Sunday Fun Day

Yesterday we spent time learning about solutions, today we spent time learning how to take action and fight for the cause. Power Shift contributes collectively in two major ways, lobbying and direct action. Everyone will partake tomorrow in one or the other and so today we learned how these ways work.

Becca went to lobby training. Lobbying is when a group tries to influence their viewpoint or position on an issue to politicians. Power Shift has 4 major issues we are lobbying for tomorrow, """""""". In order to make a good influence while lobbying tomorrow, we were given scripts and information to learn and practice. Within our states, we divided into groups and role played how the lobbying will go. We were able to learn how to handle objections from the staffers in congress and how to best get our point across. Hopefully, it will all have been worth it after tomorrow.

Breana went to non-violent direct action training.  Non-violent direct action involves protesting for an immediate change without using violence.  The training session discussed the costs, benefits, and principles of doing direct action so that all participants were aware of the reason they are taking this action.  Rising Tide plans on doing non-violent direct action during tomorrow's Day of Action.

Direct action protest during Power Shift