GET INVOLVED - Work for End to
Iraq War
Dear Iraq Peace Activists,
You can help assure a just future
and an end to the Iraq War! Can you devote just two hours, or four hours
a month for this goal?
The human and financial costs of the
Iraq war continue to mount. Over 1,500 U.S. soldiers have lost their
lives in Iraq. Over 100,000 Iraqi citizens are dead.
The Bush Administration is claiming
they are succeeding in spreading democracy in the Middle East. However,
they fail to comprehend that democracy cannot be won through the barrel
of a gun.
The death toll will continue to
mount; Anger towards the U.S. around the world will spread and escalate;
U.S. citizens will become more at risk of becoming victims of attacks;
And the U.S. economy, domestic social services, the quality of life for
the all but the super rich will disintegrate—until we create political
will to change our nation’s direction.
This is why we need you to step up
and play your part in the work of the Kansas City Iraq Task Force.
Task Force members are developing a
strategic plan, but we need you to make it work.
Please consider making a commitment
to our children, to our community, to our future by volunteering on the
Iraq Task Force..
Will you commit some time and
energy to the following areas of KC Iraq Task Force work?
(Please note areas in which you would be able to volunteer. A task force
member will contact you to discuss service and tasks involved.)
Thanks,
Kansas City Iraq
Task Force Volunteer Needs!
1.
Steering Committee membership:
Possible
committee activities:
a.
Coordinate efforts of the three areas of
Task Force work: 1) Education / Base-building; 2) Legislative /
lobbying, 3) Citizen action -Phone / email tree.
b.
Develop Task Force strategies for education
and advocacy.
c.
Identify quarterly plans for issues, themes
and / or campaigns for the Task Force to pursue.
d.
Activate citizen action efforts in
conjunction with campaigns or emerging events
What
it will require:
Committee members: four to six hours of work
per month; preparing for and attending steering committee and Task Force
monthly meetings, researching issues for quarterly strategic planning;
follow up tasks, being liaison with one area of task force work, etc.
Committee Chairs or co-chairs: six to eight
hours of work per month; could include running committee meetings,
assuring follow up activities are complete, creating meeting agendas,
providing leadership
2.
Education / Base-building Committee
Possible
committee activities:
a.
Create presentations or develop campaigns
for education and involvement of individuals and groups. (Presentations
could include development of topics or structure for discussions,
obtaining videos, etc. Campaigns could include activities to involve
individuals and groups in identifying the local costs of the Iraq war-
e.g. the impact of local reserve deployments on local readiness for a
natural disaster or other emergency; surveys on values related to the
war )
b.
Conduct outreach and schedule presentations
to groups or recruit involvement in campaigns
c.
Recruit and schedule presenters or speakers
d.
Train or become presenter themselves
What
it will require:
Committee members: two to five hours of work
per month; could include attending meetings, completing follow up tasks,
making phone calls, speaking to groups,
Committee Chairs or co-chairs: four to six
hours of work per month; could include running committee meetings,
assuring follow up activities are complete, creating meeting agendas,
providing leadership
3.
Legislative / lobbying Contact /
Committee
Possible
committee activities:
a.
Commit to becoming a contact person for one
or two foreign policy legislative aides to area Congressional
Representatives and Senators and develop a relationship through regular
contact
b.
Work with steering committee to identify
themes for contact with and education of foreign policy legislative
aides
c.
Collect or develop written materials to fax
to aides once / month or as events dictate
d.
Send materials to aides followed by
meetings and phone calls
e.
Meet with Congress person annually or more
frequent
f.
Organize visits to congressional office by
large group of Task Force members to lobby for pending issue or
activation of email and phone citizen action as events dictate
g.
Prepare written report on contacts with
aides and elected officials to Task Force steering committee
What
it will require:
Committee members: two to five hours of work
per month; self education on issues; sending of materials to aides;
phone contact with aides once or twice each month discussing materials
and official’s position or response; written correspondence with aides
after each meeting; etc.
Committee Chairs or co-chairs: four to six
hours of work per month; Hold monthly meeting with all contact persons
at which each person reports on contacts. Coordinate brainstorming and
problem solving strategies to move legislators toward supporting
policies and actions toward withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Iraq
4.
Citizen action -Phone / email tree
Possible
Member activities:
a.
Tree committee creates phone /email tree
structure with feedback process so that we know who is responding to
call and who is not, and the calls impact
b.
Committee recruits members to participate
in tree
c.
Coordinator(s) of phone tree with steering
committee identify themes / alerts to activate calls and emails
d.
Coordinator drafts email / call to action
e.
Tree members
agree to participate by alerting other tree members and encouraging them
to participate, calling target person(s) of action, and giving
coordinator feedback on reaction to call by target so we know who
responds, who doesn't and the call's impact
f.
Coordinator / committee collects responses
and determines effectiveness of alert
What
it will require:
Committee members: one to three hours of work
per month; self education on issues; responding to two to three citizen
alerts each month by sending emails or making phone calls to
legislators, media editors, or other community leaders; could also
include calling five to ten phone tree members to activate phone tree;
emailing coordinator brief summary of response to phone calls or emails
Committee Chairs or co-chairs: four to six
hours of work per month; maintain phone tree and email list; update list
removing incorrect numbers, adding new names, etc.; with steering
committee identify topics of action alerts; draft text for alerts;
receive and compile reports on results of email / phone tree activation
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