Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
-James Dewar
John Graham of the Giraffe Heroes Project has written an amazing advocacy guide,
Stick Your Neck Out: A Street-Smart Guide to Creating Change in Your Community and Beyond. This book, which can now be purchased on our web site, is a comprehensive and practical guide to the skills, qualities, and strategies you need to make a difference, covering every aspect of working for change�"from choosing an issue to mapping out a plan, creating a vision of success, organizing a team, building trust, resolving conflicts, working with the media, moving through bureaucracies, setting legal strategies and more. Filled with practical tips and inspiring examples of real people, this book provides the missing link between ideas and ideals on one hand, and effective action on the other.
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