AAP News Vol. 14 No. 8 August 1998, p. 4
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Campaigning for kids

Marjorie Tharp

If the child advocacy community is to succeed in making children's issues resonate with voters this election year, it must do so in the context of family values and morals, according to six national pollsters.

The Coalition for America's Children (CAC) gathered six pollsters for a June 23 election forum in Washington, D.C., to answer important questions from child advocates, such as:

• How will children's issues fare in this year's elections?

• What positioning strategies bring in the biggest possible constituency for children?

• How can advocates best educate voters and candidates about children's issues this year and plan for the year 2000?

The CAC, which the Academy chairs, consists of 450 national, state and local nonprofit organizations working in a nonpartisan manner to boost children's issues to the top of the public policy agenda. It brings cutting edge political and communications expertise to the child advocacy community.