COLLABORATION AND OUTREACH
These CCWG goals were established early based on our five members shared belief that positive change is needed and can only be accomplished in a non-violent manner through
strength in numbers.
> make contact with all existing Peace and Justice (P&J) oriented local groups to establish which would like to be included in the Alliance
> establish a communications hub for local P&J groups in the form of a directory, a website, and/or a newsletter
> improve P&J communications through tabling at markets and street events, on college campuses, presentations on radio, TV, and in newspapers
> coordinate with the other working groups in the Chico Peace Alliance(CPA)
> provide the public with easy access to our working group
> move forward by clearly defining our specific steps and establishing workable time frames for accomplishing them
To date since mid-July we have had five meetings:
> formally presented our plans to a local P&J group and was enthusiastically received with many their members signing up to also join us
> have made contact with campus groups and the local markets
> have begun creating an email list and electronic newsletter
> have made informal contact with about six other local P&J groups and have received only positive responses to our general concepts
> have established a priority list of P&J organizations to contact next
> coordinated our activities with the CPA steering committee and CPA
We have been meeting outside in the shade at the picnic tables south of OneMile pool in Bidwell Park. You can contact us though Bob VanFleet at [email protected]. If you see merit in our plans and would like to help, we encourage you to join us.
Meeting Notes
Communication/Coalition Building
Submitted by Doug Fogel for November 2022 Newsletter
1) To expedite our banner creation and planned use, it was agreed to set aside the creation of an agreed upon logo for now and simply have the banner show our clearly readable name and contact information in dark blue with a space left available for a logo to be added later. Size is 30” x 6’. Kathy to contact Charles with our final idea.
2) Bob’s draft of an official invitation letter to be used to introduce CPA to potential alliance organizations was well liked by the entire group and with some small but meaningful wording and formatting changes was adopted. Bob will complete the revised invitation. Possible groups to first approach with the invitation suggested were: Stonewall Alliance and Justice for Desmond.
3) We need to communicate with the press; radio, television, and print, outlets in order to reach a larger group. Bob Van Fleet volunteered to be our media contact person. We have a list of friendly media contact persons, but it is out of date due to a lots of turnover in media industry. In order to reach a younger segment of the population we also need to be active with internet social media communications.
4) Zooming of events was suggested as particularly useful at speaking events such as the potential upcoming event of having George Lakey, famous sociologist and peace activist, speaking in Chico. We may have the Quakers Zoom account available for CPA use. Someone should write letters to the editor after events to further keep event topics in the public mind.
We did not finalize a next meeting date or location since there are a number of factors at play including weather. Meeting outside in the morning in particular, will likely become difficult soon.
strength in numbers.
> make contact with all existing Peace and Justice (P&J) oriented local groups to establish which would like to be included in the Alliance
> establish a communications hub for local P&J groups in the form of a directory, a website, and/or a newsletter
> improve P&J communications through tabling at markets and street events, on college campuses, presentations on radio, TV, and in newspapers
> coordinate with the other working groups in the Chico Peace Alliance(CPA)
> provide the public with easy access to our working group
> move forward by clearly defining our specific steps and establishing workable time frames for accomplishing them
To date since mid-July we have had five meetings:
> formally presented our plans to a local P&J group and was enthusiastically received with many their members signing up to also join us
> have made contact with campus groups and the local markets
> have begun creating an email list and electronic newsletter
> have made informal contact with about six other local P&J groups and have received only positive responses to our general concepts
> have established a priority list of P&J organizations to contact next
> coordinated our activities with the CPA steering committee and CPA
We have been meeting outside in the shade at the picnic tables south of OneMile pool in Bidwell Park. You can contact us though Bob VanFleet at [email protected]. If you see merit in our plans and would like to help, we encourage you to join us.
Meeting Notes
Communication/Coalition Building
Submitted by Doug Fogel for November 2022 Newsletter
1) To expedite our banner creation and planned use, it was agreed to set aside the creation of an agreed upon logo for now and simply have the banner show our clearly readable name and contact information in dark blue with a space left available for a logo to be added later. Size is 30” x 6’. Kathy to contact Charles with our final idea.
2) Bob’s draft of an official invitation letter to be used to introduce CPA to potential alliance organizations was well liked by the entire group and with some small but meaningful wording and formatting changes was adopted. Bob will complete the revised invitation. Possible groups to first approach with the invitation suggested were: Stonewall Alliance and Justice for Desmond.
3) We need to communicate with the press; radio, television, and print, outlets in order to reach a larger group. Bob Van Fleet volunteered to be our media contact person. We have a list of friendly media contact persons, but it is out of date due to a lots of turnover in media industry. In order to reach a younger segment of the population we also need to be active with internet social media communications.
4) Zooming of events was suggested as particularly useful at speaking events such as the potential upcoming event of having George Lakey, famous sociologist and peace activist, speaking in Chico. We may have the Quakers Zoom account available for CPA use. Someone should write letters to the editor after events to further keep event topics in the public mind.
We did not finalize a next meeting date or location since there are a number of factors at play including weather. Meeting outside in the morning in particular, will likely become difficult soon.