Howto's
Howto: Get active at your school or in your town
It's September, and this is a great time to get active and get involved in any kind of activism! In Canada, we have Parliament resuming, a possible federal election and a mandatory minimums bill that's weeks away from passing into law. We need to get active more than ever, so, here's how!
Group Formation/Participation:
I have mentioned it before, but one of the most effective ways of being active is by joining and working with what are refered to as “Civil Society Groups” or “Non-Governmental Organizations”. Examples of these kinds of groups range from Churches, Unions, Professional Organizations to groups like Habitat for Humanity, United Way, Sierra Club or Greenpeace.
This is helpful for a number of reasons:
-Gives you a chance to network with other politically active and influential individuals in your community
-Gives you a chance to influence people in your community
-Gives you a chance to build experience in community organizing Read more »
How to: Use WhyProhibition.ca
Hey everyone,
I know a lot of people are finding the website less than intuitive, and we do intend to work a fair bit on the user interface, but for the time being, here's a howto!
The Front Page of WhyProhibition
Click on "Create Content" to create a Group, Userblog, Blog for your Group or a Blog to the Main site
Click on the the type of Content you want to create
Groups, Blog to your Group or UserBlog are available to all users
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Volunteer!
Want to help out on WhyProhibition? Looking to get active? Here's how! We have a lot of stuff that needs done, but we need to know what you are into doing! To fill out the Activism form: Click on "My Account", "edit", and "Activism" then fill out the checkboxes so we know what you want to do!
We're looking for all kinds of volunteers:
Organizer
Be a local organizer, plan protests!
Letter to the Editor writer
Write letters to local and national newspapers, respond to propaganda
News Hawk
Submit drug policy news as it happens
Video Blogger
Finding Video News content
Propaganda Collector
Collecting pro/con pamphlets about marijuana, and drugs in general and posting them to WhyProhibition.ca (Put on your userblog with tag propaganda)
Facebook and Twitter Promoter
Posting news articles, protest notices, press releases to Facebook Profile and Twitter! This is a very important way to get news out!
Protestor Read more »
How to: Organize a protest
One of the most important activities we undertake as activists is planning protests and rallies. While getting the motivation to plan a protest is easy, finding the information about how to do it can be difficult. For starters, this document is particular to Canada, though it should apply with some exceptions in most common-law jurisdictions. Please be aware of the local laws in your country. For more information, contact one of your nation's civil liberties organizations (In the US, contact your local ACLU chapter) Okay, so now that the disclaimer is out of the way, let's begin with some important rules:
1. You do not -need- a permit. Protest is covered under Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, both under 2b (Expression) and 2c (Assembly).
