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Come Clean: 3 weeks to go checklist

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Just 3 weeks to go until the week of action now! Here's your 3 week checklist...

  • Ensure your campaign team are well briefed
  • Flyer students in lecture theatres, halls, the SU, cafes, bars etc. Adaptable flyers and posters are available at http://www.nusconnect.org.uk/resources/campaigns/come-clean/
  • Join the NUS Week of Action Facebook event, and/or start your own. Invite everyone you know to join it, and ask them to invite everyone they know too
  • Tweet about what you’re doing, use the official hashtags #nusweekofaction #nuswalkout and #comeclean to create a buzz and get the actions trending
  • Blitz halls of residence with flyers and posters
  • Organise the literature for the stall in the SU
  • Write an article for the student newspaper
  • If you plan to hold a march or rally in town start planning this now, inform the police, work with them to agree a route, conduct a risk assessment, recruit your stewards
  • Organise social activities for the day and evening of the walkout

Contact:

  • Your vice chancellor/ principal: let them know of the activities planned for walkout day
  • Heads of departments: explaining the activities planned for walkout day
  • Local media (not just press but TV, radio and local websites too!): issue a press release with details of the actions you are planning
  • Student media
  • Students: via an all-student e-mail if you can, to let them know what is happening
  • Your local MP: find out what they think about the issues; invite them to come along to visit your SU during the week of action; arrange to make an appointment to meet with them in their constituency office during the week of action, where you could present them with letters/signed postcards from your members; arrange an appointment to meet with them at Westminster during the Come Clean lobby of parliament on 18 April
  • NUS NEC members: invite them to come along and help you campaign during the week of action and/or the walkout

Please do get in touch - campaigns@nus.org.uk - if you have any questions, and to let us know what you are planning for the week of action and walkout.

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Published: 21 Feb 2012 15:18 , Last updated: 22 Feb 2012 12:15
 
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