October 5th Checklist for Organizers
Materials
__ Loads of flyers with your walkout/ protest information on them.
__ Stickers, buttons, poster and a banner.
__ Sign Up sheet
__ Legal/ lawyers number.
__ Donation can/ bucket.
Key Focuses for Organizing October 5th Protests
___ Set a time and place for October 5th and send it to World Can’t Wait’s website. Think big. Speak to millions!
__ Saturate dorms with flyers and posters. Post flyers on every dorm room door or every locker in High Schools.
__ Set a goal for the number of classrooms where October 5th is announced. Contact all of the progressive or open minded teachers and professors in your area.
__ Establish a place ( store, coffee shop, library, student group office) where a box of flyers can be left for people to pick up- promote this broadly. Also, establish a time and place for drop in meetings. This would be a place where people can come and pick up materials, drop off sign-up sheets and dig into political questions in a compressed time frame.
__ Spread the word and organize through myspace.com. Set up a profile for your areas Oct. 5th protests and post the World Can’t Wait myspace graphic at high profile/local profile pages.
__Compile a list of local media contacts and send them press releases about events planned on October 5th.
__ Weave fundraising into ALL of your plans. Check out World Can’t Wait’s section on fundraising for more orientation and to sharpen up your points.
__ Look through the calendar to find big concerts or punk rock shows where you can reach a lot of youth in a short period of time. Make sure to give everyone a stack of flyers and stickers for them to spread the word.
__ Bush Crimes Day. Plan bold actions, protests, film screenings, teach-ins on Sept. 19th. Check the website for more info on Bush Crimes Day.