1. Campus Organizing September 23th, 2009 Questions? Email - [email_address] AIM - DFA Night School Twitter - #DFA Paid for by Democracy for America, www.democracyforamerica.com, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.
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8. Political Organizing on Campus GOAL : To mobilize X number of volunteer hours, register Y number of new voters in the district, and turnout Z number of votes. STRATEGY: Determine student ’ s individual motivations for participation. Leverage student ’ s institutional relationships. Utilize student ’ s social networks and other forms of communication. Questions? nightschool@democracyforamerica.com 8
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11. Issue Advocacy & Movement Building GOAL To recruit, develop, and deploy X students, facilitating a formidable and sustainable organization, in order contribute to a larger parent movement. Collectively movements leverage to their resources to achieve measurable policy improvements. SRATEGY Determine student’s individual motivations for participation. Leverage student’s institutional relationships. Utilize social student’s social networks and other forms of communication. Questions? nightschool@democracyforamerica.com 11
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14. Social Justice Organizing GOAL Expose socioeconomic and political injustices, and make clear the connection between the lives of the privileged and the disadvantaged. Facilitate means by which students can work to change concrete realities through achievable means, in service of a vision of a more just and equitable world. STRATEGY Determine student ’ s individual motivations for participation. Leverage student ’ s institutional relationships. Utilize ]student ’ s social networks and other forms of communication. Questions? nightschool@democracyforamerica.com 14
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