ENGAGEMENT:

● Host more social activities beyond postcard parties, including space where we can connect with each other and build community.

● Clarify/reprise informed progressives.

● Educate the community on social justice topics, how to be an effective activist, intersectionality/solidarity, and other types of political education.

● Make training series an annual thing, look at adding topics.

● Seek more input from members/participants to guide engagement.

● Secure a consistent meeting space.

 

EMPHASIZING LOCAL / PARTNERING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

● Focus on local issues (examples: new sewer service, 287g, housing issues, and being a watchdog on County commissioners).

● Have a committed volunteer track openings in appropriate County and City boards where progressive influence can make a difference. Commit to putting the openings in a section of the monthly newsletter instead of ad-hoc.

● Strengthen existing partnerships and continue partnering with new groups. Prioritize partnerships with Caja Solidaria, immigrant led groups, voter rights orgs, local education organizations, and veterans issues.

● Explore coalition-building approaches.

● Provide safety team/de-escalators to ally events like Pride.

● Find opportunities to genuinely collaborate with partners vs just inviting them to our pre-established things (postcard parties). Ask partners if they have ideas for things we can do together.

● Have partnerships established with at least 4 months lead time.

 

AUDIENCES:

● Reach younger folks (youth and middle aged), people of color, retirees who are not active, and the local latinx/immigrant community.

● Expand the base & diversity of people actively involved in PAHC (leadership & in general).

● HOW:

○ Include some education/activities this year on how politics impacts daily lives.

○ Attend Building Bridges educational events.

○ Expand promotion: Post flyers on BRCC campus, Post bilingual flyers in latinx community areas, etc.

○ Invite activists to informal “getting to know you” events. No agenda/more of a low-pressure opportunity to bring people into the work of PAHC.

○ Informally reach out to local nonprofit staff/folks that can’t be “visibly” progressive.

○ Secure an agreement for a scheduled periodic column in a specific medium for progressive commentary.

○ Create new materials to publicize PAHC (examples: business cards, tshirts, etc).

 

ONLINE:

● Experiment with other social media beyond FB to reach younger audiences.

 

 

RALLIES:

● Increase the safety team (to at least 6 people). Bring new members in both from PAHC and other allied groups.

● Host more de-escalation trainings. Need more basic training, and “102” where we practice skills.

● Reexamine our press work processes and plans, in order to make a bigger impact at rallies through pre-publicity and event communications with press.

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OTHER:

● Build connections with larger venues.

● Rapid response to timely issues (On calendar in 24 hours). Establish a new process for consensus leadership to prevent delays.

● Implement or find a volunteer within PAHC or allied group to create a Trump/Vance scorecard to track the measurable results of their policies and practice.