Thank you for your interest in organizing Conversations for the Night of 1,000 Conversations. Your role is essential to changing the harsh realities of a system that denies the basic human rights and civil liberties of people living in our nation.
Organizing Conversations in your community is important, easy and effective
- Contact Pabitra Benjamin at pbenjamin@rightsworkinggroup.org of your interest;
- Set a goal for how many Conversations you want to organize;
- Tap into your network (staff, members, volunteers, board members, allies, anyone you think would be interested) for people to serve as hosts;
- Register your Conversations
- Refer Hosts to the Night of 1,000 Conversations Toolkit (coming soon) for helpful tips on holding successful Conversations;
- Collect feedback forms and action items (letters to Congress, petitions, and sign-in sheets) from the Hosts after the Conversations; and
- Join the Racial Profiling: Face the Truth campaign by contacting Pabitra Benjamin at pbenjamin@rightsworkinggroup.org.
NIGHT OF 1,000 CONVERSATIONS TOOLKIT - ORGANIZERS [download Toolkit-Organizers]
Section I: Overview of the Campaign and the Role of an Organizer [download Section I]
- About the Racial Profiling: Face the Truth Campaign
- About Rights Working Group
- Organizer's Tasks
Section II: Your Goals [download Section II]
- Setting Your Goals
- Targeting Hosts
- The Numbers
- Recruitment
- Timeline
- Examples of Conversations
Section III: Contacting the Media [download Section III]
- Media Outreach Tools
- Letters to the Editors and Opinion Editorials
- Available for Interview Document
- Online Advocacy Tips
Section IV: The Action Component [download Section IV]
- Immediate Actions
- Future Actions
