The first step in making change is to recognize the need for it. The second is to know how to make it happen. Advocating for Equitable Development describes the process for moving from recognition to resolution.
The economic and social landscape of the nation is shifting. The impact of growth and prosperity varies across regions, and in areas of concentrated poverty residents are typically cut off from jobs with livable wages, quality education, adequate health care, and other services. Advocates for equitable development see the region as the primary focus of their efforts and depend on the wisdom, voice, and experience of residents in low-income, communities of color to identify the change that is necessary to allow everyone to participate and prosper from regional development.
Using case studies of equitable development advocacy campaigns from around the country, the manual offers support to everyone interested in making change happen.
Advocating for equitable development is nothing less than realizing democracy’s promise of full inclusion and participation in a just society. Advocating for Equitable Development demystifies the process for achieving economic and social equity in low-income communities and communities of color throughout the nation.
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Readers of Advocating for Equitable Development may also be interested in the online manual, Advocating for Change, which offers an expanded range of advocacy tools and greater depth in discussing their use. Advocating for Change can be read online or each strategy can downloaded in PDF format.