Activating the No Kill Movement | Animals | Change.org

Every nonprofit that can afford it needs to have a lobbyist or, at the very least, a contract lobbyist at its state capitol. Unfortunately, very few animal nonprofits do. This is in sharp contrast to such animal-use groups as the beef, pork and producers and farm bureaus. Those organizations are working the state capitols, usually every day.

Many folks think nonprofits aren't allowed to lobby. They are wrong — you just have to follow the law. The Alliance for Justice is a great resource to help nonprofits navigate their way through the IRS rules.

No one is born an activist. It's learned by trial and error ... and reading. A few books have helped me immeasurably through the years: Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky and Get Political for Animals and Win the Laws They Need by Julie Lewin. If you are fighting against breed discrimination, you can check out Best Friends BSL toolkit.

Activating the No Kill Movement | Animals | Change.org

Activating the No Kill Movement | Animals | Change.org