The Advocacy Institute

The Advocacy Institute is the most comprehensive way for social justice organizations in New York to strengthen their legislative advocacy teams. Our members see winning legislative campaigns as a pillar of their strategy and a key component of their community leadership.

We are committed to supporting the legislative advocacy of social justice and movement-building organizations in New York City and State. We deliver trainings and tools, build networks, and develop leadership to support successful campaigns. We produce powerful learning experiences, creative visual aids and cutting-edge, interactive resources making it possible for organizations to become more efficient and effective at legislative advocacy. Throughout, we build collaborative community to learn from and support each other’s work.

The Advocacy Institute’s Legislative Directory, a database that now has over 400 users and visualizes over 40,000 points of data, provides organized, easy-to-sort information on every elected official in New York City and State, their staff, committee assignments, contact information, districts, and more. It also includes officials from the City of Buffalo as well as counties on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley.