There is a week left before STANDFast: here is the essential toolkit with two brand new tools highlighted:
- Bring it to your Chapter:
- Download the STANDFast Essentials Podcast, where you can run through the essentials of STANDFast on your computer or iPod while running, driving, or taking a break from schoolwork. (to be posted tomorrow!)
- Learn background information about the conflict in Darfur and the rundown on how Civilian Protection works here
- Learn background information about the conflict in Burma and the rundown on how Civilian Protection works here
- Get the full run-down of Civilian Protection from GI-Net’s website.
- Download the STANDFast Essentials Podcast, where you can run through the essentials of STANDFast on your computer or iPod while running, driving, or taking a break from schoolwork. (to be posted tomorrow!)
- Bring it to your Campus:
- For when you need to explain STANDFast in 15 seconds or less: the STANDFast one-pager.
- Did you know your region has a partner camp in Chad? STAND has paired up every region with a refugee camp for Darfuris in Chad, and encourages you to use this connection and the stories it brings with it to bring the camps to your campus.
- Give the big pictureand the breakdown on the Civilian Protection programs to your friends and classmates
- It’s time to get your campus to STANDFast with you: here are some tips for fundraising and sources of funding,
- Let your campus know they are part of a network of notable fastersand keep your chapter inspired with success stories
- For when you need to explain STANDFast in 15 seconds or less: the STANDFast one-pager.
- Bring it to your Community:
- Bring the cause of Civilian Protecton outside the front doors of your school and out into the rest of the world: mobilize your community to protect vulnerable communities in Darfur and Burma
- Get the word out through the press: take 10 easy steps to get the press you want and get your message across, through tried-and-true Op-Eds and Letters and new creative media like ads and video blogs.
- Bring the cause of Civilian Protecton outside the front doors of your school and out into the rest of the world: mobilize your community to protect vulnerable communities in Darfur and Burma
- Bring it to Congress:
- Use STANDFast as an opportunity to inform your elected officials of the need for civilian protection, and of the great work that your chapter is doing to fill the hole in civilian protection
- Use STANDFast as an opportunity to inform your elected officials of the need for civilian protection, and of the great work that your chapter is doing to fill the hole in civilian protection