New Service: Advocacy Navigator for Community Colleges

Advocacy Navigator is a full suite of communications services to help community colleges develop compelling stories that support advocacy for funding and policy change. It offers solutions at a time when policymakers are desperate to save local economies.

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Graphic Novel Advocating Full LGBT Inclusion

We've just completed a "graphic novel" developed with Arcus Foundation funding for Integrity USA , which is working toward the full inclusion of LGBT people into the Episcopal Church. They seek to overturn the Church's ban on the ordination of gay bishops and to formalize same-sex blessings in the Church at July's General Convention in Anaheim.

They asked us to create this publication to tell the story of the historical evolution of inclusion of suppressed groups throughout Church history. Take a look at the flash presentation.

PolicyLab launches!

Douglas Gould and Company worked with The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute to brand, develop and launch PolicyLab, a center for research established to ensure optimal child health and well-being by informing program and policy change through interdisciplinary research. Stay tuned for updates on the launch of the comprehensive Web site.

What moves parents to act on behalf of arts learning?  New research reveals the characteristics and beliefs of "Parents for the Arts" and what compels them to advocate for change. In this new report, we share our findings and provide strategic messages for empowering parents to speak out in favor of arts learning.

Bridges to Opportunity for Underprepared Adults: A State Policy Guide for Community College Leaders is a timely publication by the Ford Foundation that provides concrete policy and practice guidance for community colleges systems, stakeholders and advocates for low-income workers and their families.

We recently worked with Harris Interactive and the Neimand Collaborative on statewide opinion research and message development in California that resulted in a primer for community college advocacy. The primer offers messages that advance the unique value of community colleges, especially in a time of unprecedented economic strife and consequent budget cuts.

Crisis or Bad News: A Solid Crisis Plan is Your Lifeline
In response to the economic crisis and the Madoff "Ponzi scheme", Doug Gould and Jennifer Hahn outline tips to guide the creation of a crisis communications plan. Read the feature article on the Communications Network Web site.

Read Doug's commentary on the important role community colleges play in economic success published in Community College Times, from the issue dated January 16, 2009.