In the attached toolkit, please see pp. 100 ff for concrete ideas generated by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights during Obama’s presidency. The League is one of the founding members of this powerful coalition made up of more than 200 organizations.

Cycle of Change-Community Needs and Involvement

Identify a Problem Build your Coalition

Set Goals

Gather Information

Build a Campaign

Engage your Stakeholders and your Targets

Evaluate the Impact of your Campaign

We must commit to make the changes needed in the world and bend that arc of progress toward equity with determination and wisdom. (Homage to Gandhi and MLK.)

Meredith Machen

League of Women Voters of New Mexico                                           

505-577-6337 c

projects@lwvnm.org

meredith.machen@gmail.com

Empowering Voters - Defending Democracy