Starting a Green Party Local or Organization
Guidelines for Building a Local in San Diego
- this page is a manual for starting and building a new Green Local in
San Diego County. It includes information about the process and the
official documents required by the GPSD Bylaws.
Building a Green Party Local - Green Party of United States
Meetings
The Consensus Process
Meeting Checklist - San Diego Greens
Facilitation Detailed Guide - GROW Greens
Tabling and Voter Registration
Tabling checklist - San Diego Greens
Tips on Tabling - GROW (Grassroots Outreach Working Group); Green Party of California
Voter registration guide - Ventura Greens
Campus Organizing Guide
Campus Organizing Manual - from Campus Greens
Resources for Green Groups on Campuses - from Campus Greens
Organizing Activities
The Green Quiz: A Fun Organizing Tool - from Idaho Green Party
Setting up a Petition Drive - from Texas
Sample Phone Bank Script
Organize a video showing (Manual and Checklist) - San Diego Greens
Working with Volunteers
Volunteer orientation packet (Word) - For San Diego Greens
Getting People to Help
Getting People to Help II
Flyers
Download flyers
Logos and Images
Download images to use on your website.
Download photos to use on your website.
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Media
Dealing with the Media
Working with the Media - Humboldt Greens
Interacting with Reporters - Ventura Greens
Become the Media - GROW Greens
Writing Letters to the Editors - Ventura Greens
List of CA newspapers - Ventura Greens
The Virtual Activist
Using Emails and Websites as tools for outreach and organizing. - Source: NetAction
Attract volunteers with your website - San Mateo Greens
Research
Researching Your Politicians -- Campaign contributions and voting records
Researching Corporations
Using the Freedom of Information Act
ACLU's Guide to Using the Freedom of Information Act
National Freedom Scorecard -- Find out how your members of Congress voted on key civil liberty legislation
Voter Information Services - Helping voters get beyond the sound bites since 1995
Legal Guide for Non-Violent Protesters
Petitioning Rights in Public Places -- Action Center
Your Rights to Flyer in Malls (the Pruneyard Decision) -- Action Center
ACLU Pocket Card on Police Encounters -- Explains your rights when stopped by the Police
Exercising your Rights of Political Protest -- National Lawyer's Guild, DC chapter
Legal Observer Training Packet -- National Lawyer's Guild, DC chapter
Legal Guides for Activists - Source: Just Cause Law Collective
Running a Campaign
General Activism Resources
Grass Roots Organizing Working Group (GROW)
of the Green Party of California - A great source for Greens! Contains
guides, tutorials, templates and samples on everything from tabling and
phonebanking to issue-based organizing and electoral campaigns to
governance and strategic plans.
Tools for Citizens - Some tips on how to make your voice heard politically
Activists Handbook - An introduction to becoming politically active.
Tools for Organizers, Activists, Educators, and Other Hell-Raisers
Community Toolbox -- Practical guidance for organizing in your community
Troubleshooting Guide -- Help with common problems in working for community change
Learning the Control Game
-- Refernce guide for recognizing political/social control tactics by
power brokers, large corporations, public relations firms, and
government entities
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