This is the second in a series of posts to explain what we are attempting to do with the
Florida Progressive Coalition. Subsequent posts will follow in the next few days.
Last time I talked about how I believe Florida is truly a blue state and how the first step toward turning that observation into electoral reality was building a progressive infrastructure. This time I want to talk about helping the activists in the universe of Florida Progressives become more successful.
There are a lot of intelligent and knowledgeable activists around the state (and around the nation). Many of them have been very successful and have a lot of experience in doing everything that we need done to improve our state and our world. Many others, though, don't know how to do those very same things. That's why we've created a "How-To" section, that will gather as much information as possible on how to do everything that needs to be done -- from running a meeting to recruting new activists to contacting members of the legislature to lobbying to winning elections. These "How-Tos" will include step-by-step instructions on how do do each of these things (and many more). They'll include strategies and personal accounts of past successes. They'll include new ideas and old classics. In short, they'll include everything you need to be an activist who makes a difference.
You can help us out. Go to our How-To page and take a look around. We've added quite a few links and written a few original How-Tos. We want more. We want anything that applies to how to do anything related to activism. And this page isn't just limited to Florida, some of the links go to information from other states and all of the information, we think, can be adapted to other states. So help us out in populating the page and help yourself to the links we already have.
If you are interested in helping out, leave a comment or send me an e-mail at quinnelk@hotmail.com. I'll be in touch with you as soon as possible.