We broke into groups again, this time for targeted outreach brainstorms. The groups were faith, campus, “ONE in your community,” or “ONE Leaders.” In each group, individuals committed to actions they plan to take and someone reported back from each group.

Faith

-Talk to their church group
-Learn, personally, more about how the government works, so that they can educate others
-Conduct letter-writing Sundays for the farm bill
-Get their churches to move into international poverty work, not just missions

Campus Group

-Make official ONE groups
-Do an artwork competition
-Table on the first day of every month, at strategic locations on campus
-Talk to political and business departments, not just regional or social justice departments
-Hold ONE band give away
-Get departmental faculty involved
-Work with other organizations on campus
-Speak during classes
-Set up a table during earth week
-Get speakers to come to your school

Starting Up a ONE Groups

-Speaking to churches, youth groups
-Starting up Facebook groups
-Use MySpace/Facebook
-Movie and Book clubs
-Wearing the ONE Band can be a discussion starter
-Table at Earth Day event
-Use Craigslist and MeetUp.com

ONE in your Community

-Contact members of Congress
-Talk to family members and friends
-Use community groups that you’re already involved with
-Publish locally
-Visit Africa
-Use Facebook

ONE Leaders

-Go to local civic groups
-Talk to teachers and students
-Movie clubs
-Book Club
-Post flyers with quotes and pictures
-Make your city a city of ONE by discussing it with your mayor
-Wear ONE shirts at major city events
-Develop “ONE month” at churches, with one issue highlighted per month
-Hold a ONE 5K race
-Bring ONE into their workplace

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