Welcome to the Advocacy and Policy section of the NRPA website. Advocacy is one of the most important services we provide to our members. Our public policy team works every day to represent the cause of public parks and recreation at the federal level by fighting for funding and legislation that improves access to open space and recreational opportunities for all people in all communities.
Please take time to review this section of the website to learn about the federal policy and legislative issuesimpacting parks and recreation and what you can do to help advance the interest of parks and recreation in your community and throughout America.
Below is a brief description of each section of the Advocacy and Policy menu.
- Be an Advocate - Learn about the importance of advocacy and the critical role YOU play ininfluencing federal legislators as they make decisions that impact park and recreation agencies, open spaces, facilities, and the communities and people they serve.
- Policy Principles and Platform - Understand the policy principles that guide NRPA's advocacy efforts and review NRPA's 2010 Legislative Platform.
- Advocacy Action Center - Send messages directly to your Members of Congress,learn the status of key legislation, and take direct action to advance the parks and recreation movement.
- Advocacy Resource Center - From fact sheets and issue briefs, to reports and analysis, to NRPA submitted testimony and official comments, this one stop shop will provide you with all of the tools you need to be an effective advocate for parks and recreation.
- Advocacy Insider - NRPA's online advocacy newsletter. Stay informed on federal legislation, national policy developments, and breaking news of importance to parks and recreation. Here you will find the most recente dition of Advocacy Insider as well as archived issues.
- Urban Parks Coalition - NRPA has partnered with over 30 organizations to form the Urban Parks Coalition. View the coalition's homepage and learn more about the critical role of urban parks in building healthy, livable, and sustainable communities.
