title: Coleman Advocates for Children And Youth: a pioneering child advocacy organization (1974-2008).
abstract: Coleman Advocates for Youth and Children is a pioneering 30-year-old child advocacy organization founded by several affluent community members and children's service professionals to stop housing abused and neglected children in juvenile hall. Today, low-income youth and parents in families of color are now assuming leadership in developing a unique hybrid approach that integrates community organizing with more traditional child advocacy strategies and focuses on increasing affordable housing and improving the city's educational system. The strategies employed by Coleman have also evolved, shifting from insider advocacy with administrative officials to public campaigns targeting the city budget process, to local initiative campaigns, and most recently to electoral politics. This organizational history features the issues mission and structure, leadership, managing issues, advocacy strategies and community relations, and funding.
authors.affiliation: Mack Center for Nonprofit Management in the Human Services School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carnochan
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Austin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000266:history*; D004493:Education / Q000266:history; D005260:Female; D005376:Financial Management / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012947:Social Work / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration