Title

Advocacy Project: Alliance for Background Checks in Youth Sports

Authors

Mariah Gayler, University of San Diego
Laura Purdom, University of San Diego
Debra Rogers, University of San Diego
Alicia Sebastian, University of San Diego

Files

Abstract or Description

The Alliance for Background Checks in Youth Sports is a coalition of individuals, organizations, government agencies, and community businesses who advocate on the behalf of our communities’ youth and sports programs.

ABC Youth Sports asked California State Legislature to join the ranks of other states in their efforts to protect our children, and our community sports programs. We called for a state-wide policy-- Safe at School, Safe on the Field --requiring all California youth sports league chapters to operate with the same background check requirements held by California public school sports programs.

Our campaign was based on Pat Libby’s, The Lobbying Strategy Handbook: 10 Steps to Advancing Any Cause Effectively (2012), and we have outlined this process here.

Publication Date

Fall 2012

Document Type

Report

Keywords

advocacy, training, youth, sports, campaign, nonprofit, philanthropic, philanthropy

Disciplines

Nonprofit Administration and Management

Digital USD Citation

Gayler, Mariah; Purdom, Laura; Rogers, Debra; and Sebastian, Alicia, "Advocacy Project: Alliance for Background Checks in Youth Sports" (2012). Advocacy and Lobbying. 1.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/npi-bpl-advocacy/1