Advocacy Handbook
RACC works with the arts community throughout the Portland, Oregon metropolitan
region and statewide to advocate for increased support and resources for arts
and culture.
Successful advocacy depends on getting your message across to the people who
make the decisions - elected officials in city, county, regional, state and
national government. An advocate needs to know who can help and how these "helpers"
can be most useful. Valuable avenues of communication sometimes are overlooked.
Board members and community groups offer important access to elected officials.
The role of the advocate is to contact sources, assess capabilities, and put
access to the sources and their capabilities to the most profitable use.
RACC has produced The Advocacy Handbook to assist art and
culture organizations and their supporters to more effectively advocate for
the arts.
Download  The
Advocacy and Government Affairs Handbook for Artists, Volunteers and Staff
of Arts and Cultural Organizations (pdf - 25 pages)
To access a current list of elected officials from the governmental jurisdictions
in the local region that fund RACC go to the following websites:
City of Portland
Metro
Clackamas County
Multnomah County
Washington County
RACC Staff to Contact
Mary Bauer
Communications Associate
503.823.5426
mbauer@racc.org
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