Subject: Important PSA Meeting -- Preparing for the October 26 Protest -- Wednesday 10/18, 6 pm, Clearwater Room, Davies Center Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:36:04 -0500 Message-ID: <BDD0A3EABE40F04A8C7200805EDE5A6A0488D6BB@PEPSI.uwec.edu> From: "Nowlan, Robert A." <RANOWLAN@uwec.edu>
Hello everyone,
There will be a
Progressive Student Association Meeting
Wednesday, Oct. 18
6pm, Clearwater Room, Davies Center
We will continue to discuss our plans for the Oct.26 rally here on
campus. If you would like to get involved in the planning process for
this event, I would urge you to be there. If you have not been actively
involved in PSA so far but would like to increase your involvement, this
is a good event in which to do it.
See you there!!
Dana Thompson
President, PSA
*****
I also want to encourage people to come and help out with this. We
can use help:
1. Spreading the word and encouraging individuals and groups to come,
march, and rally. Again, let's aim to make this a big crowd--120 to 240
people minimum!
2. Soliciting and lining up speakers and performers (musical or
otherwise--if you want to juggle, do magic, read poetry, perform a
dramatic skit, do a piece of performance art, whatever, if it bears on
the issues of the day, fine--we welcome it).
3. Making sure we have appropriate and adequate signs and banners
prepared.
4. Making sure we have appropriate and adequate noisemakers, besides
voices, such as whistles, drums, other instruments, and even, yes
boomboxes, with prepared recordings of relevant music on topic to play
at the rallies and during the march.
5. Making sure we have megaphones for the rallies and the march.
6. Preparing chants ahead of time and designating chant leaders--it's
often very helpful to do this ahead of time in order to be most
effective.
7. Gathering other materials to exhibit, display, and give out--as
appropriate/relevant.
8. Working on local publicity--postering, chalking, and media
contact.
Bob Nowlan
PSA Faculty Advisor
*****
If you can't make this Wednesday's meeting but you are able and willing
to help with one or more of the above aspects of preparation, contact
Dana or I to let us know and get started working with us on it:
thompsod@uwec.edu
ranowlan@uwec.edu