SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA


Southern California BAMN HOME

National BAMN Website

Strategizing/Organizing - An overview of strategizing ideas and plans for Southern California.

Building Coalitions - help make links to the hundreds of Southern California organizations who are on our side.

Media Projects - getting positive and frequent media attention is key to building the movement.  Help build connections to media groups, radio shows, print media, and other sources.

Electoral/Legal Issues - get involved with specific CA initiatives, such as CRENO!

Fundraising - ideas, tools, materials, and projects for raising funds. And how to donate money!

Speakers - become a speaker, start a speakers group, host a speaker-training session, or invite a speaker to your meeting.

Useful Materials/Links - resources, flyers, posters, and other helpful materials and links for organizers.

Calendar of Events - action events, opportunities to learn more, events where BAMN should have a presence, etc.

Local Contact List - become a BAMN contact for your city/school/ organization, contact a BAMN organizer in your area.

Communication - join the Yahoo! SoCal BAMN message board to share ideas and updates with other organizers. 

FUNDRAISING TACTICS AND MATERIALS

If your local group is working on a project, campaign, event, demonstration, flyer distribution, speaking tour, etc., getting funds is always an important part of the planning process.  In some cases, asking for the donation of other resources (such as a meeting place, free xeroxing, free supplies/materials, etc.) may be more effective than asking for money. Here is a list of ideas for fundraising:

 

  • Ask organizations to contribute money: write a proposal, find a contact within the organization, attend the organization's meeting, make an announcement and ask that the organization consider contributing money to and/or participating in the proposed project.

  • Write a letter soliciting donations from individuals: choose a group of people to send the letter to (such as teachers at a school, your relatives/friends, people in the community, members of an organization, etc.), describe in detail the purpose of the project, the importance of the cause, how much money is needed how the money will be used, and how they can go about contributing. 

  • Attend a public event or set up a table in a public place, and solicit donations while petitioning/handing out flyers.

  • Raise money by asking for donations for a specific product (pins, t-shirts, postcards, magnets, flags, hats, signs, CDs, etc).  Have a "suggested donation" for these items.

  • Hold an event (such as an open mic, a banquet, party, lecture, concert, etc.) and ask for large donations.

 
 

This page is updated and maintained by BAMN Organizer Janelle Orsi, JanOrsi@aol.com.  Last updated 05/25/03.