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STAND State Advocacy Leads (SALs) are the field organizers of the youth-led genocide prevention movement. SALs coordinate STAND’s grassroots advocacy strategy in their local community. They learn how to write and publish op-eds, meet with policymakers, engage local leaders and influencers, research current events around the world, and mobilize their community. Along with our governing Managing Committee, SALs are part of STAND’s Leadership Team. Time Commitment: Approximately 5 hours per week during the academic year Responsibilities: Attend monthly SAL team …
As a State Advocacy Lead, you will connect to influential grasstops and grassroots leaders in your state, plan local advocacy strategy, write op-eds, lobby locally, and mobilize people in your state to take urgent actions. State Advocacy Leads are among STAND’s highest-level activists, and are responsible for doing the following through the school year: Writing op-eds and letters to the editor for campus and local newspapers; Contributing to STAND’s research on conflict zones, legislation, and advocacy strategies Lobbying locally once …