Campus Organizing

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Campus Organizing

• United States Youth Campaign for a Department of
  Peace

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Starting An Organization

• Know your community
• Think about different constituencies that have an
  interest in supporting a Department of Peace
• Know the expectations of your student government
  and possible funding sources
• Consider forming a core group
• Get in touch with local DOP

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Messaging

• Find the best way for you to speak about the
  Department of Peace
• Fine tune your ability to speak to different
  audiences

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Philosophy of Recruitment

• Why do you participate in the Department of Peace
  Campaign?
• Why do you participate in anything?
• What inspired you to come here?
• What will keep you here?

• Connection to an issue
• Desire to take action
• Effectiveness of action
• Community

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Recruitment Methods

• Contact organizations on campus with similar
  goals
• Activities fairs
• Facebook
• Flyering
• Chalking
• Dorm storming

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Plan Meetings

• What is it about meetings that make you want to
  attend?
• Agenda Agenda Agenda!
• Introduction
• Form connections
• Administrative
• review previous meetings, present and approve
  agenda
• Content
• Closing and check-out
• Date and time of next meeting
• Pick facilitator and note taker
• Pluses and Deltas

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Facilitate Meetings

• What is your presentation style?
• Role of facilitator is to make sure meeting flows
  and accomplishes agenda
• Timekeeper
• Use of whiteboard
• Agree on ground rules (hand signals?)

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Sustainability

• What keeps you coming?
• Feeling like you are needed
• Feeling like you accomplished something
• Build community
• Communication
• Create a listserve and update it frequently
• Check in with group members
• Be specific and direct
• Openness and trustworthiness
• Make sure the members know you trust them and
  want to include them in the process
• Celebrate together
• Action oriented
• Take actions and acknowledge actions that have
  taken place
• Distribute responsibility
• Ownership

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Organizational Planning and Structure

• Know your school
• Know the strengths of your members
• Recognize their level of commitment
• Focus on group processes and decision making
• Inclusivity vs. Effectiveness
• Agree on a vision, mission and goals that can
  motivate group members
• Organizational needs to achieve goals

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Coalition Building

• Determine common interests
• Agree to disagree
• Recognize that contributions vary
• Give a little to get a little
• Achieve significant victories
• Help organizations meet their goals
• Clarify decision making procedures
• Distribute credit fairly

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For More Information
Contact SPA Director Spa_at_thepeacealliance.org SP
A National Operations Director Spa.pr_at_thepeacealli
ance.org Or Visit www.studentpeacealliance.org