Ten Reasons to Advocate You can make a difference. It takes one person to initiate change. People working together can make a difference. Individuals formed Mothers Against Drunk Driving and convinced states to toughen drunk driving laws. As a result, the numbers of drunk driving deaths are lower.
People can change laws.
It is hard to change laws and policies. Some take decades. But it can be done. Woman s suffrage movement began in 1848, and women successfully got the power to vote in 1920. Advocacy is a democratic tradition.