Goal: Decide on a specific tactic and form a plan of action to achieve your goal.
How:
How:
- Choose a tactic from one of the active civics categories of inform, request, or organize.
- Plan how you will implement the tactic
Below are some topics and questions that can help guide your action planning. You can copy these into an online document or print them out to record your answers:
Choose Tactic Category: Inform, Request, or Organize
1. Inform your community & raise awareness about your issue. Here are some examples:
2. Request action from decision makers who hold power over your issue. Here are some examples:
3. Organize community action or support for your issue. Here are some examples:
Select a specific tactic that fits within the scope of your time frame, resources, abilities, skills, and interests:
Tactic Category: Inform, Request, Organize
Specific Tactic: ____________________________________________________________
Plan how you will implement the tactic:
Who do you need help from to carry out your tactic?
Are there decision makers that you need to influence? Who?
Are there people that can help you influence those decision makers?
What is the best way to connect to the people you need help from?
Where will your tactic need to take place? Online? In person meetings? In Government buildings?
Will you need permission to work in these places? From whom? How can you get permission?
Are there specific dates for government meetings that you will need to attend?
Are there deadlines that you need to meet?
Map out specific dates and times for your actions?
List materials and equipment you will need? How will you get them?
Prepare strong arguments to gain support for your tactic:
Why are you taking action in this way?
Why should your community support or join you in taking action?
Why should decision makers take action?
Why should people help you with your tactic or specific goals?
Why do people need to be informed about your issue?
1. Inform your community & raise awareness about your issue. Here are some examples:
- Make a video that informs about your issue
- Create a presentation that informs about your issue
- Write a report to raise awareness about your issue
- Create Artwork or Music that raises awareness about your issue
- Create a podcast, blog, or website that informs your community about your issue.
- Write an op-ed for your local newspaper
2. Request action from decision makers who hold power over your issue. Here are some examples:
- Meet with government officials and make a specific policy request.
- Petition government officials through calls, emails, and letter campaigns to make your policy request.
- Attend government committee meetings and speak publicly about your specific policy request.
3. Organize community action or support for your issue. Here are some examples:
- Organize a fundraising event or campaign to raise money for groups who support your issue
- Organize a social media campaign to support your issue
- Organize an event to bring expert speakers into your community or school
- Organize a community active event such as a litter clean up day, tree planting, or park beautification day, etc.
- Organize a community food or blanket drive
- Organize a group of volunteers to provide a community service
- Organize a boycott
- Organize a peaceful protest or march in support of your issue (should only be done in accordance with all local laws)
- Organize a picket, strike, walkout, or sit-in (should only be done in accordance with all local laws)
Select a specific tactic that fits within the scope of your time frame, resources, abilities, skills, and interests:
Tactic Category: Inform, Request, Organize
Specific Tactic: ____________________________________________________________
Plan how you will implement the tactic:
Who do you need help from to carry out your tactic?
Are there decision makers that you need to influence? Who?
Are there people that can help you influence those decision makers?
What is the best way to connect to the people you need help from?
Where will your tactic need to take place? Online? In person meetings? In Government buildings?
Will you need permission to work in these places? From whom? How can you get permission?
Are there specific dates for government meetings that you will need to attend?
Are there deadlines that you need to meet?
Map out specific dates and times for your actions?
List materials and equipment you will need? How will you get them?
Prepare strong arguments to gain support for your tactic:
Why are you taking action in this way?
Why should your community support or join you in taking action?
Why should decision makers take action?
Why should people help you with your tactic or specific goals?
Why do people need to be informed about your issue?
List the steps you will need to take to implement your tactic. Write an activity, location, and date for each step:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
If you are working in a group list how you will divide up the tasks and steps:
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