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The inaugural issue of Innovation Network's Advocacy Evaluation Update includes the following:

1) brief updates about new models, guidelines, thinking, and resources in the field of advocacy evaluation; and

2) evaluation stories about advocacy and evaluation efforts undertaken by Oxfam, Open Society Institute, and the California Endowment.

The third issue of Innovation Network's Advocacy Evaluation Update includes the following:

1) updates about advocacy evaluation resources available online;

2) highlights from the Advocacy and Policy Change TIG (Topical Interest Group) conference sessions (including research summaries and links to additional resources) presented at the American Evaluation Association's 2007 annual conference; and

3) interviews with three of the leaders of AEA's Advocacy and Policy Change TIG.

The seventh issue of Advocacy Evaluation Update (AEU) newsletter was the first produced as part of the strategic partnership between Innovation Network and the Center for Evaluation Innovation. It was also the first edited by Julia Coffman, an experienced evaluator and the Center's Director.

1. Feature: Good in Theory, But Does It Work in Practice? By Simon Starling, Oxfam Great Britain

2. Profiles from the Field: The Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California San Francisco

This Innovation Network report examines the impact and shares lessons from Atlantic’s $70.3 million

effort between 2004 and 2014 to reform the U.S. immigration system.

Among the topics covered: