Lobbying or Advocacy?
Attempting to influence how someone votes on proposed legislation.
What is lobbying?
Nonprofits are not allowed to endorse or oppose these individuals.
Who are candidates?
Only 64% of youth without this will finish high school, compared to the national average of 84%, which is why we want to advocate for everyone to have it.
What is adequate housing?
Originally used by activist Tarana Burke, Alyssa Milano put out a call on Twitter asking people to reply using this hashtag kickstarting some 32 million tweets from sexual abuse survivors.
What is #MeToo?
When we share information about policy issues important to YOTO, we’re doing this.
What is advocacy?
To keep our nonprofit status, we’re legally allowed to do this as long as it’s not a substantial part of our activities.
What is lobbying?
New pencils would be nice, and so would books, but in general, public schools just really need more of this, and we need to make sure legislators know it.
What is funding?
In 2015, Vine stars went after this industry with a viral hashtag, calling them out for making money off of putting teens’ health at risk.
What is the tobacco industry?
If a policy will impact the population we serve, this is a form of educating the public about it.
What is advocacy?
YOTO will only advocate for things that reflect these two things.
What are our mission and values?
Students need food and basic supplies to stay in school, but 1 in five will also miss class because they don’t have access to these products.
What are period products?
This hashtag is used an estimated 17,000 times a day on Twitter since the acquittal of George Zimmerman in 2013.
What is #BlackLivesMatter?