{"podcast":{"title":"Rules of the Game: The Bolder Advocacy Podcast","slug":"rules-of-the-game-the-bolder-advocacy-podcast-744868","podcast_index_feed_id":744868,"rss_url":"https://rulesofthegame.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://afj.org/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/1/a/e/31ae8c4533ab742d/RoTG.png","author":"Alliance for Justice","episode_count":100,"summary":"Nonprofits are important advocates on issues critical to every community, but sometimes the rules and regulations of advocacy can be barriers to entry. In Rules of the Game, Bolder Advocacy attorneys at Alliance for Justice use real examples to demystify these laws to help 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) nonprofits be bolder advocates, whether holding elected officials accountable, educating candidates, engaging voters, or lobbying for policy change. Entertaining legal education, not legal advice!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T22:20:06.614648+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rules-of-the-game-the-bolder-advocacy-podcast-744868"},"episode":{"title":"Celebrating Advocacy Wins","slug":"celebrating-advocacy-wins","published_at":"2025-12-24T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rules-of-the-game-the-bolder-advocacy-podcast-744868/celebrating-advocacy-wins","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rules-of-the-game-the-bolder-advocacy-podcast-744868","url":"https://rulesofthegame.libsyn.com/celebrating-advocacy-wins","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rulesofthegame/ROTG147-celebrating-advocacy-wins.mp3?dest-id=2280527","summary":"It's been a long year, and while progressive movements have faced real setbacks, that's not the whole story. Across the country, nonprofits and the communities they serve pushed for justice and secured meaningful victories worth lifting up. On this episode, we celebrate several advocacy wins from 2025. Attorneys for this episode: Maggie Ellinger-Locke, she/her Susan Finkle Sourlis, she/her Melissa Marichal Zayas, she/her Link: https://traffic.libsyn.com/rulesofthegame/ROTG147-celebrating-advocacy-wins.mp3 Show Notes: · Economic Justice o In May, Washington became the third state to adopt a statewide rent stabilization law. Washington Low Income Housing Alliance and its network mobilized thousands of people to support passage of this legislation. o Colorado enacted new renter protections for victims-survivors of gender-based violence nonprofits. The Women's Foundation of Colorado supported this legislation through direct lobbying, grassroots lobbying, and public education. o Colorado also saw voters pass Proposition MM increasing taxes on the state's highest earners to fully fund free breakfast and lunch for all K-12 public school students. o In Texas, Every Texan , a 501(c)(3) public charity, helped defeat the adoption of new Medicaid enrollment barriers. Every Texan also helped pass a law requiring hospitals to provide clear information to parents. · Gender and Reproductive Justice o Ipas US and its local partners, successfully advocated for the city and town councils of Philadelphia, PA ; Baltimore, MD ; Atlanta, GA ; and Carrboro, NC to adopt resolutions or proclamations that recognize reproductive rights as human rights, acknowledge the obligation of the U.S. to protect human rights under international law, and declare December 10th as Human Rights Day. They also c…","meta_description":"It's been a long year, and while progressive movements have faced real setbacks, that's not the whole story. Across the country, nonprofits and the commun…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":906,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rules-of-the-game-the-bolder-advocacy-podcast-744868/episodes/celebrating-advocacy-wins/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rules-of-the-game-the-bolder-advocacy-podcast-744868/celebrating-advocacy-wins.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}