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John Graham on ASAE’s 2017 Advocacy Efforts

Association Adviser

We’ve worked with a number of organizations to block this travel ban. We opposed several version of this bill that would pre-empt existing anti-discrimination ordinances in cities like Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio that protect the community. We got some help from some local courts, but not the Supreme Court.

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Add Chapters to Make an Old Association Feel New

Associations Now

Launching a chapter network has helped PEN America, a literary organization with almost 100 years of history, recruit new members and reinvent opportunities for member engagement at the local level. The decision comes at a critical time for the organization, which represents writers. In a nutshell, they went where the action was.

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Beer Institute’s Campaign Shows the Faces of the Industry

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We have a diverse group of members in our organization,” McGreevy said. The companies they work for range from M&M Farms in Berthoud, Colorado, to MillerCoors in Fort Worth, Texas. million Americans, according to the BI’s 2017 Beer Serves America study , which was released in May.

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TSAE Rallies to Hold First Meeting in Houston After Hurricane Harvey

Association Adviser

“Because TSAE had the courage and believed in us, and trusted us, others are coming because TSAE came,” Greater Houston Visitors Bureau President Mike Waterman told attendees at TSAE’s New Ideas conference in September 2017, days after Hurricane Harvey swept through the region. Photo courtesy of Kayla Prasek Photography.

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