Mobilizing America’s faith communities
Building a national faith-based advocacy network in the United States for a European partner.
- Situation
An argument with no American constituency
A European partner held a position that depended on American religious-freedom audiences, and had no organised route to them. Those constituencies are not reached from abroad, and they do not respond to a government’s voice.
- Approach
Build the network before the ask
We built a national faith-based advocacy network: commitments from faith leaders willing to carry the message across their congregations, and new coalitions linking U.S. Christian organizations with church leadership abroad.
- Outcome
A constituency that can be pointed at the next question
Members of Congress who prioritize religious freedom were engaged directly, and the network left in place is a trained grassroots organization — one that can be pointed at a new story rather than rebuilt for it.
Named at the client’s discretion. The work is described; the party is not.