What is it?
Simply put, advocacy is supporting or promoting a cause, idea, or policy to bring about change. This can be anything from advocating for yourself and your familia to pushing for public lands policy or advancing a cause or issue you deeply believe in.
Advocacy Starts with You
As an advocate and storyteller, your voice can influence public opinion, policies, and decisions. Your personal story and lived experience are powerful advocacy tools for raising awareness, providing information, and actively engaging with individuals, communities, institutions, and decision makers.
When put to good use, advocacy can put policy in place that impacts the lives of our comunidad and the wellbeing of nuestra madre tierra.
Latino Outdoors prioritizes advocacy and policy initiatives that:
- Advance equitable access to the outdoors
- Broaden the conservation movement and shine a light on how truly diverse it is
- Move environmental justice forward
Some advocacy efforts we are contributing to include:
The expansion of San Gabriel Mountains and Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monuments and designation of Chuckwalla and Sáttítla-Medicine Lake Highlands as new national monuments.
Parks Now, a coalition of organizations advancing equitable access to California’s parks and open spaces.
Outdoor Alliance for Kids (OAK), a national strategic partnership of organizations from diverse sectors with a common interest in connecting children, youth, and families with the outdoors.
Living schoolyards, outdoor learning, and environmental literacy opportunities for children and youth.
State and federal-level outdoor equity grant programs, such as in New Mexico and Colorado.