Training
I. Background
1. Explain the Dream Act:
Federal: aims to resolve national dispute -- stalled, no resolution in sight
Maryland: SB 167, a detail, not comprehensive -- in-state tuition. passed spring 2011
Petition to referendum: Maryland voters will vote on the law, YES or NO
Poll November 2011: 52% oppose law, 48% support
2. Historical overview:
1492, 1521, 1607.
colonial powers
social resistance to new immigrants in USA
legal restrictions on immigration 1890, 1900s
Eugenics: anti-miscegenation, compulsory sterilization, anti-immigration. FAIR
3. 2012 ballot
President, Senate race (Cardin), U.S. House of Representatives; no state offices
Ballot questions: marriage, immigration
This will be an angry election. We are an ad-hoc coalition, addressing only one issue.
This question is big enough that it should be decided on its own merits. Not a partisan Q.
4. Key players
The two major political parties have positions on Federal Dream Act
CASA de Maryland promoted law in Annapolis
Help Save Maryland and Maryland Petitions organized petition to referendum
Our work is NOT at the center of the debate, but if the election is close, we are critical.
II. Plan
Target 2%
Three steps: activist teams to conservative Christian students to churches statewide
Motivation: politics and personal stories and Scripture
Matthew 25:35
Whole message on a small card
Five minute presentation to a Christian student group
Skit
Matthew 25:35
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Prophets, Psalms, Matthew
Maryland’s Dream Act
Prayer
Pass out cards, collect names
Add-ons. The outreach to churches is key, but we may add on three projects:
Marines: Just Say Thanks
Knights of Columbus, perhaps through JustFaith
Press, especially in October
III. Tactics
Tone matters. Practice taking abuse.
Background support: blog and website
Written, explicit commitment to nonviolence and civility
Apologies are solid gold
Candor is indispensable in nonviolence
Listen! Never assume that you understand what your opponent says until you can repeat it to his/her satisfaction. Expect to learn.
FB, blog, and website for teams -- not public
Tone matters: role play
Sing and sign
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