PUBLIC AFFAIRS

We’ll help you promote civic engagement and advocacy, share your message, and make sure your audience is involved and aware.

ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER UTAH

In February 2023, Shaq, Janelle Monae, Post Malone, and Kareem Abdul Jabar were in Salt Lake City for the NBA All-Star weekend. Meanwhile, the Utah Legislature was in the Capitol passing even more restrictive abortion laws: prohibiting the licensing of abortion clinics in the state. Our communications hub came to us with a request: create an attention-grabbing campaign. With print and digital advertising, billboards, and on-the-ground street teams, this campaign was not only attention-grabbing but effectively raised awareness.

RENEW ZAP

In 2024, Salt Lake County’s Zoo, Arts, and Parks (ZAP) tax was on the ballot for renewal, which happens once every ten years. This crucial initiative, which helps fund important programs and community spaces all across the county, is widely popular, but often flies under the radar. ZAP’s renewal committee retained Elevate to help raise its profile, highlight its numerous community benefits, and encourage voters to “keep a good thing going” by renewing the program for another ten years.

Working with ZAP’s many community partners to build a grassroots, cost-efficient relational voter contact program, along with a strategic paid and earned media campaign, we helped renew ZAP with nearly 80% of the vote.

IGNITE! UTAH

Launched in 2024 as a project of the Utah Donor Collaborative, Ignite! is Utah’s leading youth voter engagement organization, with a mission of increasing turnout, civic participation, and advocacy among Gen-Z Utahns, especially on the west side of Salt Lake County.

Elevate worked with Ignite! to develop branding, build a social media presence, and create video content and digital advertisements targeted at increasing youth turnout in Utah.