Political Action / Citizen Participation / Advocacy

This is the master database of all items in the Archive, including the books, journal articles and Timeline items referenced elsewhere on this website. This database is searchable by title, author, type, and topic. Special tags also exist for Research, Non-US/International items, and documents specifically related to the history of the Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA). All PDF documents may be downloaded for free. If you identify errors, please contact us immediately so we can make the necessary corrections.

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Volunteers in Neighborhoods: An Introduction

Yellowfire Press, Boulder, CO 1985
1985 Ivan H. Scheier Handouts / Fact Sheets

Volunteers and the Ethics of Advocacy

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1986 Margery Naylor van Inwagen Articles

Volunteering: The Policy-Maker's Role

Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1983
1983 C. William Verity, Jr. Frank Pace, Jr. Articles

Volunteering Is Inherently Political

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
February 2012 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Volunteer experts impress regulators

Modern Maturity, April-May 1987
1987 Articles

Volunteer Bureaus and the Volunteer as an Advocate

Volunteer Administration
1972 Michael Langley Articles

Voluntary Groups: The Need for a Political Strategy

Volunteurope - 1st European Workshop on Voluntary Action
1992 Gerry Wade Bruce Naughton Wade Handouts / Fact Sheets

The Volunteer Protection Acto of 1987: Getting H.R. 911 Passed, How the Process Works and What You Can Do

Voluntary Action Leadership, Spring/Summer 1987
1987 Judy Haberek Articles

The Strategy Exchange (networking and collaboration exercise)

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1982 Susan J. Ellis Articles

The National Congress on Volunteerism and Citizenship, 1976: Guidelines for Your Participation

National Center for Voluntary Action, Washington, DC, January 1976
1976 Pamphlets / Booklets

The Advocacy Arena: Who Shall Lead Us?

Journal of Volunteer Administration
Ronald J. Stupak Articles

Tackling Causes Not Symptoms: New/Old Roles for Volunteers

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
November 2001 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Supporting Active Communities in Scotland: A Draft Strategy for Volunteering and Community Action (Scotland)

A report by the Scottish Active Communities Working Group, The Scottish Executive, Edinburgh Scotland
2000 Reports / Studies

Students as Community Organizers

SYNERGIST magazine, National School Volunteer Program (part of ACTION)
1978 Seth Borgos Articles

Strategies for Dissent and Advocay

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1985 Marie Arnot Lee J. Cary Mary Jean Houde Articles

Shaping Public Opinion: Volunteering, Government, and News Reports

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
May 2004 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Resolutions from the Issue Sessions at the 1980 National Conference on Volunteerism

Association for Volunteer Administration, Boulder, CO
1980 Pamphlets / Booklets

Report of the National Steering Committee on Volunteerism

ACTION, Washington, DC February 1981
1981 Pamphlets / Booklets

Proven Practices: Political volunteering and the Web

The NonProfit Times, September 2004
2004 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Promoting participation and building active communities: the Northern Ireland experience

Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.7, No.2, 2002
2002 Wendy Osborne Articles

Policymaker Power

Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1987
1987 Paula J. Beugen Articles

National Coalition for Volunteer Protection (sample letters to legislators)

National Coalition for Volunteer Protection, Washington, DC
1992 Handouts / Fact Sheets

Making an Impact When You Spend Money

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
February 2003 Susan J. Ellis Articles

Mail Day (instructions for campaign volunteers)

Unknown Handouts / Fact Sheets

Lights...Camera...ACTIVISM!

PENTHOUSE, February 1983
1983 Frank Bies Articles

Grassroots Organizing in Bangladesh

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1998 Omar Faruque Chowdhury Articles

Facing Realities: The Need to Develop a Political Agenda for Volunteerism

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1987 Charles M. Wheeler Articles

Effective Use of Your Volunteers in Political Camps

Volunteer Administration
1980 Catherine Smyth Articles

Door-Knocking for Boat-Rocking

SYNERGIST magazine, National School Volunteer Program (part of ACTION)
1980 Madeleine Adamson Articles

Does Citizen Participation Make A Difference?

Workshop presented at AAVA / AVAS / AVB Conference, San Diego, CA October 1977
1977 Naylor and Richardson Harriet H. Naylor Articles

Community Service is Essential to Your Constitution

Commencement Address, Bradford College, May 1986
1986 Brian O'Connell

Community Group Leadership

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1982 Mele Koneya Articles

Citizen Participation -- What others say...What others do

Mid-Atlantic Center for Community Education, School of Education, University of Virginia September 1977
1977 John W. Warden Pamphlets / Booklets

Catalysts for Change

SYNERGIST magazine, National School Volunteer Program (part of ACTION)
1980 Richard A. Couto Articles

Campaign Job Descriptions and Staffing Tips

Unknown Handouts / Fact Sheets
Cover shows cutout figures holding hands

Building the Collaborative Community

University of California Extension
1980 Eva Schindler-Rainman Ronald Lippitt Books

Beyond Promises: A Planned Approach For Rural Volunteer Community Development

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1986 Ida Rush George Articles

Beyond Advocacy OR Encounter: Toward Community Leadership

Presented to the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, Boston, October 1976
1976 Jon Van Til Trudy Heller Reports / Studies

Be It Resolved (Advocacy for a Volunteer Tax Credit)

Volunteer Administration
1979 Kenneth F. Lewis Articles

Appropriate Volunteer Leadership Response to the Tax Revolt (Second Draft)

National Information Center on Volunteerism, Inc.
1978 Reports / Studies

Advocates for Change

Journal of Volunteer Administration
1992 Anne R. Dalton Articles

Advocacy Volunteering - Two viewpoints

Voluntary Action Leadership, Fall 1976
1976 Harriet H. Naylor Ivan H. Scheier Articles

Advocacy for Volunteer Involvement: The Role of Funders

ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic
September 2001 Susan J. Ellis Articles

A Collaborative Model for 1981 Volunteerism Issues (conference paper)

National Conference on Volunteerism: AVA, AVB, AVAS, Philadelphia, PA, October 1981
1981 Robert C. Kennedy Handouts / Fact Sheets