[fvc-wat-disc] sSECOND CALL FOR SOCIAL ACTION CONTACTS

[Cathy Scott]

Hi, David
Jonathan Cassels gave me this name to contact regarding our outreach:
Ben Cassels
W-K United Mennonite Church
15 George St.
Waterloo ON  N2J 1K6
I believe Jon said that Ben is his brother (or some other close relative)
and is the pastor of the church.  Jon didn't know who the Social Action
contact is.

Also, the Social Action Chair at my church, Grand River Unitarian, is
Pat Bowers
socialaction at grandriver.ca

I will contact her.  Could you send me the letter we are sending out?  I
seem to have lost track of it.

Thanks
Cathy

On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 7:51 PM, David dirks <daviddirks at rogers.com> wrote:

> Hello Fair Voters.
>
> This is a follow up to our earlier email.  This Fall we want to pick up
> our outreach strategy to build awareness of and allies on the issue of
> proportional representation (PR) in the community.  You may recall that
> last Spring Cathy Scott and I asked for contact names for organizations
> with a focus on income inequality.  This resulted in presentations to
> three organizations (with a fourth pending).  A commitment from another
> two to distribute information on PR to their members and an interest from
> four to be contacted on our activity in the future.  Finally, we are
> having joint meetings with the Council of Canadians local chapter!  So, not
> a bad start.
>
> As a reminder, our strategy proposes to approach over time key
> organizations, groups and individuals in our community which share like
> interests to ourselves.  We know that in countries with PR, there is less
> income inequality, women are better represented in government, action on
> the climate is greater and so on.
>
> Our goals are to:
>
> * create awareness of FVC-Wat
> *offer an opportunity to be further educated about the issue, and
> * invite endorsement of our work with an invitation to engage or join with
> us in the future
>
> Given our resources we have chosen to focus on one area at a time.  We
> want to contact those with an interest in the area we identify, ideally
> some community profile and with the potential for outreach themselves. We
> want to be strategic and also keep the numbers manageable given our
> resources and so maximize the impact of our efforts.
>
> We send the targeted groups a letter or email.  In our brief communication
> we:
>
> * describe who we are & our goals
> * talk succinctly about the benefits to good policy of a PR system
> * speak briefly and specifically to the area of interest of the group or
> individual
> * articulate our asks (endorsement; opportunity to learn more about PR;
> invitation to join with us in our work)
> * provide contact name (s) for follow-up.
>
> *WE* *REALLY NEED YOUR INPUT!  *We now want to approach social action or
> justice committees within the faith community (incl local churches).  Do
> you know of such a group?  Perhaps at your own church or faith group?  If
> you are aware of one, please let us know.  We will need the name of the
> individual/group/church/faith community; mailing address (if possible);
> contact name to whom we direct the correspondence/email (very important).
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> David Dirks
> Cathy Scott
>
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