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Posted on 02/21/2009 4:36:17 PM PST by montesquieu
***Calling all Mississippians!!! TEA PARTY to be held in downtown Jackson. Looking for organizers and participants.***
-- posted earlier today-- Things to keep in mind!!
The internet is abuzz with chatter about organizing protests around the country to put an end to this madness on Wall Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. But I’ve talked to many people out there who have never organized a protest, and so they don’t have a clue where to begin.
Here are 10 simple steps that you can follow to organize a protest in your own community. If you want more help, just send me an email at bsteinhauser@freedomworks.org and I’ll work with you one on one to help make your protest a success.
1. Pick a location, date and time in your town. I’d suggest main street at an intersection with lots of traffic.
2. Tell your friends, family, co-workers and everyone else you know about the protest. Build an rsvp email list so that you can provide quick updates if something changes. You should also create a facebook group so that the group can communicate with one another.
3. Make 5-10 signs with legible slogans that send a clear message to the public and the media. Write in BIG LETTERS.
4. Call your local talk radio hosts and ask them to announce the location, date and time on the air for a few days leading up to the protest. Send a letter to the editor of your local newspaper announcing the protest. Email the bloggers in your area and ask them to post a notice about the protest.
5. Write a press release and email, mail and fax copies to the local tv stations, radio stations and newspapers. Call the reporters that cover local events or politics and leave messages on their voice mail.
6. On the day of your protest, show up with your group, be loud, visible, happy and engage the public. Wave your signs, make lots of noise and move around to get attention. If reporters interview you, give them some good sound bytes for their stories. Stay on message and keep your answers short and coherent.
7. Bring sign-in sheets to capture the names, emails and phone numbers of everyone who attends the protest and/or says that they support what you are doing. You will then have a big list of people that can plan the next, much bigger and louder, event. Also bring handouts with one page of quick facts about why you are protesting in the first place.
8. Add your pictures, video and an after-action report to your facebook group, and send this stuff to the bloggers and reporters that you originally contacted. Ask them to post the photos, story and video.
9. Thank everyone who attended via email and phone, and set up a meeting to plan your next event. Now you have a list of people in your community that can help make the next protest huge. Encourage everyone to commit to bring at least one friend to the next protest.
10. Organize a carpool and go find a friend in your neighboring town or county and help them organize a protest there. You and your people are now veterans and should be able to keep the momentum going around your area.
Email me if you have any questions or want some ideas for signs. bsteinhauser@freedomworks.org
Good luck!
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Where do you get those?! I haven’t a clue...
Well for my first protest 8 years ago I bought mine at Radio Shack. That’s if they haven’t gone out of business. You probably could by them also at Best Buy or any store like Radio Shack. Circuit City is going out of business I believe, but even Wal-mart or Sam’s or any local store along that line might have them. Great for getting you point to the crowds! Al Sharpton loves them!
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Yes the one I bought had a siren. Great feature for getting everyone’s attention!
You guys might want to email the Ms. GOP. On the website, on the left side(scroll down)..there is a link to get the event listed:
You also might want to write an email or call Brad White(chairman) here:
http://www.msgop.org/contact/index.html
Good luck! Send me the info when you get it all figured out and I will contact some friends back home to join you guys!
I have a small one that I purchased at Radio Shack... even has sirens and other effects.
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Awesome!!! The louder and more annoying the better. :)
Also..the Madison county GOP(very close to Jackson...lots of diehard conservatives) has a facebook page here:
You could join it when you get your tea party planned and let the folks know. They WILL show up.
Here is a list of all of the county GOP websites where you can invite folks:
http://www.msgop.org/counties/index.html
Hope this helps!
You guys might want to email the Ms. GOP. On the website, on the left side(scroll down)..there is a link to get the event listed:
You also might want to write an email or call Brad White(chairman) here:
http://www.msgop.org/contact/index.html
Good luck! Send me the info when you get it all figured out and I will contact some friends back home to join you guys!
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I will do that!! Looking for more groups to contact. So, is everyone doing this on the 27th?! I think that’s next Friday?!
Looks that way. Kinda short notice...but sometimes you got to strike while the iron is hot!
It just makes it critical that you guys get some things sown up(time,place, etc.) by Monday if you are going to participate. The GOP in Jackson can probably help you guys alot. They are located downtown and are very nice folks. They can probably even suggest the best place to stage the event.
Looks that way. Kinda short notice...but sometimes you got to strike while the iron is hot!
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Gosh!! Well, I’m going to contact as many conservative groups that I can to get people involved before Monday.
Jackson County GOP.
I am emailing the President of the county chapter with info.
Others may wish to contact them too.
http://www.msjacksoncountygop.com/members.html
God bless you for your efforts and good luck. Plese keep me posted. I don’t live there anymore..but have lots of friends that might come once you folks settle on a place and time.
This Sunday afternoon.... A little community activist organizational meeting is in order in Ocean Springs and all points east and west for as long as the eye can see... Break out your leathers and ride your Harley (or mini van as the case may be) to the SHED.....If you don’t know where the SHED is you have a problem.... Bring along your trusted friends even if they are not Freepers. Mr. Forbes statement concerning “who will go after who” or words to that effect, could be the best of all this year....
God bless you for your efforts and good luck. Plese keep me posted. I don’t live there anymore..but have lots of friends that might come once you folks settle on a place and time.
Thank you!! Would love to have them come out.
I always have one in my trunk. I’ve never known why exactly, but now I have some reasons.
The ‘SHED’ in Ocean Springs Mississippi.....ok....I don’t know where it is(in Texas over here protecting the Alamo and all)....but you folks have a good time..just remember....it is not just about having a ‘good time’...it’s about sending a message to the Obamatrons setting the table for our country’s demise!
I am now wondering about the folks ‘organizing’ the ‘Tea Party’ in my own neck of the woods! It’s way off the beaten path...somehow they have a band all lined up..posting the gig on craigslist and Michelle Malkin’s webpage..yet..folks...in the 7000 block of Camp Bowie..no one is going to see us!!
I already feel a bit used and uncertain, because who-ever this dude is that Malkin has decided is legit enough to ‘organize’ for every patriot in the DFW region...seems to have put us out where no-one will see us..no-one will care!
just a few thoughts.
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