activism

[Peter Campbell <campbellp@mail.montclair.edu>]

On Jan 19, 2006, at 11:37 AM, anneshainahallie@mindspring.com wrote:

>  Op/Ed's and letters, only marginally published are a finger in the
> dyke...If you are a published author of books or papers, ask your 
> publisher
> to help you promote your work. Your fine
>    words are rarely seen by the mainstream public, the parents, the
> teachers, the legislators or others who might be moved to activism if 
> they
> knew what to fight for...

Annie - all good points. Mainstream media channels are very limited, 
but they have to be used. Here's a list of some of the things I do in 
addition to using the media:

1) meet with instructors in colleges of education in the area and talk 
about NCLB
2) arrange to appear as a guest speaker in the classes of these 
instructors
3) contact area civic, religious, social, and political organizations 
and ask to be a guest speaker
4) meet with local and state political leaders and discuss NCLB; ask 
them to take public positions on education reform
5) meet with local school board members and discuss NCLB; ask them to 
take public positions on education reform
6) ask any of the above people if they would sponsor a house party on 
NCLB where they invite friends, neighbors, etc., to come over and 
discuss education reform
7) try to have one forum/event/meeting per month
8) keep an e-mail contact list and ask people to sign up for it at 
every event (I have 120 people on mine); send out relevant updates 
every 2 weeks or so
9) agitate
10) educate
11) be relentless

Peter Campbell