Advocacy & Community Outreach: Campaigns That Win

We turn complex public initiatives into winning campaigns. Strategic advocacy and community engagement that builds coalitions and drives meaningful change.


Sample Work

Oakland School District Bond Campaign

Oakland School District Bond Campaign The Oakland School District  approached us to support their efforts on a bond measure campaign aimed at funding a much-needed replacement of their Washington Gym. The campaign marked their crucial, final attempt after two failed measures in the 2021 and 2023 elections. The historic gym, Read More

Deschutes Soil and Water Conservation District

Deschutes Soil and Water Conservation District Funk/Levis ran two successful, comprehensive campaigns for Deschutes Soil and Water Conservation District to increase brand awareness and educate the public ahead of a critical tax measure on the November 2024 ballot.  Brand Awareness To boost brand awareness across Deschutes County, we developed a Read More

Lane Community Health Council

Lane Community Health Council (LCHC) approached Funk/Levis & Associates to enhance their social media presence and community engagement. We audited their LinkedIn and Facebook profiles, created an Instagram page, and developed a monthly social media plan with targeted, creative posts. By boosting key posts and engaging with the community, we Read More

Eugene Emeralds

Eugene Emeralds When Eugene’s much-loved baseball team The Emeralds needed to engage the community and government partners to support a new stadium, they called on Funk/Levis to join the team. Funk/Levis worked closely with Emeralds management to help design an engagement strategy and outreach plan including grassroots communications, key influencers Read More

Pleasant Hill & Goshen Fire Departments

Pleasant Hill & Goshen Fire Departments When the Pleasant Hill & Goshen Fire Departments needed a partner to help them pass a consolidation and permanent tax rate measure, they hired us to navigate the complexities of this campaign. Our team worked with local county leaders and election officials to get Read More
Elk Creek Forest Products logo

Elk Creek Forest Products

Elk Creek came to Funk/Levis to update their image, brand and digital assets to use as a portal for their customers. Our team worked with them to create a more engaging and updated look and color palette to match their unique and targeted customer engagement Read More

Kidney Care of Oregon

Kidney Care of Oregon Kidney Care of Oregon, formally known as Eugene Springfield Nephrology, came to our team to update their name, branding, website and materials to expand their regional work. We developed a more reflective and inclusive brand for the organization with offices throughout the Willamette Valley and then Read More

Lane County Parks Levy

Lane County Parks Levy When Lane County decided to place on the November 2022 ballot its first-ever local option levy request to support Lane County Parks, they turned to Funk/Levis for help with a countywide information campaign.  The team developed a strategy to reach voters with information about the proposed measure, the projects Read More

City of Florence

The City of Florence came to Funk/Levis with an outdated and complicated logo that was no longer satisfying their needs or reflecting their current internal work and their external brand perception. We worked with the city to create an updated logo that more accurately represents the up-and-coming town in Lane Read More

Lane County Health & Human Services

Our partnership with this more than 800 person and 10 division department of Lane County has been extensive, effective and valued. We have worked to brand efforts, create engaging materials, and create strategic outreach materials including videos, podcasts and webpages. Our efforts have been targeted to both internal and external Read More

UWSWCD

After an extensive RFQ process, we were hired to be the strategic partner for the Upper Willamette Soil & Water Conservation District, a small and virtually unknown public agency in the area. The agency is engaged in the protection of the environment in a portion of Lane County. They were Read More

City of Beaverton

The City of Beaverton had engaged in a very public and failed attempt to annex a large corporation into its city limits, which created a negative perception of the city. During this time, the city had grown from a suburb of Portland to an economic powerhouse with a redeveloped downtown Read More