Join Sarah Kim, Senior Manager of Advocacy & Engagement at the Vancouver Foundation,  Stacy Kelly, Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Kingston & Area and Lynne Short, Vice-President of the Waterloo Region Community Foundation to learn how community foundations that have embarked on the advocacy journey, motivated by factors like Vital Signs data, donor engagement, coalitions, and partnerships with local nonprofits. 

As community foundations continue to unpack and build an understanding of CRA regulations on political activity and balancing advocacy efforts with community needs and capacity.

This session will go through the benefits of engaging in advocacy. In this session, you will:

• Share challenges and barriers when it comes to leaning into advocacy work.
• Hear inspiring examples from community foundations that have successfully integrated advocacy into their work.
•  Examine the role of community foundations in participating in advocacy work. 

This session is available to community foundations within the CFC network.