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Counselor Advocacy: Affecting Systemic Change in the Public Arena
Author(s) -
Lee Courtland C.,
Rodgers Roe A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2009.tb00108.x
Subject(s) - action (physics) , legislation , politics , social change , public relations , political science , political change , process (computing) , public administration , law , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , operating system
This article provides direction for developing advocacy competency in the public arena. Direction for increasing public awareness, affecting public policy, and influencing legislation is presented. A process of creating change entailing establishing a sense of social/political urgency regarding an issue, organizing and educating a group of people to initiate social/political change, developing a vision and strategy for such change, communicating the vision for that change, empowering broad‐based action, and generating actual change is detailed.