getting organized timeline
remember there are 4 key actions being planned:
a teach-in, your group's role in the mass action, a local solidarity action,
and a community report-back.
about 8 weeks out from the
mass action:
- organize working groups
- start talking about the
action
- figure out a date for the
teach-in (about 3 weeks out)
about 7 weeks out from the
mass action:
- teach-in committee in full
gear
- outreach and advertising
getting organized
- media getting organized
about 6 weeks out from the
mass action:
- teach-in location should
be firm
- teach-in panels should be
firm, speakers getting organized
- media & outreach creating
posters, fliers, etc.
about 5 weeks out from the
mass action:
- group doing the local action
starts meeting, comes up with a concept, informs the media and art teams
so outreach can start getting organized
- good time to round up maps,
which really doesn't need to happen at the last minute
about 4 weeks out from the
mass action:
- everybody focused on outreach
for the teach-in (posters, fliers, email everyone, talk to everyone
you see, contact local groups, remind, remind, remind)
- preparing for talks at the
teach-in
about 3 weeks out from the
mass action:
- the teach-in & fundraisers
- housing at action should
be confirmed by this point
- the group that's going should
start having meetings to get to know each other and talk about the nature
of their participation. any needs for art & leaflets communicated
to art teams.
about 2 weeks out from the
mass action:
- trip info packet team in
high gear (lots of info won't be available until this point)
- art & leaflets to take
to the action are getting made
- figure out a date for the
teach-in (about 3 weeks out)
about 1 week out from the mass
action & local solidarity action
- who/when working group starts
to have a good idea of what the trip is going to look like in terms
of numbers and equipment
- logistics team to manage
local action is solidified
the week
of action
- media team in high gear
- advertising for the community
report-back
- at-home legal support on
duty
- local action
the week following the action
- the community report-back
should be scheduled for about 3 days after the activists return
- media team still in high
gear doing analysis and follow-up, letters to the editor, etc. offer
interviews with local activists who just returned, etc.
- jail solidarity ongoing