THE Organizing Guide

An absolute must for every student environmental group.

A massive revision of SEAC's original 1991 organizing guide, this 104 page (5.5*8.5 size pages) spiral-bound manual is a great tool for beginners and experienced activists alike. Covers all angles of student organizing, including starting or reviving a group, group structure, effective meetings, issues, strategy, tactics, an anti-oppression analysis, a lengthy resource list and much more. Well illustrated and slick looking. Useful for non-environmental organizing too. An unbeatable organizing value.

Available for $5 (or it is free for dues paying members) plus $2 shipping from
SEAC
PO BOX 31909
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: seac@seac.org
Call: 215-222-4711
Bulk discounts available upon request.

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Each page of the SEAC Organizing Guide (a slightly older version) is now online in http://www.seac.org/sog/pagexx.html where xx is the page number. It does not look as good as the in-print version, because it is hard to covert pagemaker to html. Pictures are somtimes worse quality, and occasionally missing (when the quality would have been too poor) - and the neat layout tricks are mostly gone. But all of the text is there, so you do not miss any of the meat/tofu.

While you could print it out, it will take a lot more paper (up to four times more, unless you do dual-sided), look worse, be bulky, and you won't use it as much as the nice spiral-bound version. So I'd encourage you to buy a copy and help support SEAC!

1 2 3   4 Index
5 6   Introduction: We're the Generation of Change!
7    SEAC's Founding
8    SEAC's History
9 10   SEAC Today
11 12 Join the Movement
13    Starting or Reviving a Group
14    Initial Planning
        Outreach
15 16 17   Kick-Off Meeting
18    Structuring a Group
18    Criteria for a Good Organization
        Decision Making--Democracy
19    Voting and Consensus
20    Leaders and "Officers"
21 22   Some Possible Officers
23    Meeting Roles
24 25   Facilitator Tips
26    Meeting Tips -- Brainstorms
        Writing Group Documents
27    Commitment
28    Criticism
29 30 31    Meeting Structure
32    The Introductory Meeting
33    Meeting Agenda
        Communication Problems
34 35 36 37 Continuity and Involving New People
38    Honesty
39    Hand Signals
40    Issues
41 42 43 44   Selection Criteria
45    Possible Issues
        Environmental Racism
        Tampons
46    Forest Activism
        Materials Reduction
47    Recycling
        Recycled Paper
48    Campus Environmental Impact
49    Global Warming
50    Animal Rights, Vegetarianism and Veganism
        Landfills
51    Globalization
        Safe Food -- Genetic Engineering
52    Indigenous Rights
53    Democracy on Campus
54    Health Care Without Harm
55    Free Burma
56    Launching a Campaign
56    Power
57    Setting Goals
58    Your Organization
59    Constituency
        Targets
60    Tactics
61    Timelines
62 63 64 65   The Strategy Chart
66    Building Your Organization
66    Building a Base
67    Widening Your Base
68    Deepening Your Members' Commitment
69    Keeping Records
70    Mobilizing Students
70    Your Rights
71 72   Choosing Tactics
73 74 Educational Tactics
        Canvassing
75    Dorm Education
        Leaflets
76    Orientation
        Polls and Referendums
77    Posters
78    Speakers
        Tabling
79    Teach-Ins
80    Voter Registration, Education and Third Parties
81    Action Tactics
        Banner Drops
        Bird-Dogging
        Chalking
82    Civil Disobedience
        Creativity
83    Disruption
        Electronic Civil Disobedience
84    Fasts and Hunger Strikes
85    Letter-writing
86    Lobbying
87    Petitions
88    Phone Calls
89    Proposals
        Public Hearings
90 91   Rallies
92    Socially Responsible Investing
93 94 Sit-Ins
95    Street Theater
        Strikes
96 97 98   Press Releases
99    Developing an Analysis
100 101 102 Environmental Justice
103 Class
104 What is a Caucus?
105 Race
106 White Privilege
107 Gender
108 [Male] Privilege
109 110 111 112 Sexuality
113 114 115 116 117 Being Radical
118 119 120 Student Liberation
121 Miscellaneous Tips
121 Electronic Activism
122 Security
        Cheap Calls
123 Building SEAC
124 125 126 SEACing the Passion of Greenfire
127 Conclusion
128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 Resources Appendix