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POWER and POLITICS

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How Powerful are you?

1-10

United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)

The Nation of Islam

Some Numbers

11-1

93%

25%

1,100,000,000 (1.1 trillion)

We are not outnumbered, we are out-organized

“…to handicap a student for life by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless, is the worst kind of lynching. It kills one’s aspirations and dooms him to vagabondage and crime.” Carter G. Woodson

“Up you mighty race, you can accomplish what you will”

“A Nation can Rise No Higher than it’s woman”

Broad/Deep

How many members are in your BSU?

Is that enough to accomplish your objectives?

How many would be enough?

Some Guidelines for Best Practices

Rule of halves—if students say they need 10 more core members we walk them through how that means getting 20 people to commit to being a part of the organization. And that requires getting 40 people signed up…etc.

Recruit to events (or at least meetings with an event/fun component)

Map the Campus/Community Group and Individual goals Point people for list-keeping and new member follow-up Face-to-face conversations Appeal to self-interest (this isn’t in the handout, but comes

out of the conversation above). This is about targeting your recruitment ask to THEIR interests and motivations.

Confirmation phone call