Join SURJ in showing up for May 1st 

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• Submit the commitment form so we know you're in and sign up for all the Training Calls. 

• Figure out if you’re joining another action or hosting your own.

• Ask 2-3 people to join your Planning Team, then hold a first planning meeting. 

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• Required: Get your event on SURJ’s Mobilize by tomorrow (Wed. 4/16) at 5PT/8ET! Do this whether you’re hosting a SURJ contingent at an already-planned rally or planning your own.

  • We’re holding a mass webinar at this time, so having your event on our SURJ Mobilize by then will get it in front of a lot of SURJ members’ eyes.

  • Why is there a SURJ Mobilize map in addition to the Coalition’s Mobilize map? 

    • It allows you to advertise the pre-rally SURJ meet-up and post-rally SURJ debrief – this is a key way to welcome new SURJ members!

    • It gives you direct access to see who has signed up – that’s key to tracking your recruitment progress. 

    • It also gives SURJ staff direct access to signups – that will allow us to send out a big textbank and email blast to SURJ members a few days before May 1 and invite people to your event. 

• Spend time doing recruitment at your next Planning Team or Circle meeting:

  • If you haven’t already, set a recruitment goal 

  • Each person make a list of who they will recruit

  • Spend time texting and calling using the templates in the Toolkit

• Get rolling with messaging and visuals prep:

  • All Planning Team members: Take 10 minutes to review the Communications Guide in the Toolkit, especially the messaging guidelines.

  • Communications Lead: Start posting on social media (make a Facebook event if that’s right for your community), make a plan to print or make signs, and – if you’re organizing your own action – make a list of press contacts

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Highest priority: Get your event on SURJ's Mobilize Map!

• If you get your event up by Mon. 4/21 at 10pm ET, it will be included in our BIG text and email blast to over 50,000 people going out Tues. 4/22 that gets people signed up for their local event! Don’t miss out on this chance to get the word out! Don't worry - itdoes not need to be perfectly finalized to get up on our SURJ Mobilize Map.

Schedule time to make phone calls, send text messages, and post on social media! This is the week all of your initial outreach should go out.

Review the Safety and Security Guide, in our Toolkit

Check in with your team about what they should be focusing on in their role. Check out the Toolkit for that info.

Sign up for the final Training Call on Monday 4/28 + the debrief Monday 5/5 

Optional: Ways to get more support thinking about security

• Office Hours 

• The Coalition is hosting a Security Call Tues. 4/29 

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Rally Staging Resource