advocacy
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈæd.və.kə.si/
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defensa
- Ensure disabled children with communication support needs can access helplines and advocacy services.
- advocacy for justice
- advocacy groups
- social justice advocacy
Who do the powers that be in men's advocacy put forward as positive role models?
- Who do the powers that be in men's advocacy put forward as positive role models?
- It's about body positivity, racial inclusion, social advocacy, and many other interesting topics.
- It is far more useful to talk about healthy assertiveness, self advocacy, and self preservation.
- Doctor Hart, what good exactly do you think you're doing with your drug advocacy?
- One of the things we pay very close attention to is teaching the kids self advocacy skills.
- I don't think banning words is the best use of our time in the disability advocacy and activism space.
- My suggestion is that our current science and our current advocacy will not be able to address this challenge.
- Because when this happens enough, you lose your voice, you lose your sense of self advocacy, and you lose that healthy sense of pride.
- I, I do want to shift a little bit and have you talk kind of about your advocacy.
- In a connected world, we've gained new tools for human rights advocacy through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other platforms.
- We are their only source of advocacy of well-being.
- Oakland is home of the Black Panthers, a lot of advocacy, rights movements.
- he needed, he just needed advocacy. Um,
- And I got to tell you that that was, from an advocacy perspective, helpful.
Examples
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So we just went to Bangkok, Thailand to do some advocacy work for HIV prevention and awareness.
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Both Lincoln and Kennedy were known for their advocacy of civil rights.
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One of the things we pay very close attention to is teaching the kids self advocacy skills.
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And we need a lot more advocacy for mothers.
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We are their only source of advocacy of well-being.
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So, you know, advocacy works and we should all keep our voices heard.
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The physical education teacher has a concern regarding advocacy for a student with a disability.
Academic text (2011) -
You ultimately measure your advocacy by your success in meeting the goals and outcomes of your philosophy.
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For 20 years, Robert Gnaizda was the head of Greenlining, a powerful consumer advocacy group.
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Both Lincoln and Kennedy were known for their advocacy of civil rights.
Synonyms
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3.2
An activity that tells people about a product to make them buy or support it
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8.6
Active support for a cause or idea shown by speaking and acting
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8.5
Accepting and supporting an idea, plan, or cause
Speaking or acting to support a cause
Enthusiastic promotion of an idea or product to gain supporters
Compounds
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3.9
A group that tries to persuade people in power to change laws or rules for a cause
How Supportive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Advocacy comes from the Latin advocare, made of ad- ('to') and vocare ('call'), and you can see the same root in English words like voice and vocal. So, advocacy is about 'calling for' or speaking up in public to support a person, idea, or cause.