Other board members wanted the coalition to change its focus, from national advocacy to building up the capabilities of state and local coalitions.

Last, the energy and time required to start new programs would divert our attention from direct advocacy on the structural inequities that perpetuate poverty.

There was a wide range of reactions to the case from politicians, academics, attorneys, advocacy groups and journalists.

Groups embrace interests from academics, advocacy, athletics and the arts to community service, ethnicity, politics and religion.

Its application ranges from advocacy of religious morals to conservative politics.

Many block leaders learned to navigate the bureaucratic maze on their own, and the project's focus shifted from advocacy to self-help.

But his extreme view of the issue prompts him to cross the line from acceptable advocacy to unacceptable insult.

I don't," he said, "see this experience of being called to the ministry as being separate from justice or advocacy.

However, there are some who feel that pro-Israel activism on college campuses can cross the line from advocacy to outright intimidation.

There was a "transition from advocacy of social change to engagement in political activism."