Hopefully you are in
gear now to begin spring
Pledge
activities. For some
this means several
activities between now
and graduation. For
others it involves
(only) signing up
seniors. For
the latter, I hope
you are still open to adding just
one
pledge activity during
the spring and one event
or recognition of the
pledge at
graduation time itself.
(See
http://www.graduationpledge.org/campaign.html ,
the usual piece, for
possibilities.)
Otherwise, any reaching
out to constituencies on
campus (student groups,
faculty, administration)
will surely help
your effort grow
stronger. And the
stronger the campaign,
the greater the
likely
impact on Pledge
signers—the bottom
line.
At some point this
spring you very well
might hear from Jake
Reid or Anna Simons
from the national office
here. They
will be reaching out to
you both to get input on
what’s happening at your
school, and to explore
ways of strengthening
your effort.
(Unfortunately, with the
number of schools
involved, they
will not
be able to contact all--but
if you are particularly
interested--or to
expedite matters--let me
know.)
We always hope that as
time allows, those at
the grassroots level can
help some in the
national/international
effort.
(In a
separate emailing we’ll
soon give you an
opportunity
to contribute with
your checkbook, as
well.) But
given the limited hours
we few volunteers
can contribute at the
national level, we hope
you can take on
something small (or
large), for the “greater
good.”
Here are
some few
possibilities:
•
We can e-mail you a
pledge
description that you
can distribute as
widely as you wish.
•
We can send you GPA
brochures for
distribution at
conferences or
otherwise (they can
also be downloaded
from the web site)
•
You
can help on or
coordinate production
of a (hoped
for) periodic
“newsletter,” with
more substance than
our updates
•
You can help
on or coordinate
efforts to get a
grant for pledge
activities (with
more money we could
do much more)
•
We get a lot of
media coverage for
the pledge around
graduation
time (e.g., magazines like
Business Week,
news papers like
USA Today, and
radio networks, like
ABC). But we could
get media coverage
at other times of
the year (further
raising public
consciousness and
likely spreading the
pledge) . You can
help on that.
It’s rewarding work, and
any
help is appreciated.
Good luck
this spring on your
Pledge activities.
Neil
Neil J. Wollman
Senior Fellow, The Peace
Studies Institute
National Coordinator,
The Graduation Pledge
Alliance
MC Box 135
Manchester College
North Manchester, IN
46962
njwollman@manchester.edu
260-982-5346
