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Preface Part I The Focal Catalytic Coalition Model 1. Advocating for the Poor Through State and National Coalitions 2. NCRC and the Issues that Emerge from Defending the Community Reinvestment Act 3. NLIHC and the Issues that Emerge from the National Housing Trust Fund Campaign Part II Mobilizing and Informing Members 4. Mobilization: Building a Foundation for Coalition Action 5. The Power of Information and Information as Power Part III Advocacy and Lobbying Efforts to Bring About Policy Changes 6. The Tools of Coalition Advocacy: Working with the Mass Media to Frame Issues 7. Techniques of Influencing Legislators and Regulators 8. Lobbying in Person 9. Legislative and Regulatory Agency Hearings 10. Other Forms of Political Pressure Part IV Bringing It All Together at the Annual Meeting 11. What Annual Conferences Accomplish 12. Encounters with Elected and Regulatory Officials at the National Conference 13. Reflections on the Theory and Practice of Coalition Advocacy Appendix: Methodological Approach