Director of Engagement International Dark-Sky Association, Colorado, United States
In 2022, the International Dark-Sky Association launched a mass effort to obtain governmental proclamations in honor of International Dark-Sky Week. Although conducted on an abbreviated timescale of ~6 weeks, IDA Advocates found support from 23 U.S. jurisdictions, and the program was so successful it is being repeated on a longer (~5.5 months) timescale for 2023's Dark-Sky Week, with an added focus on international jurisdictions. This presentation will focus on the successes and learnings from the 2022 effort and what it meant for grassroots education and policy efforts, what was changed for 2023, and how the same practices can be applied to efforts in other areas of education and preservation.