Issues
The issue is not the issue. (Berkeley 1964)
Choosing a campaign for your group is very important as it will define your organization, and lead to success or failure based on the wisdom of your choice. At the beginning of the school year (or at the end of a campaign) you should brainstorm a list of issues and then narrow it down
The following is a list of criteria for selecting an issue from the manual “Organizing for Social Change” by the Midwest Academy (they train community activists). While it is hard to meet all of them, it is a useful checklist for comparing issues. Here we’ll show how you could decide between starting a recycling program, fighting a locally proposed incinerator, and challenging Shell for its complicity in environmental destruction and
human rights in Nigeria.
