{"id":14236,"date":"2024-04-18T22:23:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T22:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/?p=14236"},"modified":"2024-05-25T13:53:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T13:53:01","slug":"tactic-101s-community-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/tactic-101s-community-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Tactic 101s | Community Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here\u2019s an overview of Community Meetings &#8211; the purpose they serve and how to plan your own. Feel free to drop your thoughts&nbsp; and experiences with community meetings in the comments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Purpose of a Community Meeting<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Share information and stories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create a plan or action collectively<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Solicit input and feedback from community members<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Show community power<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AT LEAST 3 WEEKS OUT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Set goal attendance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confirm a location, date, and time\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>When you call a venue, here\u2019s the ask:<\/em>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Can we have a public meeting at your location? We are expecting [x] people from [insert time].<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have a volunteer who is helping to set up\/recruit, confirm the above with them and ask them to give you a list of folks they are inviting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invite any guest speakers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote on social media, emails, community boards, etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AT LEAST 2 WEEKS OUT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Set up a phonebank to recruit. Check out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/be.revolutionnaire.co\/t5\/Resources\/Tactic-101s-Phonebanking\/ba-p\/665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tactic 101s | Phonebanking<\/a>&nbsp;for a helpful guide<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continue to promote on social media<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Involve press and traditional media if you choose<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AT LEAST 1 WEEK OUT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Share event on social media<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Send reminder email<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Call and confirm with venue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set meeting agenda and confirm with facilitators or guest speakers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>DAY BEFORE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Confirm again with venue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make sure meeting facilitators or guests have all necessary materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make confirmation calls to attendees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>DAY OF (before)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Check in with venue about what space is set up for the event if wasn\u2019t crystal clear the day before<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>DAY OF (after)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thank the people who attended and share next steps for engagement&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share successes on social\/traditional media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s an overview of Community Meetings &#8211; the purpose they serve and how to plan your own. Feel free to drop your thoughts&nbsp; and experiences with community meetings in the comments.&nbsp; Purpose of a Community Meeting AT LEAST 3 WEEKS OUT AT LEAST 2 WEEKS OUT AT LEAST 1 WEEK OUT DAY BEFORE DAY OF&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":14237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[219,203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocacy-101","category-learn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14236"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15617,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14236\/revisions\/15617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionnaire.co\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}