What is an Advocate? (Generic) Backgrounder
http://www.arcdiversified.com/advocate.htm
What is an Advocate? Alzheimers Backgrounder
http://www.alzcny.org/advocacy.html
What is an Advocate? PD Backgrounder
http://nwpf.org/news/nl/nl990101.html
The Advocates Corner - PD Backgrounder
http://www.nwpf.org/news/nl/nl990501/nl990501.html#advocate
The Advocates Corner - PD Backgrounder
http://www.nwpf.org/news/nl/nl990718/nl990718.html#advocate
The Advocates Corner - PD Backgrounder
http://www.nwpf.org/news/nl/nl200004/nl200004.html#advocate
The Advocates Corner - PD Backgrounder
http://www.nwpf.org/news/nl/nl200008/nl200008.html#advocate
The Advocates Corner - PD Backgrounder
http://www.nwpf.org/news/nl/nl200012/nl200012.html#advocate
Parkinson's Action Network Publications & Materials
Get an Advocacy Handbook
This handbook outlines the role and opportunities for Parkinson's advocacy.
http://www.parkinsonaction.org/...
The Parkinson's Action Network
http://www.parkinsonsaction.org
Joan Samuelson Honored For Medical and Health Research Advocacy
http://www.researchamerica.org/media/
Parkinson Society Canada
http://www.parkinson.ca/...
Michael J. Fox Foundation
http://www.michaeljfox.org/
http://www.michaeljfox.org/community/
How You Can Get Involved: Parkinson's Action Network
http://capwiz.com/pan/home/
How You Can Get Involved: There are several ways that you can get involved with The Parkinson Alliance to help us reach our goal to cure Parkinson's disease by 2005.
http://www.parkinsonalliance.net/get_involved.html
The Parkinson Alliance publishes a free bi-annual newsletter, The Catalyst, filled with articles, messages from the President and Executive Director, news of funding raises events, and other exciting happenings
http://www.parkinsonalliance.net/news/catalyst.html
The Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR) is comprised of nationally-recognized patient organizations, universities, scientific societies, foundations, and individuals with life- threatening illnesses and disorders, advocating for the advancement of breakthrough research and technologies in regenerative medicine - including stem cell research and somatic cell nuclear transfer - in order to cure disease and alleviate suffering.
http://www.stemcellfunding.org/fastaction/
Grassroots Advocacy Program - PAN's NEW program will empower and include more Parkinson's activists than ever before!
http://www.parkinsonsaction.org/...
The PLWP Advocacy Team
http://www.plwp.org/adv/
The PLWP Advocacy Team Page
http://www.plwp.org/adv/
Texas Parkinsonian Advocate - Terry Bowers
http://www.terrybowers.com/template.html
Texas Parkinsonian Advocate - Tom Berdine
http://www.youngparkinsons.com/aboutme.htm
Grassroots Connection
An Independent Site ~ LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!
http://grassrootsconnection.com/
Grassroots Connection - Additional Links (Great Resource)
http://grassrootsconnection.com/relatedsites.asp
Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon - Advocacy
http://www.parkinsonsresources.org/advocacy/index.htm
NetAction is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting use of the Internet for effective grassroots citizen action campaigns, and to educating the public, policy makers, and the media about technology policy issues.
http://www.netaction.org/about/index.html
Virtual Activist Training Guide
http://www.netaction.org/training/versions.html
Using the Internet for Outreach and Organizing
http://netaction.org/training/reader-html/
Project Vote Smart - A Voter's Self Defense System
http://www.vote-smart.org/index.phtml
Locate your Federal or State Elected Representitives
See How They Vote! Write Them A Letter!
http://www.congress.org/
U.S. House of Representatives - Write Your Representative Service
This service will assist you by identifying your Congressperson in the U.S. House of Representatives and providing contact information.
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Senators of the 107th Congress - E-Mail Address; Postal Address; Switchboard Phone No.
Locate Your Senator By State...
Alphabetical Senate Address List
Patient Advocacy Numbers
http://infonet.welch.jhu.edu/advocacy.html
Advocacy Tool Kit - Selected Web Resources
Scroll Down For Links To All The Resources
The Citizen's Handbook - Table of Contents
As far as we know, this is the most complete grassroots organizing guide available on the Internet.
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook/
The Hill Times - Canada's Independent weekly newspaper on federal politics. News about Canada's Parliament, its politicians...
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/
All Kinds of Useful Web Links (Canadian) Compiled By The Hill Times Staff
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/links.html
B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities BCCPD - Education, Advocacy, and Special Projects... A province-wide, non-profit organization run by and for people with disabilities.
http://www.bccpd.bc.ca