Your Guide to Grassroots Action

Here you will find comprehensive resources for organizing and executing a strategic campaign. These documents provide step-by-step guides to organizing around an issue, creating influential and effective lobbying materials, and getting the message out to those who will effect change. Below you will find the tactics you will need, whether you are targeting the media, Congress, state legislators, or even fellow medical students.

Learn the Issue - Educating Your Members

Writing a Newsletter
Brown Bag Lunch Discussions

Mobilization - Making Change Happen

Letter Writing Campaigns
Telephone Campaigns
Petitions
Organizing a Lobby Day
Lobbying Tips
Candlelight Vigils and Rallies

Public Relations - Getting the Message Out

Introduction to Media Relations
Writing a Press Release
Writing a Media Alert
Writing a Fact Sheet
Becoming a Better Public Speaker
Writing a Letter to the Editor
Holding a Press Conference