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Event Guide Thanks for organizing a "Speak Out" against the Republican’s "Rever

Event Guide Thanks for organizing a "Speak Out" against the Republican’s "Reverse Robin Hood" budget proposal. The Basic Event The radical right is trying to slide through a budget proposal that slashes funding for Medicaid, food stamps and student loans—all to pay for tax breaks for the very wealthy. It's a "Reverse Robin Hood" budget, robbing the poor to pay back the rich. Though the exact timing is still up in the air, Congress may schedule the final vote on the budget proposal (which is called a "reconciliation bill") as soon as mid-November. To make sure our voices are heard in time, we’re organizing Speak Outs against the Reverse Robin Hood budget on Wednesday, November 16th. The goal of the Speak Outs is to turn up the heat on Congress by highlighting the devastating impact the Republican budget would have on local communities—and getting the media to broadcast the story. Reporters are looking for local stories, and real faces, to connect with the large numbers and procedural complexity of the national budget process. These events will get the real story out, and play a powerful role in preserving the programs regular Americans depend on. Speak Outs will feature local citizens who will be affected by these cuts telling their personal stories. We’ll invite other MoveOn members to attend and to bring empty plates to demonstrate our message—that Congress must not pass a budget that slashes services leaving the poor and middle-class with empty plates this Thanksgiving. We also suggest setting up a Thanksgiving banquet table with all the plates empty except one (see below for details), to dramatize the theme—these kinds of visuals will increase your likelihood of getting coverage. You’ll recruit someone to serve as the MC, introducing the speakers and providing local numbers, which we’ll provide, for how many people rely on Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans in your district. Sounds complicated, but the guide below walks you through organizing a successful Speak Out step-by-step. Steps 1. Figure out who your target is. The Congressional Republican leadership is pushing hard to ram through their "Reverse Robin Hood" plan for the federal budget, but their support is wavering—even within their own party. Democrats are standing firm against the proposed cuts, so to win all we need is to push a handful of Republicans to vote the right way—and with your help those votes could even come from the most surprising legislator. To be effective, your event should be very clear about who you are targeting, and what you want them to do. We don't need to know who your target is, but you'll need to know to finalize your location and for some of the materials we'll be providing. Your message will reach and impact 1 all of your representatives, both Democrats and Republicans, but it's important to have a target to help pick a location and focus your message. LINKS This guide refers throughout to several websites (outlined in the text). Following are the addresses for these sites: Event registration page: http://political.moveon.org/event/events/create.html?action_id=28 Coordinators page: http://political.moveon.org/event/SpeakOut/login Materials page: http://www.moveonpac.org/budgetaction/materials.html Operation Democracy Action Center: http://www.operationdemocracy.org/team/members/message.html If you have a Republican representative, select him or her as your target. If you don't have a Republican representative, but you do have a Republican senator, select him or her as your target. For all members of Congress we are asking them to vote "No" on the "budget reconciliation bill" if it includes cuts to vital programs like Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans. If your Republican legislator has been good on the budget so far, you'll thank him or her for breaking ranks on previous votes, and urge him or her to continue to do the right thing by voting "No" on the final budget. The materials you'll get on Thursday 11/10, on the materials page, will specify which legislators fall in this category. If none of your congressional representatives are Republican, but you have a Republican governor, select him or her as your target and urge him or her to publicly oppose these budget cuts. The cuts, particularly in Medicaid, will have a big impact on state budgets as the states scramble to cover some of the difference. And if a Republican governor opposes the budget, it will send a particularly powerful message to Congress. 2. Pick a location. The best location is your target’s district office. If there isn’t a district office in your community, pick a location that helps symbolize the impact the cuts will have locally. Be sure it’s public property and it's ok to be there. A few possibilities: In front of a local college or high school, outside the food bank (confirm with them first), in front of the local Republican party headquarters, or anywhere else that can visually dramatize who will be affected. Make sure it's not someplace where you can legally do it, where you have enough space, where a camera filming you will be able to take in you and the backdrop you've chosen, and where noise from traffic won't drown out your speakers. Also, because your top priority for your Speak Out is to get the message out through the local media, you need to select a location that’s accessible and make sure you have a street address and good directions. 3. Pick a time. You’re much, much more likely to get media coverage if you hold your event during the day, between 10 and noon. If you can’t do it until after work, it’s still worth doing, but you probably won’t get as much coverage. So even though it's harder and some people won't be able to make it, we strongly encourage you to hold a mid-day event. 2 4. Register your event online. If you haven’t already, please register your event on the event registration page. 5. Recruit some helpers. The more help you have, the more successful your event will be. Wherever possible, we’ll ask volunteers who’ve expressed interest in helping to sign up for your event and let you know they’re available. But don’t wait—ask some friends to help you out. It’s not hard and they can really make a difference! You can easily invite some friends from your coordinator page. Also, if you’re on an Operation Democracy team, ask your team to help. You can easily email your whole team from the Action Center, and, if you're a Team Leader, you can find their phone numbers there as well (phone calls work far better than emails alone!!) Be sure to check your event sign-ups every few days, on your coordinator page—members who can help will indicate that on this page. Then you can email them and get them going. 6. Divide up the work and assign it out. Below we outline one way to divvy up the work, but feel free to combine roles and assign tasks in the way that works best for you. Since most of you will have a small team to work with the most important thing is just to make sure you cover the priorities. You should serve as the "Backstop" for the event—which means you are bottom line responsible for making the event happen. As backstop, you make sure that everyone knows what they need to do. You should also check back in with them, and reassign responsibilities as needed. Logistics Coordinator: Usually the Backstop also fills this role, which involves scouting the location, changing it and updating the event online if needed. This person also coordinates recruitment by making sure that everyone is inviting their friends, and Operation Democracy teammates (don't forget to make these calls yourself as well). This person also is responsible for making sure all the necessary materials make it to the event the day-of. Media Team: The media team is responsible for getting the press to the event. This involves building a press list, putting local details into the media advisory, emailing or faxing it to reporters, and then, most importantly, calling reporters. If there are multiple people on this team, they can each take a type of media to be responsible for (i.e. radio, TV, etc). Speakers Coordinator: Whoever is responsible for the speakers should get started right away recruiting speakers from your community. They should be sure to ask others working on the event if they have any good ideas or contacts. Other MoveOn members in your area may submit their own personal stories. You’ll need to make this person a co-host on your coordinator page so they also receive these stories to review. This person will select the best from among the possibilities you identify, confirm their attendance, and prep them. 7. Participate in a training call (and get your helpers to join you if they can). We’ve scheduled two national conference calls. You can join either one. On these calls we’ll walk 3 through the plan and our message and review some tips on getting the media to your event. Just join in at whichever time works best for you. Wednesday, November uploads/Finance/ guide 3 .pdf