This document discusses grassroots advocacy and its importance for health issues. It defines grassroots advocacy as spontaneous and natural efforts that follow three steps: preparation, reaching consensus, and implementation and evaluation. Health advocacy is critical because it involves three important approaches: lobbying, use of media, and grassroots networking and communication. The key to effective advocacy is persistence in follow-up efforts. Examples provided emphasize that successful advocacy campaigns are built on the principle "nothing for us, without us."

1. Nothing for us, without us

3. Beyond..

4. cancer patient support groups to..

6. CHANGE

7. FROM… What is TO.. What can be

8. WHAT is

9. What can be

11. What is Grassroots Advocacy?

12. Spontaneous & Natural

13. The 3 Steps to Grassroots Advocacy

15. The Reaching Consensus Step

16. The Implementation & Evaluation Step

17. Why Health Advocacy is Critical ?

19. Lobbying

20. MEDIA

22. Use of Internet & Social Media

23. Grassroots = Networking & Communication

24. Networking

25. Communication

30. Nothing for us, without us Advocacy Examples

31. Campaign MEPs Against Cancer Nothing for us, without us

32. Campaign for the vaccine against cervical cancer Nothing for us, without us

33. “ Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the word; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever does.” - Margaret Mead

34. Thank you for your attention