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#OurGirls Empowerment Program Webinar

December 16, 2016

Mary Breaux Wright, International Grand Basileus Kendra Hatcher King, Chairperson, GET ENGAGED™

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A Message from International Grand Basileus Wright

December 16, 2015

Last December, we mobilized our shock, disbelief and sorrow into action through our

GET ENGAGED™ social action program.

Since then, we have collaborated with the NAACP to help educate our children on how

to successfully interact with law enforcement.

We launched a 10-city watch party tour with the American Advertising Federation, their

member advertising agencies and universities to explore how people of color

are depicted in the media. In September, we continued the dialogue

with an action-oriented, expert panel on healthy media images during the 45th Annual Congressional Black Caucus

Legislative Conference week of activities.

Now, we turn the focus toward our girls who need us now more than ever.

Thank you for your continued support of our GET ENGAGED™ initiative.

Be the change!

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Tonight’s Agenda

Moderator - Soror Kendra Hatcher King

GET ENGAGED™ Updates (10 min) Soror Kendra Hatcher King

Introduction (3-5 min) Dr. Denese Wolff #OurGirlsEmpowerment program

Educate (25 min) Soror Nakisha Lewis Ms. Foundation for Women

Serve (15 min) Dr. Denese Wolff Soror Jasmine Towns

Advocate (10 min) Dr. Denese Wolff Soror Teraleen Campbell

NAACP (20 min) Soror Kendra Glover Voter Activation Network Mr. Jonathan McKinney NAACP

Social Action Alerts (5-7 min) Dr. Rachel Young

Closing (5 min) Intl. Grand Basileus Mary Breaux Wright

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The GET ENGAGED™ TeamMary Breaux Wright

International Grand Basileus

Kendra Hatcher King GET ENGAGED™

Chairperson

Valerie Hollingsworth-Baker

Natl. Liaison Project Mgr.

Karen Boykin-Towns NAACP

Lindy M. Brown Kendra Glover NAACP

Min. Teraleen Campbell

Roslyn Hannibal-Booker

NAACP

Dr. Denalerie Johnson-Faniel

Jasmine Towns

Dr. Denese Wolff National Youth

Auxiliary Director

Dr. Rachel Young Natl. Social Action

Coordinator

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Program UpdatesPresented on December 16, 2016

Mary Breaux Wright, International Grand Basileus Kendra Hatcher King, Chairperson, GET ENGAGED™

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Most frequently asked questions have been addressed

S Who is “in charge” of GET ENGAGED™? S Under Grand Basileus Wright’s administration, Soror Kendra Hatcher

King will lead the GET ENGAGED™ initiative working closely with Soror Krysta Jones.

S Is GET ENGAGED™ a social action, Z-HOPE or public relations program? S Zeta is growing its social action program to include civic engagement.

GET ENGAGED™ is a social action program that mobilizes sorors to swiftly address the social ills that plague our communities today.

S Can we get Z-HOPE points for participation? S Yes. When applicable, GET ENGAGED™ programs have a component

that allows chapters to receive Z-HOPE points for their participation.

S Is the NAACP a GET ENGAGED™ partner? S Officially, we are collaborating with the NAACP on the GET

ENGAGED™ program; we refer to the NAACP as a “lead collaborator.” Zeta is a lifetime member of the NAACP.

S How can local chapters get involved with GET ENGAGED™? S We will make it easier for chapters to get involved by providing a

calendar of activities at the beginning of the sorority year, and finding more effective ways to disseminate information.

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MOBILIZE ADVOCATE

Serve

Act

A new model adds clarity and simplifies participation

How chapters can GET ENGAGED™

Organizing the power of 120,000+ Zetas around focused activity

Take action to impact governmental or political change

Kickoff with a national webinar with recognized subject matter experts to understand the issues in-depth

Share our knowledge with the community through related Z-HOPE programs

Share local concerns with elected and appointed officials, mobilize voting around key issues, and encourage pursuit of elected office and other community leadership positions

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3Educate

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Quarterly-focused activity for greatest community impact

GET ENGAGED™ 2015-2016 Schedule – High LevelQ3

2015Q4

2015Q1

2016Q2

2016

From Protest to Public Policy “Balancing Our Media Images, Protecting Our Communities” Congressional Black Caucus Forum

#OurGirls Empowerment Program Launch

#OurGirls Empowerment Program Global Day of Action Youth Forum on Open Lines of Communication 3R’s: Rules, Respect and Responsibility Workshop

Protecting Our Youth from the Media Media literacy webinar: Soror Karen Arrington Healthy Media Act

Criminal Justice education: 411 on the 5-0 Get Out the Vote: voting education, voter registration and protection activity

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#OurGirls Empowerment Program

Girls Criminal Justice Toolkit Presented on December 16, 2016

Soror Mary Breaux Wright, International Grand Basileus Soror Kendra Hatcher King, Chairperson GET ENGAGED™

Dr. Denese Wolff, National Youth Auxiliary Director

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#OurGirls Empowerment ProgramIntroduction written by Dr. Denese Wolff

“Men must take an active role in stopping violence against women in order to stop this abusive behavior . . . Police officers should be the first to understand this epidemic” (Allen & Wheeler, 2009, p. 20). Police violence against African American women has been an unsavory part of American history (Chaney & Robinson, 2013). This behavior has been hidden in the annuals and has not received as much attention as the slaying of African American men—until the Spring Valley High School incident went viral on social media platforms. Armed with words and a cellphone, a teenage girl was yanked from her desk and dragged across the classroom floor as her peers witnessed the traumatizing event—committed by a police officer whose primary function is to provide security and law enforcement while stationed in schools” (Petteruti, 2011, p. 2).

The Spring Valley High School incident gave voice to the mistreatment of African American girls in their own schools. When the police who are hired to protect our children are the perpetrators of violence against them, the community must rise up. Even Sheriff Leon Lott of the Richland County Sheriff’s Office stated that the youngster “wasn’t a danger at that point. She was just being disrespectful” (Blad, 2015, p. 8). To help our youth learn about rules, respect, and responsibility, the Zeta Youth Auxiliaries are encouraged to participate in Our Girls Empowerment. The three major aspects of this project will allow the youth to invite a guest speaker to discuss the 3R’s: Rules, Respect, and Responsibility; initiate a letter writing campaign to their local or state representatives; and organize a forum on the student’s roles and responsibilities in schools.

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#OurGirls Empowerment ProgramIntroduction written by Dr. Denese Wolff (CONT.)

The National Youth Affiliates Advisors’ Manual lists several goals that are applicable to this project. Pearlettes are encouraged to learn communication skills. Amicettes are inspired to enhance goal setting, leadership, and communication skills. As the eldest of the youth auxiliaries, the Archonettes are charged with more goals, and they are motivated to: • accept responsibility, • achieve a common goal, • develop new interests in the areas of social justice, and • make responsible decisions, develop social confidence, and relate to

peers, parents, and adults in general

The activities included in the Our Girl Empowerment project are designed to foster these goals in our youth, adding to their repertoire of leadership skills. A brief description of the three activities is explained in the following sections.

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Our Accountability Framework

Student

School Admin Teachers

Law Enforcem

ent

Elected Officials

Community

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EDUCATE

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http://www.law.columbia.edu/null/download?&exclusive=filemgr.download&file_id=613546

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SERVE

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Youth Forum on

Open Lines of Communication

WHAT: One of the guidelines for the Zeta Youth Auxiliaries is to develop new interests in social justice. The Spring Valley High School incident is a opportunity for our youth to discuss controversial issues, present different sides of an issue, and think about multiple perspectives. These experiences help our future leaders develop reasoned arguments by taking a stand on a topic, examining multiple perspectives, and defending their opinion with evidence.

The forum opens up the lines of communication among all the participants. The suggested panelists should be a school counselor or administrator, a school-based officer, and a teacher.

The forum should be centered on the 3 R’s: Rules, Respect and Responsibility. The youth should be encouraged to read their school Code of Student Conduct to recognize that they have a role and a responsibility as a student on that campus. They need to familiarize themselves with the rules and the consequences of breaking those rules. They should be encouraged to discuss the Spring Valley High School incident from the student’s perspective, the administrator’s perspective, and the school-based officer’s perspective.

The goal of the forum is to open the lines of communication and to help our youth understand that they have responsibilities as students. Thus, the moderator must set the ground rules for civil discussion by establishing protocols for listening and engaging.

WHO: Amicettes & Archonettes; girls enrolled at chapter sponsored Adopt-a-School

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Youth Forum on

Open Lines of Communication

(CONT.)

HOW: During the forum, the participants should address key concerns about the Spring Valley High School incident. Some of the questions that should be discussed are listed below: • What happened from the student’s perspective—the school-based officer’s

perspective— the teacher’s perspective—other students’s perspectives? • Did the student’s noncompliance with a reasonable request deserve the treatment

she received? Why or why not? • What could the student have done to avoid this situation?

What could the school-based officer have done to avoid this situation? • What could the teacher have done to avoid this situation?What did you learn from this incident about making good decisions? • What did you learn about taking responsibility for your decisions?

The forum should also include strategies on how students can interact with school-based officers. To open that segment of the forum, the group may want to discuss some of the following questions: • What are your rights and responsibilities as a student? • What role should school-based officers play in schools? Is this role the same as for

police working in the community? • What do you think about the relationship between the school-based officers in

schools and African American students? • What should the school-based police at Spring Valley High School do to win back

the students’ trust? • Should school-based officers have their pensions penalized for every incident of

excessive force? Why or why not? • What trust issues have developed between school-based officers and the students

at Spring Valley High School? • Is school a safer place because the school-based are stationed there? Why or why

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Rules, Respect and Responsibility

Workshop

WHAT: As the youngest of the Zeta Youth Auxiliaries, the Pearlettes are limited to certain kinds of GET ENGAGED™ activities. One that fits their age group is inviting a guest speaker to instruct them on the 3R’s: Rules, Respect and Responsibility. This type of intimate session will allow the Pearlettes to gain a better understanding of why following the rules, respecting authority, and taking responsibility for their own actions is a necessary part of growing up.

WHO: Pearlettes, girls enrolled at chapter sponsored Adopt-a-Schools

HOW: The Pearlettes can invite a school-based officer to visit their meeting to discuss the following types of questions: • Why do we have rules at school, at home, and at other places? • Who should follow the rules? Why? • What might happen if we didn’t have rules at home or at school? • What does it mean to respect the rules? • What does it mean to respect yourself and others? • What does it mean to respect authority? • Who are the authority figures at home and at school? • What does it mean to take responsibility for your own behavior? • Why should you be responsible for you own behavior? • If no one was responsible for her behavior, what do you think would happen in a

classroom?

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How to Prepare for Your Forum/Workshop

Estimated time of Activity/Program: should not exceed 90 minutes Timeframe: This program can be conducted anytime throughout the year. Audience: Youth; Parents • Work with your chapter’s social action and Z-HOPE committees to determine a date

for the forum/workshop. • Contact your local NAACP chapter, church and Adopt-a-School, local school board,

elected officials, and law enforcement to ask for their support. Send a formal announcement and invitation to all organizations for dissemination to their membership.

Set a goal for attendance: 20, 50 or more. Be realistic! It’s better to meet & exceed your goal, than to miss it because it was too high.

Identify key members of the team: • a moderator/speaker to facilitate the discussion • a notetaker to take detailed, typed notes • a social media coordinator to post/tweet in realtime during the watch party, • 1-2 greeters to attend to event guests

If you would like to invite the public to attend, begin your public announcements about the program. Send to local newspapers, radio stations, television stations and churches.

If you are providing snacks for your attendees, consider serving healthy menu items.

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How to Prepare for Your Forum/Workshop

On the day of the event, ask your committee members to arrive at least one hour early to set up the room for intimate discussion with the youth.

• The notetaker will need to take detailed, typed notes to forward to the Z-HOPE coordinator.

• Have copies of the evaluation form available for each attendee and provide pen or pencils just in case they did not bring one.

• Assign a committee member to collect the evaluations as persons leave the program.

• Assign a committee member(s) to summarize the evaluations within in 2 weeks after the program.

• Make a report to the chapter at the next chapter meeting. Safety considerations: Be sure persons attending understand that any sign in list are only for the purpose of documenting attendance and will not be provided to any outside persons. Materials Needed: Engaging, passionate moderator/speaker Discussion guide Note pads, pencils Laptop for note taking TV, DVD and projector OR SmartTV/Computer screen and projector Chapter banner (for visible promotion) Chairs set up in theatre style

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2016 Global Day of Service#OurGirls Letter Writing Campaign

WHAT: This year individual sorors and Amicae are asked to write at least one handwritten letter of encouragement and empowerment (min. of 200 words) to a member of your youth auxiliaries and/or a girl who participate in your Adopt-a-School program.

WHO: Local Zeta and Amicae chapters have been asked to participate in the Z-HOPE Global Day of Service with their youth auxiliaries. The letters should be written on stationary (blue and white notecards, sheets of paper) with blue ink. Your signature line should include the following: Your name Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated Your Chapter Name www.zphib1920.org Don’t forget that you are representing Zeta. Please exercise the same decorum that you would in a professional environment. Do not use profane, obscene words or make disparaging comments about other organizations, or use red, gold/yellow, pink or green stationary. This is an opportunity to “live your letters” and show our young girls what it means to be a Finer Woman. WHEN/WHERE: Letters written for your youth auxiliary members should be given to them in-person on January 18, 2016 during a scheduled Z-HOPE activity; whereas, the letters for girls at your adopted school should be distributed in person the week of January 18, 2016.

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2016 Global Day of Service#OurGirls Letter Writing Campaign

(CONT.)

HOW: Chapters that participate in the letter writing campaign should fill out a GET ENGAGED™ activity form and forward it to xxxxx (regional Z-HOPE coordinator? Social action coordinator? National GET ENGAGED™ committee member?) Z-HOPE points will be awarded for conducting an approved Z-HOPE project with their youth auxiliaries on the Global Day of Service, but Z-HOPE points will not be given only participating for the letter-writing campaign. To conduct the letter writing campaign with your adopted school start with a specific classroom, or grade level to keep the project manageable.

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2016 Global Day of Action#OurGirls #IHaveaDream Campaign

WHAT: In addition to writing handwritten letters of empowerment and encouragement to our youth auxiliaries/adopt-of-schools, we want to reach all girls and young women in our social media networks.

WHO: Active, inactive sorors, Amuicae, and youth are asked to participate in the Z-HOPE Global Day of Service #IHaveADream social media campaign.

WHEN: Our #IHaveADream social media campaign will run on Friday, January 15, 2016, the day before Founders’ Day and Monday, January 18, 2016 on the Global Day of Service.

WHERE: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

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2016 Global Day of Service#OurGirls #IHaveaDream Campaign

(CONT.)

HOW: Using hashtag #IHaveADream, sorors are asked to post advice – an insight or life lesson you have learned as an adult – on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram to your younger self that you wish you would have known as a young girl/woman. The advice must be brief (140 – 200 characters depending upon the social media platform), yet impactful.

Example: #IHaveADream that you will dare to be unique and not follow the crowd #ZPhiB96

Youth and Undergraduate sorors using the #IHaveADream can post a photo related to a dream that they hope to achieve. It would be not only in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But a look into their future lives.

Example: #IHAVEADREAM to be remembered for my love of service to mankind. #Philanthropy

• Quotes and advice from Zeta’s Founders will also be featured on Zeta’s official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. Sorors are encouraged to re-post/retweet to these messages from our Founders to their networks.

• Sorors should also change their profile picture on Facebook and Twitter to a “flashback photo” of themselves as a young girl.

• Hashtag #ZPhiB96 should also be used to associate with Founders’ Day.

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2016 Global Day of Service#OurGirls #IHaveaDream Campaign

(CONT.)

HOW: • Don’t forget that you are representing Zeta. Please exercise the same decorum that

you would in a professional environment. Do not use profane, obscene words or images or make disparaging comments about other organizations. This is an opportunity to “live your letters” and show our young girls what it means to be a Finer Woman.

• On January 14, 2016, a summary of the #IHaveADream campaign will be posted on Zeta’s official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages to give context for the campaign.

• Additionally, official Founders Day graphics (profile picture, Facebook banner, letter from International Grand Basileus Wright) and tweets will be provided.

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ADVOCATE

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#WeMatterLetter Writing Campaign

WHAT: The Amicettes and Archonettes will be encouraged to pen a well-written personal letter to their local or state representative. The goals of the letter writing campaign relating to the Spring Valley High School incident are to (1) strengthen the youths’ individual knowledge about the role of

school-based officers on campuses, (2) bring awareness for the need to change organizational practices

for selecting and training school-based officers, and (3) influence policy and legislation that involves the training of

school-based officers.

HOW: Using the example letter as a model, the youth will engage the reader, illustrate how the proposal would work and why it is important, and propose an action.

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Sample Letter

The youth can use the following sample letter as a guide for structuring their letters: Name of local or state representative and correct title Address Date Dear (insert correct salvation),

Re: Spring Valley High School Incident

I am an African American middle school student (or high school student) and a member of the Amicettes (or Archonettes) Youth Auxiliary sponsored by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporate. My family lives in your district. I was very upset when the school-based officer, Ben Fields, pulled an African American female out of her seat in front of all her classmates and dragged her across the floor because she wouldn't put her cellphone away and leave the room. She was a student who did not follow a rule, and the police officer treated her unfairly. He should not have hurt the student because she broke a rule. School-based officers are supposed to protect students, not hurt them.

I would be grateful if you would create a law for all school-based officers to take classes on how to work with students in schools, especially girls. If the school-based officers already have been trained, they should be required to update their training every two years, so they will always know the appropriate way to handle disrespectful students. If you would like further information on this issue, please read the article titled “Race and Discipline in Spotlight After South Carolina Officer Drags Student” in the New York Times by clicking on this link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/28/us/spring-valley-high-school-sc-officer-arrest.html?mwrsm=Email Thank you so much for your time and for reading my letter.

Sincerely,

Youth’s Name Zeta Chapter Address

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Ways to Create a Strong Parent Community

Encourage parents to become involved in meaningful ways. Here are some ideas that we can suggest to our families. Helpful Parent Activities: Pre-K • Offer to come help out during lunch or an art project • Donate used books or art supplies to your teacher • Come in to do a "Guest Read Aloud" for the class • Be sure to read with your child at least 30 minutes a night • Support mathematical learning by intertwining counting into your daily

routines at home (ex: counting socks in the laundry, counting eggs while cooking, etc.)

Helpful Parent Activities: Lower Elementary • Show your support for writing during a publishing party • Offer to help during publishing by typing up students' stories • Stay late one morning and share something that you are really good at.

You could even be a guest teacher for your particular area of expertise. • Support your kids with homework responsibility and organization by asking

them to see their homework each night to check for completion and understanding.

• Always be prompt for the start of class, distractions are very tricky for teachers!

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Ways to Create a Strong Parent Community

Encourage parents to become involved in meaningful ways. Here are some ideas that we can suggest to our families. (CONT.) Helpful Parent Activities: Upper Elementary & Secondary • Read at home with your kids. Although they are in middle school and may

be strong readers, the tests are tough and getting tougher! • Come in for parent-teacher conferences and bring between one to five

specific questions about your child's progress • Ask the teacher questions. By middle & high school, the content is getting

trickier; therefore, if you aren't sure how to support your child at home, just ask

• Email about a time when you used a resource from the teacher. It always makes us happy to hear the success stories. (Ex: family emailed a teacher about a website that she had recommended. They said it had really been helpful as they supported their son. This served as a great encouragement to the teacher.)

• When behavioral situations occur, be sure to stay calm and have a proactive tone rather than a reactive one. *Always try to work with the teacher and maintain a united front

*All can be applied at all levels.

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Conclusion

Part of developing young leaders is helping them understand current events. Much of our youths’ view of the world comes from social media. Recent events about police misconduct—particularly the uncivilized ways some law enforcement officers have treated African Americans—has been appalling. Our Zeta Youth are witnesses to these events. As their advisors, we have a responsibility to help them think critically about these kinds of civil events. We also can take an active role to help our youth develop effective strategies for engaging with law enforcement. “Society pays too little attention to violence against women” (Kilgour, 1992, p. 142), and when that violence crashes into the classroom, it is time for Zeta Youth Auxiliaries to arm themselves with knowledge and action. References Allen, C. T. & Wheeler, J. A. (2009). Engaging men in violence prevention. About Campus, 13(6), 19-22. Blad, E. (2015, November). Arrest fuels debate on school police. Education Week, 35(11), 1 &10. Chaney, C., & Robertson, R. (2013). Racism and police brutality in America. Journal of African American Studies, 480-505. doi:10.1007/s12111-013-9246-5 Kilgour, D. (1992, Summer). Ending violence against women. Social Studies, 26(4), 142-143. Petteruti, A. (2011). Education under arrest: The case against police in schools. Justice Policy Institute. Retrieved from www. justice policy.org

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Get Out the Vote

NAACP Virtual Phone Bank And Voter Registration Tool

Presented on December 16, 2016

Mary Breaux Wright, International Grand Basileus Kendra Hatcher King, Chairperson, GET ENGAGED™

Kendra Glover, NAACP Jonathan McKinney, Regional Field Organizer, NAACP

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Voter Activation Network National Association for the

Advancement of Colored People

Voter Activation Network (VAN), is an onlineinterface where organizers can access data about registered voters, unregistered community members, volunteers and supporters

Finding the people you want to talk to (your targets) and using their contact information for voter engagement is the focal point of any electoral, civic engagement or issue campaign. The VAN can be used to find the people that you want to engage, and to then help you make phone calls, knock on doors, or send, mail and then track the results.

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Social Action Alerts

Presented on December 16, 2016

Mary Breaux Wright, International Grand Basileus Kendra Hatcher King, Chairperson, GET ENGAGED™ Dr. Rachel Young, National Social Action Coordinator

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GET ENGAGED™ Action Alerts

The National GET ENGAGED™ Team believes in the timely reaction to issues of social justice, and promoting efforts that encourage systematic change. While social justice organizations use numerous ways of regularly communicating with their supporters, when actionable items require a prompt response, many employ the use of action alerts.

Action alerts are used to disseminate information quickly, with concise directions on the action the organizations is encouraging their supporters to perform. Action alerts aim to simplify the process of being involved, by giving supports directives and a script of what to include in their advocacy efforts.

Action alerts can be defined as a communication method where directives or actions are given to galvanize the actions of people towards a particular type of action. These directives are a way of voicing support or opposition of a topic to an elected official, company/corporation, or entity towards a desired result. Many iconic and nationally recognizable organizations, such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), National Action Network (NAN), AARP, and others use action alerts to mobilize their bases into tangible actions such as phone calls, letters/emails being sent, organizing protests, etc.

Some of the methods used to convey action alerts to an organizations supporters include: • Telephone calls • Text Messages • Emails • Newsletters • Website Notifications

Signing up for action alerts is easy to do. Most websites only require you to enter your name, phone number, email address, and zip code to begin receiving action alerts. By entering your zip code with organizations having a national or international reach, you are able to be informed of issues germane to your locale or that have a national scope.

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Example of an Action Alert

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Example of an Action Alert

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Example of an Action Alert

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GET ENGAGED™ Action Alerts List

As of December 16, 2015

American Association of Retired People (AARP)

National Action Network

League of Women Voters

American Association of University Women

National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

Legal Action Network

American Civil Liberties Union

National Network to End Domestic Violence

Moveon.org

Brennan Center for Justice

National Women’s Law Center

National Urban League

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation-Policy Now

National Association for the Advancement of Color People (NAACP)

Credo Action The Leadership Council

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Name of Organization

Targeted Issues Website Method of Sign-Up

AARP Retiree, Elder Care http://action.aarp.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Advocacy_Home Email and Zip Code

American Association of University Women

Education, Women Issues

http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/public-policy/two-minute-activist/ Email

American Civil Liberties Union

Civil Rights https://www.aclu.org/action Email

Brennan Center for Justice

Voting Rights, National Security, Justice, Government Reform, Court Reform

http://www.brennancenter.org/ Email

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation-Policy Now

Healthcare, Education, Economics, Environment

https://policynow.org/register Website Form

League of Women Voters

Women Issues http://lwv.org/tags/action-alert Website Form

Credo Action Human Rights http://credoaction.com/ Email & Zip Code

Legal Action Network

Discrimination of addiction, criminal records, and HIV/AIDS

Website Form

Moveon.org Gun Control, Healthcare

http://front.moveon.org/ Email

National Association for the Advancement of Color People

Civic Engagement/Advocacy

http://www.naacp.org/action-alerts/ Email & Zip Code

Instructions: Double-click inside box to access the entire list in a word document.

GET ENGAGED™ Action Alerts List