Action Planning Sheet (it's important to do this in order, starting at the top!)

What's the GOAL?*

*Of course many actions serve multiple goals. And we always need to remember that the process of developing our organizations and skills is as important as external goals

Who can give us what we want? _____________________
Is there another audience who we also want to address? ________________

Who is most affected by this issue? _______________________
Who is against us? ___________________________________
Who are our allies? ____________________________________
Who might become an ally? _____________________________
Who can we try to keep neutral? ________________________

How do we get people who are with us to be willing to step it up a notch?

What tone* do we want to take?

*shaming, supportive, educational, confrontational, mourning, celebratory…

What is our message*?

*the message needs to fit into a clear story that we can tell about the issue

What resources do we have right now?





What are our weaknesses in resources? ___________________

What efforts have we already made to achieve our goal?

What are we going to do?/Tactics


now at this point you should be able to explain "this is how our tactics will achieve our goal...". that logic is your strategy!

Where will we take our stand?

When will we act?/Timing

Logistical timeline leading up to and through the event:

Counterplans for various anticipated reactions
if they ______________________ we will _________________________
if they ______________________ we will _________________________
if __________________________ we will _________________________
if __________________________ we will _________________________

Do not write anything on here that is illegal.
We have a tradition of participatory democracy. We agree to pursue opportunities to increase the quality of our democratic process whenever possible.
This sheet is an amalgam of ideas from Ruckus Society, Southern Empowerment Project, and the Sierra Student Coalition, compiled by the Boron Collective, an affinity group of the UpRoot Spokescouncil.

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