Join us as we review 2025 Advocacy Amplified, Social Current’s annual summer training and Hill Day. We’ll recap the most powerful takeaways and share new tools and templates to inspire and engage key stakeholders as you continue your advocacy journey. Everyone is welcome, especially if you couldn’t join us for this year’s event.
H.R. 1, the federal appropriations bill, is expected to have significant impacts across the social service sector. Join us as we review key provisions of the bill, including changes to Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and student loan policies. We’ll also discuss opportunities for advocacy.
Your experiences are the foundation for powerful advocacy, offering lawmakers a blueprint for change. In this interactive webinar, you’ll learn how to tell your story in ways that are emotionally resonant, strategically focused, and aligned with current policy efforts.
Human and social services professionals are invited to join Social Current’s monthly grassroots advocacy network virtual convenings. We will discuss key policy issues affecting our sector, opportunities for advocacy, and offer an opportunity to check-in with questions as the federal policy landscape continues to shift rapidly.
To create sustainable, lasting change, we need to build on strong advocacy campaigns with strong ecosystems. This session will explore the conditions and factors needed for strategic advocacy infrastructure, which connects individual voices to a broader movement.
Human and social services professionals are invited to join Social Current’s monthly Grassroots Advocacy Network Convening. We will lead an interactive session to assist nonprofits in developing effective values-based messages that connect across ideological divides and resonate with diverse viewpoints. Through an interactive session, participants will collaboratively develop language that captures attention, builds bridges, and motivates action.
As federal policies evolve to better support kinship families, agencies and organizations must adapt to shifting standards while maintaining their commitment to equity, family voice, and culturally responsive care. This webinar will help participants understand recent federal rule changes impacting kinship care, relevant updates to COA Accreditation standards, and how to translate those changes into meaningful, family-centered practice.
Sustainable, transformative advocacy requires policy engagement to be woven into the culture of an organization—not just housed in one department. This webinar will explore how to build advocacy knowledge and readiness at all levels of your organization, from front-line staff to executive leadership. Through practical examples and implementation tips, we’ll help you transform policy fluency from a siloed skill into a shared value.
During this pre-conference session, participants will gain practical skills in policy analysis, narrative framing, and grassroots mobilization. With a focus on low-cost, high-impact strategies, this session is designed for organizations operating with limited capacity but high stakes.
SPARK 2025 will showcase sector insight and expertise to drive toward greater impact so all people can thrive. This in-person event will convene leaders from across human services.
Advocacy is one of the social sector’s greatest powers, but lobbying restrictions and common misconceptions can make it challenging to know when and how to advocate. This webinar will support organizations in engaging in responsive and strategic advocacy by reviewing the responsibilities of 501(c)(3) organizations. We will review case studies to outline key differences between lobbying and advocacy. We will also discuss 501(h) elections and considerations for nonprofit organizations should they elect to file.
This briefing will outline the current shutdown landscape, its impacts on nutrition and early childhood programs, and what community-based organizations should expect in the coming weeks. We will also cover practical and urgent advocacy steps organizations and individuals can take to protect children, families, and the social sector workforce.