- Select your site early and secure all the necessary permits
ahead of time.
- Contact campus or local police for guidelines regarding
legal protests and alert them of your activities ahead of time.
- Make as many posters ahead of time as possible. Be creative
with your slogans. Consider throwing a poster-making pizza party
or other fun event to encourage Leadership Alliance members to
attend.
- Write messages on both the front and back of picket and
protest signs; use lots of color and vary your message.
- Thoroughly advertise this event and secure press coverage.
The more people, the better.
- Decide on a meeting time, a starting time, and an ending
time. Stick to the time schedule as closely as possible and
keep it short! It is better to have a shorter but strong picket
or protest, than one that fizzles out.
- Take pictures during your event for your own archives
and follow-up press coverage.
- Bring extra markers, poster board and tape, and have several
clipboards for sign-in.
- Rent or borrow a few megaphones for the event. Assign
"chant leaders" who are in charge of leading the chants
at various points throughout your picket or march line.
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ALWAYS KEEP MOVING! Picketing, marching, and protesting
are legal activities, but only if you are constantly moving. You
cannot block any exits or entrances.
Remember: Do not use sticks on your signs, as they
might be construed as potential weapons.
Tip: Brainstorm your chants ahead of time and create
a chant sheet to be distributed to everyone at the event.
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