{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Giving Thanks","description":"On this episode, we gather around the virtual table and share three success stories for nonprofit advocacy that may help to put a smile on your face and give you something positive to reflect on, in a year that could use a lot more of that.   Attorneys for this episode \u00b7      Tim Mooney \u00b7      Quyen Tu \u00b7      Sarah Efthymiou   Shownotes UNIDOS MN Action and the power of advocacy \u00b7      Driver\u2019s licenses for undocumented people revoked in MN 2003 \u00b7      The 2022 change in political landscape that set the stage \u00b7      The work led by UNIODS MN Action to pass HF4 \u00b7      The outcome - tens of thousands of people can now drive legally\u2014no more choosing between getting to work and risking their family\u2019s stability \u00b7      Emilia Gonz\u00e1lez Avalos, one of the key leaders of UNIDOS MN, handed us an officially signed copy of the bill \u00b7      She said they wanted me to have it because the legal strategy support from Bolder Advocacy on (c)(4)s gave information and confidence for UNIDOS MN Action up and running and that mattered in getting this win Heinz using PRG hub to give out specific project grants                   Summer of 2023, launched with support from Robert Wood Johnson F Our explainer videos provide a clear and concise overview of how the PGR works and how private foundations (and their grantees) can take advantage of it.  Our factsheets provide more in-depth information on the PGR and explain how to use our new PGR budget templates. Our budget templates help foundations and grantees ensure that when a grant applicant submits a project budget, it meets the requirements of the PGR.    Earlier in the year, a foundation staff was on a conference panel and blatantly said foundations can\u2019t lobby. A similar occurrence happen when our colleague attended Foundations, both private and public, have us train their staff on understanding the rules and addressing their specific concerns Response from Legal Community \u00b7      NLDN: collaboration between AFJ & We the Action \u2013 to empower NPs to withstand challenges, e.g., audits and attacks on TE status; legal clinics \u00b7      State AGs: joined forces w\/NPs (NCNP, etc.) to challenge funding freezes   ","author_name":"Rules of the Game: The Bolder Advocacy Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/afj.org\/podcast","html":"