Advocacy
How Progressive Nonprofits Can Navigate Conservative GOP Washington
Ten practical strategies to open doors on Capitol Hill.
Rich Tafel (@richtafel) is the founder of Public Squared multiplying citizen impact in social change. He trains world changers in the often complex world of public policy. A serial social innovator, Rich has launched two nonprofits and two for-profits, and has worked with more than 100 social entrepreneurs around the world. He speaks the languages of faith, conservatives, liberals, business, academics, and politics, and has spent the last twenty years engaged in shaping public policy for those without a voice in the system.
Ten practical strategies to open doors on Capitol Hill.
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