I would like to try to answer this and, in so doing, clarify for new members and others the list's focus. I refer you to the chapter on advocacy, in the Community Toolbox Website, which is especially useful for anyone doing community advocacy.
Advocacy is active promotion of a cause or principle.
In our case, the cause is adult literacy education in the United States. The role of the NLA list in state and local literacy advocacy is to be a forum where these efforts can be reported, shared, and discussed. Some would add that thought and action must go hand in hand, and I would agree, but advocacy must involve actions that lead to change, not just thought. Advocacy is not direct service. The NLA list is not a forum for discussing these issues, unless they are concretely and specifically related to advocacy of policy 4.