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Important to remember this can include advocacy more broadly that doesn't always include policy - ie. education that leads to personal action, etc.

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It is important for us as leaders of these facilities to be able to listen to our communities. We have advocacy groups coming to us inviting co-hosting opportunities, but we also have to properly navigate whether those partnerships could be alienating to some

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Identifying places in the network where there are opportunities for impact and directing resources to those places

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Its hard for centers because sometimes we may have quickly shifting priorities whether they be community based or Audubon's; important to better leverage our resources to utilize our centers better

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Systemic obstacles - not in job descriptions; no good system to make pivot when priorities change; and important how we define community (people who make donations to us, or who do we want to serve, etc.)

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Important to look at community and their focus, and may need to frame our priorities in the context of community needs

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Challenge to take on is that some centers are located in communities that don't want us to take up advocacy; need to be able to reconcile that locally

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Better integration of teams and objectives is critical and improves our responsiveness

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This was originally not a part of our job descriptions, but increasingly this is becoming a critical part of focus in order to be impactful; it also can be the first cut in our responsibilities because it is not consistently funded

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Better empowerment of center staff in this area of programming

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If we can better resource state/centers on promoting and inspiring advocacy is a great opportunity

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Role of staff changes as we become more involved in advocacy programming. Not as much environmental educators, but trainers for success. Need more staff training to support this

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We need more (any) funding to support this work

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Access to engagement platforms that enable better communication (EveryAction, etc.)

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We need support for NAS policy team to support events/programs/community connections

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Great to watch connection between our youth leadership programs and advocacy opportunities - providing them training and tools and set them loose

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Invite officials out to the field to see the conservation in action

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Hosting legislative hearings on relevant issues at our centers

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Ensure the facility is always available for any community group that may need to meet; great way to start conversation about things we may not even know about

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Recognize and accept that we need the community more than the community needs us.   Take into account how political power shifts in local communities/states and being intentional about establishing contact with elected officials and ensuring we are bridging the gap with environmental justice issues that legislation may be focused on.  Providing training to local communities to activate their voice. Ensure we are listening to the community on their interests and needs and making the connection with bird conservation and our priorities.

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A key element is giving people a direct voice. We too often think of advocates as "sheep" to do what we want them to do. It is important to connect them authentically to the issues and give them their own voice.

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Including advocacy that gets teens involves so they see that the process is accessible to them. Additionally, critical to engage chapters to assist with local and statewide efforts

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Keeping advocates engaged in between asks - reinforcing issues and building a sense of community and connection to Audubon

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Providing advocacy training such as how to talk to their elected officials, ways to engage, etc.

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Important to be tied to local outcomes as a result of their action

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Including a call to action, especially with younger audiences, is really important - LOEs, official engagement, etc.

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A lot of change can occur by inspiring people to policy action through local centers

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Putting participants in touch with public officials as a component of the program

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Integrated with state/regional strategies are critical

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Outcomes include becoming more informed of issues and opportunities to take action, taking action / voting for conservation and/or environmental justice policies, contacting elected official about local, regional or national priorities, and joining a local center and/or Audubon.

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The primary impacts of advocacy programming include gaining an understanding between policy actions and conservation outcomes, empowering and informing people how to engage with their elected officials, and informing them how to potentially engage with our chapters.