policy

How the Internet Beat SOPA and PIPA: Advocacy in a Networked World (Part 1)

By Tina Lee on 31 January 2012 - 10:38am

On Jan 18, 2012, the web pulled off a much-publicized and widely coordinated protest campaign to oppose SOPA and PIPA by "going dark." The effort, which included participation by notable web giants such as Google, Mozilla, Craigslist, and Wikipedia, was aimed at building public opposition to 2 proposed anti-piracy bills that were moving through Congress – the Stop Online Privacy Act in the House of Representatives (SOPA) and the Protect...

Tags: SOPA, PIPA, piracy, Intellectual Property, Free Speech, First Amendment, Silicon Valley, policy, advocacy, Start-ups, Google, Mozilla, Craigslist, Wikipedia

A Woman's Nation Changes Everything

By margaret on 9 November 2009 - 10:05am

In The Shriver Report, a Study by Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress HOPE (Hispanas Organized for Political Equality) was asked to arrange the “Latina Focus” group to help inform the report’s findings.

Tags: family, women, policy, HOPE, Maria Shriver, economic power

Supporting Policy Advocacy: CTF's Involvement in Proposition 54

Considered an effort to weaken Affirmative Action, Proposition 54 became a ballot initiative in 2003.
“We had to fight Prop 54,” says CTFC Board member Anni Chung, “because without the data, how do you know which community suffers the most?

“The issue was so central to our work and that of our grantees,” says CTFC Board Chairman Jacquelyn Brand. “Being unable to gather data, to just be ignorant about information, would be a terrible threat to our effectiveness.”