Building Your Power Base

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Building YourPower Base

• Greg Galluzzo
• NCE Conference
• 2008

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Our Entire System Is Powerless!
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WHY?
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WHY?
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Why! Continued
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How Do We Get It Back?

• Politically
• There Are Only TWO Ways That You Can Get The
  Attention Of A Politician Who Is Unconcerned
  About Your Needs.
• Campaign Contributions
• Vote Them Out Of Office

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Campaign Contributions

• Political Action Committee
• Individual gifts
• We Represent The Poorest Special Needs Group In
  California

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Vote Them Out Of Office

• There Is Currently No Accountability, No
  Punishment, No Penalty, No Public Reprimand OR No
  Consequence That Our Elected Officials Are The
  Least Bit Concerned About When It Comes To The
  Intellectual and Developmental Disability
  Community of Bakersfield, Kern County OR
  California.

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Vote Them Out Of OfficeContinued

• We Represent The Largest Special Needs Community
  Of Non-voters In The State
• THE POLITICIANS HAVE NO FEAR OF US

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So What Must We Do?

• We Must Build Our Power Base
• Voting Clients
• Parents Family Friends
• Bakersfield Community
• Kern County Community

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What Do You Know About The People You Know or
Meet?
How Do You Want People To REMEMBER You
Job
Politics
Religion
Family
Education
Hobbies
Values
Interest
Ambition
Strong Feelings
Dreams
Race-Ethnicity
Where is their RESIDENCE
Where did you come FROM Where have they BEEN
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Why Do We Need To Know This Personal Information?

• TO
• Build A Relationship
• Uncover Their Self Interest
• Create Clarity Between Us
• Gather Information To Market Our Cause.

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To Trigger Incite

• Two Attitudes

Curiosity
Courage
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The More Public Relationships You Have The
Greater Your Power

• Build Your Own Power And Those In Power Will
  Come To Talk To You.

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Dont Waste You Time

• Do Not
• NETWORK
• Do
• ORGANIZE Your Power

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Step ONE The Interview

• Job
• Families
• Hobbies
• Interests
• Strong Feelings
• Race/Culture
• Hails From
• Who Do You Want To Be Remembered?

• Residence
• Dreams
• Ambitions
• Values
• Education
• Religion
• Politics
• What would you like to be remembered?

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Separate Your Public Private Relationships

• Public
• Politicians
• Church
• Clubs
• Schools
• Childrens Friends
• Casual Friends

• Private
• Spouse
• Children
• Parents
• Grandparents
• Aunts/Uncles/ Cousins
• Close Friends

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Separate Your Public Private RelationshipsConti
nued

• Public Relations
• Are By Choice
• Have Mutual Benefit
• Can be Limitless

• Private Relations
• NO Choice
• You are Stuck With Your In-Laws, That Crazy
  Uncle, Ex-Con Cousin, etc
• Precious Few

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Public Private RelationshipsContinued

• Public Relations
• Respect
• Self Interest
• Voluntary
• Diversity
• Types
• Skills
• Background
• Racial/Ethnicity
• Tension
• Do Not Be Late
• Do Not Behave Badly
• Be Accountable

• Private Relations
• Love
• Intimacy
• Involuntary
• Homogeneous
• As A Family
• As A Set Of Close Friends
• Peaceful

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Public Private RelationshipsContinued

• Public Relations
• Wear a
• Mask
• Uniform
• Play a Role
• Time Tables
• Agendas
• Calendars
• Exist for a Purpose
• No Permanent Friends or Enemies

• Private Relations
• Be Yourself
• Let Things Happen
• Exists for Themselves
• All Things Are Permanent
• Divorce
• Family Feuds
• Loss of Relationship
• Loss of Friendships

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What Happens When You Mix Public Private
Relationships

• Public Relations
• Plans, Actions And Power Become INEFFECTIVE
• Results are always less than desirable

• Private Relations
• Marriage
• Affairs
• ETC..

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"To Oppress A Person, Simply Strip Them From A
Public Life.

• People With Disabilities
• Women
• Blacks
• Native Americans
• Prisoners

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To oppress a CAUSE, simply strip it from public
life.
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Cutting an Issue and doing an Action

• Issue
• Taxation Without Representation

• Action
• Boston Tea Party

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The Story

• Dan Stewart From The Arc of Richmond Indiana
• Achieva Resources Corp.
• ISSUE
• Major County Funding Cut

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The StoryContinued

• Took 40 Family Members And 4 Clients To Speak To
  The County Supervisors
• County Supervisors Had
• No Respect
• No Eye Contact
• No Concern
• Spoke Badly Regarding The Clients, Families The
  Arc Programs
• Dan Went To His Arc Board To Get 200 People To
  Respond To The County Supervisors
• The Arc Board Would Not Back Him
• The Arc Board Members Were Afraid Of The POWERFUL
  County Supervisors
• Some Of The Arc Board Members Were FRIENDS With
  The County Supervisors
• AS A RESULT DAN TAUGHT HIS STAFF, CLIENTS AND
  THEIR FAMILIES HOW TO FAIL

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What Should Have Happened??!?
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The Arc Board Should Have Called The Parents,
Staff, Community Leaders, And Friends Asking Them
to Bring 3 Or 4 Others EACH To The County
Chambers.

• Show Up En-masse At The County Supervisors
  Meeting With 1000 People, And Let Them Know That
  
• They Are NOT Going To Take Their Proposed Cuts
• The Supervisor's Attitudes And Language At The
  Last Meeting Was Completely Unacceptable
• Each Supervisor Is Going To Be Held Accountable
  To Their Actions By Their/These Constituents.

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What Should Have Happened??!?...Continued

• After They Voted CORRECTLY, Dan And The Arc Board
  Should Have
• Held A Public Dinner For All Members Of The
  Richmond Community And The Surrounding Area
• Given Each County Supervisor A Plaque!

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Critical Elements

• Issue
• Concrete
• NOT Philosophical
• Immediate
• Winnable
• Target Clearly Identified
• Captures The Hearts Minds Of The People

• Action
• All Of The Community Coming Together Acting On
  The TARGET

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How To Create the Change?

• Training
• Planning
• Execution

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What Is The Plan?

• Build Relationships
• 300 Community Leaders
• 300 BARC Business
• 300 BARC Parents /Or Care Givers
• Using the Interview Techniques Previously
  Discussed

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Build Our Power Base

• ORGANIZE Our Data
• ORGANIZE Our Plan
• ORGANIZE Our Message
• ORGANIZE Our Approach
• ORGANIZE Our Practice

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Results

• BUILD Our Power Base
• EXECUTE A Powerful Message
• CREATE Curiosity Courage
• ESTABLISH Accountability, Punishment, Penalty,
  Public Reprimand And Consequence For Wrong
  Actions And Decisions

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Ultimate Goal

• ORGANIZE Our Power
• Build Our Power So Those In Power Will Come To
  Talk To Us To Ask Us What We NEED
• Never Be Guilty Of Being A Poverty Pimp

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Jim Baldwin

• President
• BARC
• The Arc Of Bakersfield