Who's Next?
If your activism time is limited, fund the movement through a generous donation to the Who's Next? Fund and light a fire for adoptee rights.
Meaurable Rights Yahoo! Group List
Start learning, talking, and planning with other activists across the country. Talk with the filmmaker, Paul Fournier, and the M58 reformers who fought and won a successful ballot measure for adoptee rights.
Adoptee Rights State Movements
If your state isn't listed here, contact Bastard Nation to help get an adoptee rights movement started.
Resources for Ballot Campaigns
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
www.ballot.org
Founded in 1998, the mission of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center is to utilize the ballot initiative process to further the goals of the labor and progressive community by developing a proactive, national strategy to advance progressive ballot measures and connecting advocates across state and issue lines with a growing network of organizational leaders and experienced consultants so that valuable tactical and strategic ballot initiative resources may be shared. We do this by building a funding, research, and training infrastructure to support progressive ballot measure activity.
BallotFunding.org
www.ballotfunding.org
Ballot measures are used to change public policy in twenty-four states. No state limits contributions to ballot measure campaigns. Wealthy individuals and special interests can literally buy laws at the ballot. Ballotfunding.org researches and discloses the top funders to ballot campaigns in your state so that you can cast a more informed vote on Election Day.
Initiative & Referendum Institute
www.iandrinstitute.org
In 1998, in recognition of the initiative and referendum process’ influence on America, the Initiative & Referendum Institute was founded. The Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit non-partisan research and educational organization, is dedicated to educating the citizens about how the initiative and referendum process has been utilized and in providing information to the citizens so they understand and know how to utilize the process. No other organization does what we do.
Internet Nonprofit Center
www.nonprofits.org
Scores of items of information and advice about nonprofits are included in this online resource. The items come from discussions on email lists, in UseNet, and other sources.
Valuable Reading
Taking Back The Initiative: Renewing Progressive Democracy
by Kevin Mattson
1999
10 Things You Should Think Through Before Sponsoring a Ballot Initiative
By BSIC, Tim Nesbitt, and Wayne Pacelle
January 2003
Top 5 Reasons for Using Public Opinion Research in Ballot Measure Campaigns
By Bob Meadow and Heidi von Azeliski, Decision Research
August 2003
The Promise of the Internet for Ballot Measure Campaigns
By Roger Stone and Rob Stuart, Advocay, Inc.
February 2004
Adopted Children Should Be Able to View Adoption Records, Says New Survey by FindLaw
November 2003
FindLaw 2003 Birth Records Study
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