House Protests: "Extra Credit"

Cellphones

• Everyone should bring their cellphones (most will anyway).
• When you gather, the organizer can hand out copies of a simple phone script with the phone number of the Member's DC office.
• We will provide a suggested script each week, but local organizers can modify them to deal with other issues of concern to local activists like Hurricane Katrina reconstruction (H.R. 4917)
• Before calling, activists can practice their message with each other, and ask questions to clarify legislation they don't understand.
• Then everyone can call and leave a voicemail demanding action on our legislative agenda.
• Doing this as a group makes it more fun.
• We will publish a new suggested script each week to keep up with developments in Congress on our two issues: Impeachment and Iraq.

Caravan/March

• After 30-60 minutes of protesting, everyone can get in their car and caravan through the busiest parts of the Congressional District waving signs and honking horns
• In big cities, everyone can march, wave signs, and distribute flyers
• The caravan/march can aim for a busy central location and do another protest with signs and flyers
• After 30-60 minutes, everyone can gather for lunch to compare notes and plan the next week's events