May 13th Update
Organizing progressives
Did:
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called 3 people:
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Chair of local dem party: learned that perhaps what I want is actually a progressive club. Got contact info of two others.
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former leader of local progressive caucus,
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Leader of state progressive caucus. We set a date for a conversation.
To do:
Organizing for the Right to Clean Water Ballot Initiative
Did:
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Met with my co-chair of the RTCW DECF committee to plan our first two meetings: 1) a general body meeting and 2) a subcommittee meeting where we will train folks statewide on our canvassing project.
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Got meeting 1 outline done
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Got us more tables
To do:
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Send meeting 1 outline to President for approval.
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Manage my 15 college volunteers: set up the next activity for them. Call all of them, see who’s where this summer.
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Call Coastal Conservation Association (a fishing club who’s banquet I attended) and try to get their support for Right to Clean Water Ballot Initiative: step 1) call my fisherman friend and draft a proposal
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Have poster laminated
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Get with petition perfecting team, set a date to join them
Organize Community Cleanup
Did:
To do:
Weekly Eco-themed Evening
Did:
To do:
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Make Lineup and publish it
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Make individual musician flyers on Canva
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Have flyers laminated
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Make a general flyer for the event
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Post general flyer at guitar center and around town
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Make flyer for next week
Affordable Housing Project
Did:
To do:
Environmental Lobbying in Tallahassee
Nothing for this today
Environmental Daily Kos Blogs
These have been more than environmental blogs. I’ve written about my experiences with RTCW and with the Democratic Party, and a personal blog about staying active as an organizer.
To do:
Environmental Blog-composting
Daily reports published on daily Kos
Done
To do: Additionally, I’d like to do a weekly update (combination of all my daily updates)
Special event
Daryl's Cancer Benefit
To do:
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help by passing out flyers and calling veterans aid locations and cancer aid locations, see if they will attend the event ($10 at the door goes to Deryl)
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See if they’ve made a gofundme for Deryl. I will help promote it.
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Write Daily Kos article for Daryl’s cancer benefit: If you wanna donate to Daryls cancer fund you can donate to my organizer gofundme and say “for Daryl” in the note line
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