PEACEFUL HOME PROTEST RULES

PEACEFUL HOME PROTEST RULES

1. We’re leaving if any violence starts. 

2. Media Messaging / Communications: 

IF there is someone designated as the lead on messaging / communications, defer to them? ;)  

IF there is an agreed upon hand out of talking points, use it ? ;) 

Sound bites work better to get attention than big sentences filled with big words. Sorry. 
(Be able to explain the sound bites! ) 

The actions of the people we're protesting are harmful and offensive, that's why we're here. 

Where is the bright line between pointed commentary on offensive actions and offensive commentary…?  

3. Check out the protest location address on an internet map thing before going. Familiarize yourself with the local roads. 

Where will you park? How will you get to the protest location? Will that method work when returning to home?

4. If things get goofy, remember details. Scribble them down, repeat them to others you're with, leave a voice message to someone, email them off … 

Details to remember: the time, the place, the characters /people (badge numbers…), directions


SOME OF MY SOURCES FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST 'RULES'


The Ruckus Society
http://ruckus.org/index.php

Manuals & Checklists
Security Culture for Activists
http://www.ruckus.org/section.php?id=82

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Handbook For Nonviolent Action - SOA Watch
http://soaw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=644#1

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Veterans For Peace: Protest and March
Organized Locally. Recognized Nationally. Exposing the true costs of war since 1985
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/files/6413/3312/6472/Protest_and_March_Toolkit.pdf

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How to Organize a Protest or March
Read more : http://www.ehow.com/how_135670_organize-protest-march.html

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How to Protest
http://www.wikihow.com/Protest

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Survey - YOUR PEACEFUL PROTEST ORGANIZING COMFORT ZONE.

I PHILOSOPHICALLY believe in open processes and open involvement.  .  I'm not into zapping people at the last minute with info from The Secret Clique They're Not Part Of.

When it comes to organizing, each thing / step "we" are going to do needs the The Questions Of Organizing answered: WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, HOWI I honestly can't figure out how to solve The Questions Of Organizing, efficiently, without email and or blogs

CIRCLE 1 ANSWER FOR EACH.

MY PREFERENCE for organizing is a Blog Diary with email sent to possible participants, pointing to the Blog Diary

1.  Is this within YOUR comfort zone?

a. yes

b. no

c. other _______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Are you comfortable using email such that all of us are openly on the To: line?

a. yes

b. no

c. other _______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________

3. IF you answered "no" to #2, I am in no way committing to keeping people updated via phone, snail mail, pigeon …

Would you accept being part of a BCC group who get to know what is going on?

a. yes

b. no

c. other _______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________

In conclusion, I have purposely not mentioned civil disobedience. Given the level of participation in community events by the population at large, I'm not interested in risking arrest for people who won't vote, or hold a sign on street corner, or write a letter to politician, or ...  

If you're interested in civil disobedience, you really really need to skim the resources of Ruckus and SOA Watch, and make sure those who are going with you know what you're up to so that they can decide if it is in their comfort zone.