Plans for Kick-off on Oct. 1st
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Jobs Beforehand:
Publicity:
Make Flyer:
Distribute Flyer
Location:
Set Location: Jamie
Make sure there are table there: Jamie
Other Logistics:
- Food: Charlie
- Music: Matt B. and (Greg's Speakers)
- Tables for stations: Jamie
- Projector (for making banner): Greg
Structure - Intro:
Intro to Prop 8: Greg
Intro to Prop 4: Emily
Intro to Stations + Motivational Speech: Laura and Jamie
Station 0: General Information & Clipboarding Training (for Dorm Storm)
- Greg, Kriti, Britney, Ilana
Station 1: Dorm Storm & Dorm Captain Organization
- Jamie Tam, Charlie , Daniel , Jay-Marie, Benj, Rebecca, Erik
- Full organized dorm storm
- will need clipboarding materials and training
- will need dorm signs
- design
- print
Station 2: Voter Contact Event Sign-up
- Matt W, Ronnie
Station 3: STAMP
- Amanda
Station 4: Sign and banner Making
- Laura, Alex, Matt Bush, Leslie
SCME at Fall Activities Fair
SCME makes its presence known at the Fall Activities Fair with 700 rainbow colored "Just Married" balloons!
Marriage Equality Ballooning at Activities Fair
What we're doing: Recruiting volunteers & new people for our mailing list.
Spreading the 'No on 8' word!
When: 12-4pm
Where: Firetruck House (Women's Center) until 12:30 for training, then White Plaza (Look for the Balloons)
Who: uh, duh, you
We will have 700 red, orange, yellow, green, blue & purple 'Just Married' balloons to hand out to anyone who joins the mailing list/supports our campaign. Be a BALLOON person for a day. Trust me. Amazing.
Love you all - plz come if only for an hour - we need your help to defeat hate. Let's get involved and
choose ACTION,
not Apathy. Email me if you're interested & when you think you'll be around.
Love & Justice,
L
Stanford Theatre Activist Mobilization Project (STAMP) & Marriage Equality Meeting
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Marriage Equality Meeting 9/25/08
Important details below:
Activities Fair:
1. THANK YOU LAURA for helping us plan this!
2. 700 balloons in rainbow colors that will say "Just Married"
3. Volunteers will walk around talking about Prop 4 and Prop 8
4. We will hand out balloons to supporters
5. We Need VOLUNTEERS!!!!!!
i. Laura is only available until 2PM
ii. 9-12 will be blowing up balloons with helium tank
1. Meet at Women's Center
iii. Kriti is available from 12-3
iv. Jamie will help blow up balloons until 11:30AM
v. Autumn can help until 10AM
vi. Greg is only available from 12-2
3. STAMP: Stanford Theatre Activist Mobilization Project Discussion
4. First Meeting/Campaign Kickoff 7-9PM Wednesday Oct. 1st
1. Try for Tresidder??
i. Kriti will find out about Tresidder tomorrow
ii. GradQ or QSA to reserve space?
2. Introduction (20 min.)
i. Greg talks about Prop 8
ii. Emily talks about Prop 4
3. Tables/stations at the kickoff:
i. Talk about STAMP Guerilla Project, Recruitment - Amanda
ii. Dorm Storm/Dorm Captains – Jamie, Charlie, Erik
1. Wilbur, Stern, Branner, Flomo? what else?
iii. Voter Contact Events – Kriti
iv. Making Signs – Laura
v. General Information - Greg
5. Phone Bank- October Saturday 1-4PM
1. Prop 4 - Women's Center
2. Prop 8 – Terra Lounge
3. Who will order food for each phone bank
4. Money for food/reimbursements from the center through an ASSU account?
5. Locations secured for each phone bank
Stanford Dems will take care of LGBT Issue Week next week
Week of October 6th: Photo exhibit
Week of 13th will be STAMP
STAMP:
6. Guerilla Theatre to publicize issues
i. In classrooms
ii. Covered by reporter from Daily and then emailed out afterwards
7. A creative way to get the message out about Prop 4 and 8
8. Prop 8:
i. Create a moment of joy to involve people
ii. Series of marriage proposals in lectures on-campus, in cafes
1. some straight and some gay
2. use LGBT-PALS online database of lgbt-supportive professors
3. get covered in the Daily
9. We would have to contact professors
i. STAMP will keep track of the schedule, assign people to different classes
ii. Monday AND Tuesday
iii. They will write up a template script
iv. Do an orientation the weekend before
6. Prop 4
1. Maze for a young woman trying to get an abortion
7. October 13th 14th
1. Sunday October 12th plan an orientation with the actors
1st Voter Contact Event 6-9 PM Rains - Timoshenko Lounge
We dialed 811 numbers
We had 93 conversations with undecided voters
We got 64 undecided voters to vow to vote No on Prop. 8 at tonight's Voter Contact event! YAYY
and we will be sending further information to 18 others who are still trying to make up their mind
Once again, thanks so much to everyone who came. Thanks to Jamie for ordering the food. If we keep up the hard work we will be able to talk to over a thousand undecided voters before the election!
Everyone remember to put Oct 1st 7-8:30pm on your calendars for our BIG KICK OFF!!! We will have lots of food, music and tell you exactly what you can do to save gay and lesbian marriage in California! We will also give you all the information about how we are going to stop Prop 4 and preserve a woman's right to choose! THIS IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT EVENT BEFORE THE ELECTION!!! ONE NIGHT TO CHANGE HISTORY!!!
Please RSVP to our facebook event:
http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=92234440544
Canvassing at Haas Center for Public Service Open House
Saturday, September 20, 2008
We signed up 42 new volunteers in just 2 hours!!
The Coalition canvasses at GOALIE (New Grad Student Orientation)
86 new volunteers recruited at New Grad Student Orientation in just 2 hours!
Marriage Equality Meeting 9/18/08
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Marriage Equality Team Mtg Minutes
4 Events Coming Up (Check out our Calendar – email Greg to get on it):
*Tomorrow 9/19 – GOALIE 12-2pm @ Law School– Grad-Student Orientation – If you want to help out recruiting volunteers, meet at the Meyer-side of Law School @ 11:45 (look for Greg)
*Saturday 9/20 – Haas Center Open House 1-3pm – If you want to help recruit & hand out materials, meet Laura @ Haas Center
*Next Thursday 9/25 – First Voter Contact Event @ Rains 6-9pm – Free food!
*Next Friday 9/26 – Fall Activities Fair 12-4pm – Hand out a shitload of 'Just Married' balloons that are colorful & pretty & recruit peeps & handout info
*People Reserving Spaces for Voter Contacting Events (check calendar! Email Greg):
• Theta – Emily
• Theta Chi - Kate
• (?maybe) Faculty/Community – Laura
• Hillel – Benj
• Women's Center – Kate
• NAACP – Sam
• A3C (maybe combine w/ others)
• Terra – Jamie
• GCC – Jordan
• CIRCLE – Erik
*T-shirts – get a gillion shirts and wear them all the time until they're stinky! Greg working on funding from ASSU
*ASSU Bill – Laura will contact senators Patrick Cordova & Luukas & Stuart to get started on this right away.
*Maybe Gavin Newsom will come & we can do a hullabaloo around him ☺
*LGBT Issue Campaign Week (first week of October) – Banner (make a paper banner at Open mtg)
--- what is goal of this week?
*we're not trying to change minds
*Spread awareness
*get people to join the list
*register people
*Flyer series on Prop 4 &/or 8 – Alex is working on this & will send drafts out to list
*Photo Exhibit in White Plaza (Old Union) of marriages – Ronny
*Door signs -- Laura contacting graphic designer to get a great door sign/icon
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