FCNL Advocacy Teams: Building Power for Congressional Change

It takes time and commitment to build a lasting, influential relationship with your members of Congress.

As a member of an Advocacy Team, you commit to having a relationship with your team, your members of Congress, and FCNL over a period of at least a year.

Thinking about starting an Advocacy Team? The following questions will help you and FCNL assess whether you're ready to start a team.

To learn more about Advocacy Teams, visit: fcnl.org/advocacyteams.

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FCNL will send you periodic action alerts and updates. You can opt out at any time.

Between monthly calls, prep for lobby visits, and organizing, it typically takes around 2-4 hours a month to be on an Advocacy Team. Do you have the time?

Yes! I have 2-4 hours per month to participate in Advocacy Teams. No, I can't make that time commitment.

Successful Advocacy Teams start with a core organizing group of 4-6 people who are excited about reaching out to their networks to invite community members to a team launch workshop. Do you know the people?

Yes, I can gather 4-6 friends, neighbors, or community members to learn more about how to start a team in our community. I'm not sure -- I need to reach out in my community. No, I'm not connected to enough people who want to make change.

Every Advocacy Team begins with a 3-hour in-person advocacy training with an FCNL staff member in your community. Our trainers travel throughout the year to lead these workshops and launch new teams. Do you want the training?

Yes, I want to have an FCNL Advocacy Workshop in my community! I can’t commit to this now but would be interested in doing this in the future. I need to build more connections in my community before helping to organize a workshop

To hold a launch event with FCNL's National Field Organizer, we need 15-30 confirmed attendees.

Yes! I believe we could organize a 15-30 person event in my community. No, I need to build more connections in my community first.

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