Tag Archives: Grassroots
Case Study: Building a Grassroots Force for Rhode Island’s Catholic Schools
CLIENT: Catholic Schools of Rhode Island Parent Federation ISSUE: Faced with a large budget deficit, Governor Lincoln Chafee proposed eliminating funding for the textbook loan program, which provides reimbursement to private school parents for the high cost of textbooks. The … Continue reading
Case Study: Question 2 Bond Campaign – Essential 2 Rhode Island’s Future
CLIENT: University of Rhode Island ISSUE: The University of Rhode Island engaged Advocacy Solutions to run a state-wide media and voter outreach campaign to win passage of Question 2, a $78 million bond for the construction of a new chemistry … Continue reading
Case Study: Providence Working Waterfront Alliance
CLIENT: Providence Working Waterfront Alliance ISSUE: Faced with city plans to rezone their neighborhood to allow for incompatible mixed-use residential development, a group of marine and heavy industrial business in the Port of Providence turned to Advocacy Solutions to fight … Continue reading
Case Study: Yes On 4 Bond Campaign
CLIENT: The University of Rhode Island (URI) ISSUE: URI engaged Advocacy Solutions to run a statewide media and grassroots campaigns to win passage of Question 4, a $65 million bond referendum for the construction of a new College of Pharmacy … Continue reading
Case Study: Care For Kids
CLIENT: Rhode Island Afterschool Plus Alliance, State Alliance of Rhode Island YMCAs ISSUE: Facing a severe fiscal crisis, state officials proposed cutting $16 million from Rhode Island child care programs and child care providers. These deep cuts threatened to kick … Continue reading
