Aspen Nonprofits in an Age of Policy Change Course 2025

Deadline: December 8, 2024

Applications for the Aspen Nonprofits in an Age of Policy Change Course 2025 at the moment are open. Nonprofits in an Age of Policy Change is a part-time, unpaid digital program designed to help subject material consultants and nonprofit advocates in growing and updating their coverage advocacy technique following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2024 determination overturning Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council. That court docket determination empowered courts to overturn the judgment of company consultants and resolve for themselves the scope of companies’ energy to make and implement rules. As a outcome, outdoors advocates of all stripes want coaching to play a crucial position going ahead as consultants in court docket proceedings involving company determination making.

This brief course will introduce less-experienced coverage advocates to a framework for thoughtfully creating an advocacy plan in gentle of adjustments to the federal coverage ecosystem. The course can even assist advocates develop the abilities they should extra successfully take part in the coverage course of. Strong candidates may have skilled expertise working in the nonprofit area and will probably be concerned or probably concerned in serving to their nonprofit form their coverage advocacy technique in this new surroundings. Past coverage expertise shouldn’t be required; this course seemingly will probably be too superior for skilled coverage practitioners.

This course will cowl matters akin to:

• The state of regulatory advocacy after Chevron, and strategies for growing advocacy plans in gentle of these adjustments;
• New avenues for advocacy post-Chevron, akin to with state and native governments; and
• Communications abilities to assist outdoors consultants navigate this new frontier, together with by serving as outdoors consultants in court docket proceedings and testimony earlier than Congress.

Eligibility

• They are in search of nonprofit professionals who’re in studying about coverage influence and advocacy. Strong candidates may have skilled expertise working in the nonprofit area and will probably be concerned or probably concerned in serving to their nonprofit form their coverage advocacy technique in this new surroundings. Past coverage expertise shouldn’t be required; this course seemingly will probably be too superior for skilled coverage practitioners.
• Applicants have to be a minimum of 21 years of age and have to be collaborating in their private capability. Because this program is for individuals who need to influence US policymaking, profitable candidates should both dwell or be capable of work in the United States.
• Applicants should be capable of commit to five day by day 2-hour digital periods through the course dates, in addition to getting ready a number of coverage communications assignments outdoors of class.

Application

This digital course is scheduled for January 13-17, 2025. Participants will attend day by day 2-hour periods from 8:30 – 10:30am PT / 11:30am – 1:30pm ET.

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For extra info, go to Aspen Policy Academy.