Follow up with phone calls a few days before the meeting. Notify the public through flyers and advertisements your local radio and TV and paper. Convince community leaders to commit to bringing people with them. Put the name of your group or effort on a banner or a placard so the media can pick it up in photos. Have fact sheets for the press and public.
Volunteers are the backbone of activism.
Make public announcements and circulate sign-up sheets at meetings to recruit new volunteers. . Make sure there is enough work to keep volunteers busy or they may become frustrated and lose interest. For each volunteer position, list the duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. There is strength in numbers. Uniting with a coalition of organizations, groups or individuals with a common interest is a powerful way to advocate for an issue.