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Personal Visits with Legislator is a short guide that offers some helpful tips to prepare you to meet with your legislator. (Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest)
Advocacy & Civic Engagement
Resources related to political advocacy and lobbying activities.
Tips in 13 Ways To Create Good Luck in the Legislature can help you succeed in any state legislative session. You can use the same principles with local elected officials, too.
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The Redwood Community Action Agency in conjunction with the Humboldt Area Foundation of northern California composed a short checklist of considerations when planning a multi- or bilingual meeting.
Jeanne Canina Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
July 17, 2018
Are we practicing what we preach? Or is our implicit bias negatively affecting our decisions in spite of our good intentions? Ivan Canada and Michael Robinson of the National Conference for Community and Justice of the Piedmont Triad presented the second webinar in the Center's "Walking the Talk" series, Impact > Intention: Understanding Implicit Bias. The discussion included:
David Heinen, Vice President for Public Policy and Advocacy, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
On December 22, 2017, President Donald Trump signed into law a tax reform plan (H.R. 1) that cuts individual and corporate income tax rates and makes a variety of other changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Several parts of the tax plan affect the work of nonprofits.
David Heinen, Vice President for Public Policy and Advocacy, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
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Charitable nonprofits across North Carolina are concerned that the Taxpayer Protection Act(also known as TABOR) would harm nonprofits that provide essential services in every community in our state. If TABOR (S.607) passed as a constitutional amendment, it would likely lead to new taxes, fewer private contributions, and increased burdens on charitable nonprofits.
- Why Is Nonprofit Tax Exemption Essential for North Carolina? 1. It protects taxpayers. Nonprofits provide essential services that government would have to provide otherwise. Tax exemption costs much less than the cost of government having to provide the services itself. Nonprofits provide public benefits in exchange for tax exemption. Organizations may choose not to locate in counties or states that do not grant tax exemption. This is a potential loss for the people and economy in those locations. 2.