Relationship-Driven Strategies for Advocacy Success - Mila Marshall - Sierra Club Illinois Chapter

Описание: Advocacy works best when it’s personal, persistent, and purposeful. In my work as a Clean Water Advocate with the Illinois Sierra Club, I’ve seen firsthand how connecting with people where they are, whether policymakers, community members, or neighbors can transform understanding into action. But advocacy can also be exhausting, and it’s easy to feel like one voice isn’t enough. That’s why sustaining your efforts, even in small, consistent ways, is so powerful: every comment, conversation, and meeting adds up. And when we combine connection with persistence, we win protecting waterways, wetlands, and communities, sometimes in ways that seem small at first but ripple far beyond. I will be sharing strategies and examples from my experience that will help you connect, sustain, and win in your own advocacy.

Mila holds a PhD in ecology and works to mobilize and energize diverse networks across Illinois around clean water issues related to wastewater, agriculture and industry. She advocates for novel partnerships that protect the quality of streams, lakes, rivers, and Illinois tributaries for all. Furthermore she addresses the legacies of water infrastructure disinvestment by building bridges towards solutions through connecting and educating the scientific and legislative communities at the city, county and state levels. She serves as the Clean Water Advocate for the Illinois Sierra Club Chapter, is the CEO of the Chicago Area Waterways Heritage Committee, President of the Black Women Boaters Club - Chicago Chapter and editor at Chicago News Weekly. Finally Dr. Marshall serves the State of Illinois as a member of the Groundwater Advisory Board and Natural Resources Advisory Council.