{"id":2573,"date":"2026-05-04T13:34:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/center-innovative-leadership\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=2573"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:37:15","slug":"advocacy-in-action-how-lobbying-changes-lives","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/center-innovative-leadership\/event\/advocacy-in-action-how-lobbying-changes-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy in Action: How Lobbying Changes Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"50\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"50\">Advocacy in Action: How Lobbying Changes Lives<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"52\" data-end=\"223\">Curious about how advocacy actually works? Join Furman University for a free workshop exploring how lobbying can drive meaningful change in communities and people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"548\">This engaging conversation will be facilitated by Dr. Shaniece Criss, director of Furman University&#8217;s Advocacy and Social Policy (MAP) program and Kate Harrington, dementia and long-term care policy reform advocate and current MAP student. The event is open to all and includes refreshments and networking opportunities.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"550\" data-end=\"778\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"550\" data-end=\"559\">Date:<\/strong> Wednesday, May 6<br data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"579\" \/><strong data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"588\">Time:<\/strong> 5:30\u20136:30 p.m.<br data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"606\" data-is-only-node=\"\" \/><strong data-start=\"606\" data-end=\"619\">Location:<\/strong> Flywheel Coworking, 25 Goldsmith St., Greenville, SC 29609<br data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"681\" \/><strong data-start=\"681\" data-end=\"690\">Cost:<\/strong> Free<br data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"698\" \/><strong data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"715\">Reserve Your Spot:<\/strong> https:\/\/forms.furman.edu\/view.php?id=1734758<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocacy in Action: How Lobbying Changes Lives Curious about how advocacy actually works? Join Furman University for a free workshop exploring how lobbying can drive meaningful change in communities and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":439,"featured_media":2574,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[27,33,20],"class_list":["post-2573","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-community","tribe_events_cat-graduate-studies","tribe_events_cat-workshop","cat_community","cat_graduate-studies","cat_workshop"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/center-innovative-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/2573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/center-innovative-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/center-innovative-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/center-innovative-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/center-innovative-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/2573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2576,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/center-innovative-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/2573\/revisions\/2576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/center-innovative-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/center-innovative-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/center-innovative-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2573"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/center-innovative-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=2573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}