Bring It!: Student Organizers' Weekend
March 2 - 4, 2012
Friday dinner through Sunday afternoon.
1100 Mill Pond Road
Faber, VA 22938
(434) 263-5115
Calling all young folks and students!
Getting into organizing and activism in your community, high school, or on your campus? Want to learn how to run a campaign, raise a ruckus, and get things done?
Come down to the Wayside Center for Popular Education for a crash course in campaign strategy, direct action, and movement building. Meet other folks from the region and leave better prepared to organize for the win back home.
Cost is sliding scale $50-75 per person. Start now and raise the funds! Ask teachers, departments, or your student activity fund. Throw a house party and ask for $5 at the door. Send an email to 20 friends and family asking for $5-$20.
No one turned away for lack of funds. Please get in touch with virginia(at)waysidecenter(dot)org to brainstorm fundraising ideas or just be in touch about anything money related.
Registration now open. Space is limited!
Contact virginia@waysidecenter.org for more info.
* Required
10 ways to raise $75!
The most important thing about raising money is to ASK for it! You know how it feels good to donate to a cause you believe in? Remember that feeling and know that you’re giving others a chance to donate to something awesome just by asking. If folks don’t want to donate, move on! Events are fun and a good way to build community. The quickest and easiest way to raise funds is to directly ask people to donate. Do what feels best!
- Donate $15 yourself and ask five friends for $10
- Send an email appeal to family members, asking for $10-$20 donations (they can use PayPal to make it easier!), or ask one person for $75!
- Throw a bangin’ house party or show and ask for $3-5 at the door. (have someone at the door!)
- Silkscreen a pile of thriftstore and sweatfree tshirts and sell them for $10 on campus.
- Write a letter and ask a campus department to sponsor you and a few students for $200. Fundraise the rest in other ways.
- Put a budget line item in for your campus group either now or for next year’s Bring It!
- Movie night! Show a bunch of awesome movies or documentaries, make delish popcorn, invite everyone in the world. Make a pitch, ask for $5 from folks.
- Dinner party! Cook a stellar 5 course meal and invite folks over, ask for a $10-20 donation to cover expenses and fundraise for equally delicious Bring It.
- Do a raffle for with your campus group – sell $5 raffle tickets for a series of prizes – get something donated from sympathetic businesses, an amazing piece of art someone did, a cook-you-dinner-coupon, free bike tune-up, 10 amazing mixes, books…what’s in your reach?
- Do a 75 mile bike ride and ask folks to donate $1 per mile!
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