Fair Elections Speaker Training and Volunteer Orientation in Oakland this Saturday

Ryan Van Lenning Wed, 3 Mar at 5:39pm

Last month Oakland held a kick-off for Proposition 15, the California Fair Elections Act, on June's ballot. Now come to a free speakers training and volunteer orientation at Rockridge Library, Saturday, March 6, 2:30-5:30.

Register here.

* Learn the details of Proposition 15, the California Fair Elections Act

* See how well public financing has worked in other states

* Hone your message in support of Fair Elections

* Help educate voters on the need to get politicians out of the fundraising game

The training is appropriate for you if you'd like to join our Speaker's Program, learn how to talk about it to your friends or neighbors, or would just like to learn more.

Attendance is only necessary for the first two hours, which will include all the training about Prop 15 and the messages that work best for the public. The final hour will be reserved for those who would like to stay and practice talking about it to other people through introductory 30 second "elevator speeches" and practice answering questions. Training will be led by Trent Lange, Chair of Californians for Fair Elections.

In the meantime, use the California Fair Elections Act talking points and join the Facebook Group.

About Ryan Van Lenning

Ryan Van Lenning is a writer and community organizer focusing on issues of social justice, food justice/urban agriculture, and sustainable transit. He is also passionate about anti-militarism, media reform, and building alternative economies in sustainable cities. Among other places, his work appears in Terrain Magazine: Northern California’s Environmental Magazine, Truthout, and Matador Change. Prior to becoming caught in the web of Bay Area ink-slinging and activism, he taught in the Humanities Department at a community college in Ohio, where he created courses in Environmental Ethics and World Religions: Peace and Violence. He is both a hyper-localist and a globalist, a home-body and travel-addict, and a city explorer and nature aficionado, just a few of the many paradoxes with which he is afflicted. Contact him at ryan@oaklandlocal.com, follow him on twitter @vanlenning, and find more at his blogs Pull the Root, Travelin' Bones, and Rumi and the Cholo.