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2011 Spring | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach, Policy & Regulation

A Case Study for Advocates in How and Why to Motivate

Student(s):

Frank Zhang and Dallas Artz

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Rein Atteman

Partner(s):

  • People for Puget Sound

Faculty advisor(s):

John Lombard, Oceanography, University of Washington

Our project was separated into two categories: (1) an analysis of the relationship between legislators and citizens in citizen lobby day events, and (2) a manual for People for Puget Sound (PfPS) on launching a successful citizen lobby day event geared towards environmental advocacy. We examined the differences in how citizens and legislators perceive the concept of a lobby day event and how (in) effective each think this method is as a political advocacy tool. We distributed surveys before and after PFPS’s 2011 Environmental Lobby Day to assess these questions.