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Tables of Contents for Generation React
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
xv
2
Andrew Shue
Introduction
xvii
1. Organization 101
1
20
101
2
1
What's a Grassroots Organization?
3
1
Earth 2000 Is Born
4
3
I Want to Start a Grassroots Organization, Too!
7
3
How to Start a Grassroots Organization
10
1
Finding Interested Individuals
10
3
Putting Your Group into First Gear
13
1
I'd Like to Bring This Meeting to Order
14
2
Taking Baby Steps
16
3
Growth
19
1
It's Up to You Now
19
2
2. Super Easy Fund-Raising
21
14
If Your Friends Jumped Off a Bridge, Would You?
22
5
Corporate Handouts
27
5
Funding from Nonprofits
32
3
3. Strike a Pose...PR!
35
17
Martha! Martha! Martha!
36
2
So How Do I Do It?
38
1
Target One: Your Local Newspaper
39
1
Writing a News Release
40
3
Target Two: Other Newspaper Outlets
43
2
Target Three: Television
45
4
Target Four: Hitting the Radio Waves
49
1
A Few Words
50
2
4. Student Rights
52
16
Getting Started: Changing School Policy
55
2
Lobbying Your School
57
6
Presentation Night
63
1
Making Something into Everything
64
2
Not a Student? Not a Problem!
66
1
A Final Word
66
2
5. The Art of Lobbying
68
18
Lobbying 101
70
1
Who They Are
71
1
Breaking Down the Preconceived Notions
72
2
The Lobbyist Dictionary
74
2
Doing Your Homework
76
1
Like...What?
77
3
Getting Started
80
1
It's Meeting Time
80
1
Tips for a Successful Meeting
81
2
After the Meeting
83
1
Other Ways to Get Your Voice Heard Loud and Clear
83
3
6. How to Organize an Event
86
13
The Prodigy of Parties
87
2
Deck the Halls
89
1
Outdoor Events
89
2
For the Intellectual
91
3
School Events
94
2
Fund-raising Events
96
1
After It's Over
97
2
7. McFight McCorporate Abuse--Boycott!
99
15
McDomination
100
1
Depressed Yet?
101
1
Lerner Learns a Lesson
102
2
Sample Boycotts
104
1
Do Boycotts Really Work?
105
1
So, How Do I Start a Consumer Boycott Campaign?
106
1
Your First Steps
107
1
They Don't Care
107
2
How to Start a Consumer Boycott Campaign
109
2
Making Them Pay for Your Campaign
111
3
8. Hey, Hey...Ho, Ho...We're Not Going to Take It Anymore
114
16
Save the Whales
115
3
Should I Organize a Protest?
118
1
Plenty of Protests to Pick
119
2
Fur Things, First
121
6
Getting People There
127
1
After the Protest
128
1
A Few Words
128
2
9. The Single Guy
130
15
Working the Media
134
2
Taking Financial Stock
136
2
Consumer Activism
138
1
Armchair Lobbying
139
2
Suppose You Had $20
141
1
On a Spare Saturday Morning
142
1
What You Can Do in One Minute
143
2
10. I'd Like to Thank the
145
14
And the Winner Is
147
2
The Case for Awarding Good Deeds
149
1
How Do I Find Out About Awards?
150
1
A Few National Community-Service Awards
151
1
The Ingredients of a Good Nomination Kit
152
3
How to Get Noticed
155
1
What to Do After Winning
156
1
Two Weeks Before an Awards Ceremony
156
1
What to Do After the Awards Ceremony
157
1
For a Lifetime of Opportunity
157
2
11. Internships
159
14
What Is an Internship?
159
3
What Can I Expect from an Internship?
162
2
Locating Internships
164
1
The Application Process
165
2
Negotiate Your Internship
167
1
Reaping the Intern Benefits
168
2
But I Don't Want a Job
170
3
Index
173