BLM PROTEST in PHOENIX!

 Hi everybody!

We are working with the Cloud Foundation to organize a rally here in the Phoenix area in the next few weeks, and we could use some help! For now, I am the contact person, but I am not able to do this alone. We will need many things. For example, see this checklist here:

http://www.idausa.org/ir.html

DEMONSTRATION CHECK-LIST
Event (general description):
Date: 
Media Time: 
Location/Address: 
Preparation for the Event:

• Make signs. Use some pre-printed and others handmade.

• Post/Distribute flyers (if desired)

• Gather leaflets if possible.
  

• Free Publicity (local newsletters,
• calendars)
• Telephone Hotline (outgoing message)
• Designate Media Spokesperson
• Write soundbites in advance
• Write News Release
• Issuing Release/Follow-up media calls

• Prepare media kits to include factsheets, brochures and if available a video
  

• Activate phone tree. Always ask activists to be present half an hour before the media

• Assign tasks (someone to hold banner, lead the chants)
  

• Carpools

If necessary:

• Permit from the police for a march or for a sound system
  

• Speakers (booking)

• Legal Adviser/Observer

• Sound System
  

Day of the event, don’t forget:

• Calls to the media that morning

• Soundbites/Chants

• Literature to hand out

• Signs & banners

• Camera/Camcorder

• Media Kits

If necessary/available:

• Costume

• megaphone

• props (paint, bloody lab coats)

• bail money (I love this one! LOL)

Follow-up

• Designate people to pick up newspapers that covered the event and people to videotape TV news coverage.
  

• Call print media that did not cover the event.

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Several people have already stepped forward to help. We have a media person, a fliers person, and several other volunteers. Please look over this list and see if there is something you might want to do to help.

We are shooting for a Saturday, maybe January 30th from 11:00am - 1:00 pm, but this has not been decided yet. In any case, we will need to get organized soon.

PLEASE drop me a note if you can help! 

THANKS!

Barb

arizona.aahsus@gmail.com