advocacy groups
Organizations promoting causes
Advocacy groups are organizations that work to influence public policy, raise awareness, or promote a particular cause.
They lobby legislators, organize campaigns, and mobilize supporters around issues ranging from environmental protection to gun rights to healthcare reform.
The term is neutral—both consumer advocacy groups and industry advocacy groups pursue their agendas through similar means.
- interest groupsOrganizations promoting shared agendas
- special interestsGroups seeking policy influence
- activismDirect effort for reform
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- campaigningActively pursuing political support
policy change · protest · grassroots · boots on the ground · coalition · public interest · human rights · civil rights · nonprofit · mobilization · mutual aid societies · intersectionality · watchdog organizations · public awareness campaigns · letter writing · picket · sign the petition · speak out
- Environmental Justiceenvironmental racism, environmental rights, environmental policy, climate justice, social equity
- mutual aidteamwork, helping, sharing, lending, cooperation
- social justiceracial justice, privilege, white privilege, economic justice, equal opportunity
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- social groupsdemographic groups, community, clan, ethnic groups, age groups
- activismboycotts, activists, activist, demonstrating, rallies
advocacy groupsfact-checkers
Those who confirm accuracy
ombudsmen · referees · mediators · think tanks · regulatory agencies
advocacy groupsbystanders
People present but uninvolved
silent majority · documentarians · chroniclers · academic institutions · archives
advocacy groupsgovernment agencies
State-run administrative bodies
regulatory bodies · legislative bodies · corporate interests · power brokers
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