Key terms
Learning the advocacy role and becoming influential calls for recognition and understanding the meaning of relevant and pertinent terms:
Public support of an idea, plan, or way of doing something (Cambridge Dictionary, 2019).
A person who believes strongly in political or social change and takes part in activities such as public protests to try to make this happen (Cambridge Dictionary, 2019).
A group formed of different organizations or people who agree to act together, usually temporarily, to achieve something (Cambridge Dictionary, 2019).
The process of gaining freedom and power to do what you want or to control what happens to you (Cambridge Dictionary, 2019).
To cause someone to change a behavior, belief, or opinion, or to cause something to be changed (Cambridge Dictionary, 2019).
The activity of trying to persuade someone in authority, usually an elected member of a government, to support laws or rules that give your organization or industry an advantage (Cambridge Dictionary, 2019).
The process of discussing something with someone in order to reach an agreement or the discussions themselves (Cambridge Dictionary, 2019).
The process of meeting and talking to a lot of people, especially to obtain information that can help you (Cambridge Dictionary, 2019).
A set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that have been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a political party (Cambridge Dictionary, 2019).
the activities of the government, politicians, or political parties, or the study of these activities (Cambridge Dictionary, 2019).
The ability or right to control people and events, or to influence the way people act or think in important ways (Cambridge Dictionary, 2019).
An organization that represents the people who work in a particular industry, protects their rights and may discuss their pay, working conditions, etc. with their employers (Cambridge Dictionary, 2019).
A person who tells someone in authority about something illegal that is happening, esp. in a business or government (Cambridge Dictionary, 2019).
Cambridge Dictionary. (2019). Cambridge dictionary: Make your words meaningful. Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/