Posts in "Ideas"

By Sam Swedberg at 6:04AM

Mar 24, 2010

Petition to End the Wars Month: Update 2

Earlier this month YAL at Illinois State University held an anti-occupation event. From what I understand the group holds these rallies monthly. For this rally they had candidates from the Libertarian, Constitution, and Green Parties speak out against the U.S. foreign policy of interventionism. (Note: YAL does not support or oppose any candidate for office.)

Petition to End the War Month: Update

Activism from YAL at Wake Forest. This is a great example of what can be done for an event.

Petition to End the War

Petition to End the Wars

Activism Grant for Petition to End the War Month

YAL's antiwar campaign for the month of March is a great opportunity to reach an unprecedented number of students on campus. Protesting for peace is perennially popular on college campuses, but the question remains: How creative and enthusiastic will YAL groups be in standing up to end our foreign adventurism?

Regardless of whether it's getting as many petition signatures as possible and then giving them to your local congressmen, or scheduling an exciting activism event on campus, YAL is offering up to $150 in activism grants to help with your efforts, as well as copies of the new issue of YAR.

Click here to apply.

Stuck on ideas? Read through The Petition to End the War Handbook, which includes a lot of activism ideas.

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Great Meeting Idea From Ohio State-YAL

At the start of each meeting, Ohio State's YAL chapter presents a 15-minute educational power point. This plan is a great tool for recently recruited students and gives students a better understanding of what YAL is about.

I really like OSU's YAL overview presentation even though it's not completely finished. The YAL overview is a great tool to get students from both sides of the aisle to understand our message and leave them more inclined to continue to participate in the group. These are the example presentations from Ohio State:

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Fiat_and_Sound_Money1.pptx	807.81 KB
Healthcare1.pptx	277.49 KB
How_is_Govt_Funded1.pptx	397.49 KB
Money_Supply_and_Fed1.pptx	1.01 MB
YAL_Overview.pptx	146.92 KB