBERT "BOBBY" SILVERSTEIN, Director of the Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy (CSADP) in Washington, D.C. and former staff director and chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy, chaired by Senator Tom Harkin. (last accessed 7/20/04)

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Advocacy Training Materials
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Disability Policy, In General
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

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Olmstead Supreme Court Case
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Personal Assistance Services (PAS)
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Rehabilitation Act 
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State Medicaid Buy-In Programs and State Work Incentive

Initiatives (See also Ticket to Work and Work Incentives

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Improvement Act)
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Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act

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Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
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Disability Social History Project - is a community history offering people with disabilities an opportunity for disabled people to reclaim our history and determine how we want to define ourselves and our struggles. People with disabilities have an exciting and rich history that should be shared with the world. (last accessed 7/17/04)

Effective Strategies for Interacting with Policy-Makers, 2001, by Bobby Silverstein. (last accessed 7/20/04)

General Guidelines for Disability Policy Change Agents, 2000, by Bobby Silverstein. (last accessed 7/20/04)

How to Survive an ADAPT Action, 1992, (last accessed 7/20/04)

Lobbying: Frequently Asked Questions About Lobbying and CILs 1998, Overview of the federal laws and regulations about lobbying which apply to non-profit organizations. It also covers what constitutes advocacy and what distinguishes it from lobbying. (last accessed 7/17/04)

Oppression: A Little History Worth Knowing, by Timothy M. Cook (last accessed 7/17/04)

Self-advocacy: PAI Publications:

Advocacy Tips. How to advocate for yourself. March 1994, 1 page. Available in English, Cambodian, Chinese, Blue Hmong, White Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese and on audiotape

Introduction to Self-Advocacy (2/98, 18 pages) Contains description of self advocacy, step-by-step advice on how to proceed, forms, sample letters, and more.

Peer/Self Advocacy Training Manual (12/97, 137 pages)

Study Guides for Peer Advocacy. January 1991, 21 pages. Available in English

How Can I Find and Hire the Right Lawyer? (December 1999)

Systems Advocacy: Beyond Rhetoric, 1996, Includes sections on why systems advocacy is the most important component of a CIL; understanding the differences between systems, individual, and self-advocacy; understanding the differences between advocacy and public information/education.

Systems Advocacy: Using Your Power to Effect Change, 2001

Street theatre – how to information, (last accessed 07/10/04)

Taking Charge: Leadership and Systems Advocacy - 997, From seeing and overcoming oppression to building leadership and using center resources to lobby and advocate for systems change. (last accessed 07/10/04)

TOOLS FOR CITIZENS - Tips and ideas for enhancing your political voice, Undated, (last accessed 7/17/04)

Coalitions and Collaborating

Building and Working with Coalitions - United Nations Associations of America (undated) United Nations Association of America provides information on building and working with coalitions, provides a list of advantages and disadvantages to working in and with a coalition and provides lists of principals for successful coalitions, the organizers job as well as how to expand your coalition. (Last accessed 07/19/04)

Coalition Building for Systems Advocacy - (Teleconference 2002) – Building coalitions and networks which can speak with a much louder voice than any one organization or person. Tools to create, operate and capitalize on the strength of a coalition, whether formal or informal.

Coalition Organizing - National Training and Organizing Center - excerpts from a publication that discusses the different type of coalitions along with how to organize a coalitions. (Last accessed 07/19/04)

Collaborating - 2004, articles, books, booklets published on effective collaboration from, Dorothy Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Non- Profit. (Last accessed 07/19/04)

Independent Living Centers

Advocacy-Oriented Peer Support-Part Two: Moving from Talk to Action, by Steve Brown. Examines how staff at centers for independent living can identify and support potential leaders who will move beyond talking about their problems to making changes in their communities. (last accessed 7/17/04)

DIMENET Independent Living Library

Resource materials developed by staff of independent living centers and other organizations involved in the independent living and disability rights movements. Most documents may be downloaded at no cost. (last accessed 7/17/04)

Keeping Advocacy Alive: Critiquing Independent Living and Philosophy 1997 Dick Goodwin, Ann Ford, Marca Bisto, Joan Headley, Transcript of History and Philosophy Panel, Discussion, at Region V Conference, 18 Pages.

Bootstrap Solution, Editorial, Disability Rag, September 1985

Role of Independent Living Centers in Promoting Civil Rights for Persons with Disabilities

Leadership

Generation D: The Next Generation of IL Leadership (Teleconference 2002) -- Inclusion for upcoming generations of people with disabilities. Give leadership responsibilities to youth before they become adults. Identifying and preparing those who will be the next wave of workers in the advancement of disability rights.

Nothing About Youth, Without Youth, 2002, Best practices in leadership.

Negotiating

Negotiations and Resolving Conflicts: An Overview. Northeastern University College of Business Administration. Offers an overview of two primary negotiation strategies, integrated and distributive, covers the key aspects of both approaches, provides information about creating and claiming value, and gives general advice about how to proceed in negotiation situations.

Negotiation Skills - provides a brief guide to negotiation in all aspects of life. This site provides some tips for skill development and strategies for effective negotiation and communication. It offers links to further resources and courses to continue developing negotiation skills. (Last accessed 7/23/04).

Gregory Kersten, Modeling Distributive and Integrative Negotiations. InterNeg Group. Paper examines and critiques the assumed contradictions between integrative and distributive negotiations, in light of evidence from new negotiation support software.

D. P. Hammond, Interest-based Bargaining . American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). Collective Bargaining Reporter. Article explains what interest based bargaining is, how it works, and who should be interested in it.

Principled Negotiation--Summary. Conflict Research Consortium.
Outlines some of the main points of principled negotiation and suggests further readings on the topic. Principled negotiation, described by Fisher and Ury in Getting to Yes, is a four-step negotiation strategy based on interests. In cases where there are reasonable prospects for an agreement which benefits all parties, and the parties have a relationship which allows them to explore such opportunities, principled negotiation can be an extremely effective conflict resolution approach.

Tanya Glaser, Creating and Claiming Value--Summary . University of Colorado: Conflict Research Consortium. Summary of D. Lax's and J. Sebenius's article, The Manager as Negotiator: The Negotiator's Dilemma: Creating and Claiming Value. Lax and Sebenius argue that negotiation necessarily includes both cooperative and competitive elements, and that these elements exist in tension. Negotiators face a dilemma in deciding whether to pursue a cooperative or a competitive strategy. The authors suggest strategies to resolve this dilemma, and ways to encourage cooperative approaches to creating mutually beneficial outcomes.

Wesley S. Helms, Rubbing Your Nose Off At The Grindstone. 2003, explores positional bargaining, author argues, "positional bargaining only works in the short term, during times of crisis, and when it meets the needs of the bargainers constituency. Hard positional bargaining beyond the system's perceived crisis timeframe damages relationships and alienates the bargainer."

Media

Creating Working Media Lists,1998 - (added 12/28/00)

Media Matters provides media tips from the Center for An Accessible Society. Which was funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research to focus public attention on disability and independent living issues.

MediaTips include such topics as:

Making News: How the IL Movement Cultivates Media Relationships. 2002,

tools to develop a media plan
use the power of the media
create a message and a marketing campaign

Media Relations, 2001 – Position your message effectively so it gets heard clearly and accurately.

Net Works: Prospects for Advocacy and Mobilization Online – 2004, details recent trends in online organizing, suggest that organizations can galvanize large constituencies by empowering individuals to take the lead, as recruiters, organizers and solo actors. It discusses the recent successes of MoveOn.org and the Howard Dean campaign as examples of this movement. (Last accessed 07/19/04)

Others

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