ORGANIZING IDEAS

• If your chapter has a Lesbian Rights Task Force, call a special planning meeting for people to get involved with the Day of Action.
• Create a Lesbian Rights Task Force and plan the Day of Action as the Task Force's first organizing effort.
• Make sure your event caters to lesbian, gay, bisexual and straight activists. We can't afford to exclude anyone from our efforts.
• Outreach to other organizations. Many diverse groups have supported same-sex marriage rights, including religious, civil rights, campus and progressive organizations.
• Publicize and build attendance for the action through newsletters, word of mouth, special mailings and flyers in the community.
• Phone bank members to let them know about the action and get them involved.
• Announce the action in the calendar section of your local paper and lesbian & gay publication.
• Of course, have a sign-up sheet to get names, addresses and phone numbers of attendees, and pass the hat for donations.