Stanford Social Innovation Review Covers Issues of Advocacy

A pair of reports have come out from Stanford Social Innovation Review dealing with Advocacy. Both are well worth a read.

The Elusive Craft of Evaluating Advocacy, by Steven Teles and Mark Schmitt, looks at the problems of evaluating advocacy given the chaotic nature of the political process in America. The explore various methods to examining advocacy (and advocates).

Focusing on Advocacy is a short piece by Sushma Ramen, president of Southern California Grantmakers, and a call to action for foundations to engage in public policy.