Send us a text Civic strategist Caitie Whelan's professional mission is to level the playing field of public policy. As she puts it on her website, "If regular folks don’t know how to have a voice in policymaking, lobbyists do. And they are very good at shaping it for their special interests." Caitie's work helping clients climb the learning curve of policy change advocacy made her a great guest for the podcast. As she guides clients along the advocacy learning curve, Catie focuses on three ...
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Send us a text Civic strategist Caitie Whelan's professional mission is to level the playing field of public policy. As she puts it on her website, "If regular folks don’t know how to have a voice in policymaking, lobbyists do. And they are very good at shaping it for their special interests." Caitie's work helping clients climb the learning curve of policy change advocacy made her a great guest for the podcast. As she guides clients along the advocacy learning curve, Catie focuses on three ...
Anti-poverty advocate Gawain Kripke on the importance of flexibility and opportunism in advocacy
The Battles We Pick
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Anti-poverty advocate Gawain Kripke on the importance of flexibility and opportunism in advocacy
Send us a text Prior to launching his consulting firm Double Dogwood, Gawain Kripke spent the bulk of his career with Oxfam America, most of that time as policy director responsible for the organization’s advocacy efforts. That role put Gawain in many different advocacy contexts, including lobbying Congress for measures to help reduce global poverty. As we discussed on the podcast, it also gave him an appreciation for the judgment and instincts of elected political leaders. He ca...
The Battles We Pick
Send us a text Civic strategist Caitie Whelan's professional mission is to level the playing field of public policy. As she puts it on her website, "If regular folks don’t know how to have a voice in policymaking, lobbyists do. And they are very good at shaping it for their special interests." Caitie's work helping clients climb the learning curve of policy change advocacy made her a great guest for the podcast. As she guides clients along the advocacy learning curve, Catie focuses on three ...
