MANZANITA'S MISSION IS TO EFFECT SOCIAL AND PUBLIC POLICY CHANGE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS, OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR SOCIETY, AND OUR WORLD. MANZANITA WILL PROMOTE SOCIAL AND PUBLIC POLICY CHANGE THROUGH ACTIVITIES SUCH AS PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, CAPACITY BUILDING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING, GRANTMAKING, AND OTHER PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS EXEMP…