Run a Short Term Campaign

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Run an issue campaign

Want to make policy change? Running an issue campaign on something you are passionate about is your key to doing this. These campaigns take loads of work but with a team of dedicated organizers and strong planning, young people can make history.

PLANNING

STRATEGIES & TACTICS

EXAMPLES

  • The Movement for Black Lives is a hub for radical organizing. Their resources page is a prime example of what a good campaign needs: great comms materials, solid policy briefs, and definitive call to action.
  • Need some more inspiration? Check out the issue campaigns the Alliance is working on — Democracy Done Right (on voting rights) and Broke AF (on economic justice)

Organize a campaign on your campus.

We love organizing on campuses. Why? So much young people power all in one place. Here are some tips and resources for organizing a campaign on your campus.

STRATEGIES & TOOLS

  • One of the key components to winning in your campaign is Power Analysis and Mapping: tool used to identify who you need to influence, how to influence them, and who can do the influencing in order to gain political power among decision makers.
  • Wellstone has some top-notch resources on Leadership and Effective Meetings when organizing fellow students on campus.
  • Get started with some solid planning. Here is an Issue Campaign Planning Checklist the Alliance has compiled from years of experience changing policy.

EXAMPLE

  • Know Your IX has a stellar campaign toolkit for campuses organize students. If there is a campus campaign to learn from, this is it.

Alliance Organizing Toolkit

We are committed to building young political power for ALL young people — that is why we built a public organizing toolkit. This is a collection of knowledge, resources, tips, and helpful tools to help individuals to entire organiztions grow and thrive.

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Alliance Organizing Toolkit

We are committed to building young political power for ALL young people — that is why we built a public organizing toolkit. This is a collection of knowledge, resources, tips, and helpful tools to help individuals to entire organiztions grow and thrive.

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