PEOPLE’S FIRST 100 DAYS since Obama Victory

PEOPLE’S FIRST 100 DAYS

A set of Southern regional coordinated actions to build movement

At the Southern Movement Assembly held in Lowndes County, AL on September 21-22, 2012, Southern community leaders representing over 25 delegations agreed to coordinate a Peoples First Hundred Days (P-100D) beginning the day after the National Elections on November 7 through February 15, 2012.

During the P-100D the Southern Freedom Movement will share information with each other, advance our local struggles as part of a larger movement, and coordinate 5 major actions throughout the Southeast: N7, Community Assemblies, MLK Day, February 14^th, and the National Student Bill of Rights actions.

We find unity in our common principle that Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free.

PROPOSAL:

Peoples 100 Days TACTICAL TEAM

• Overall coordination of actions, curriculum, and communication
• Creating multiple entry points for southern movement forces
• Connection to actions through Action Steering Committee representatives
• Rapid response planning and scenario development
• Communications strategy – internal & external

ACTION STEERING COMMITTEES (N7, Community Assemblies, MLK, NSBR, Feb14)

• Each action is coordinated by a separate Steering Committee
• Design, Mobilize, Support, and Evaluate
• Send 1 rep to the Tactical Team to ensure cohesion
• Staffed and supported by Project South staff members

WORK TEAMS

• Skill-based teams that support the 100 days and contribute to growing Southern movement infrastructure (legal, technology, language access, fundraising, etc.)

IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS:

1. Develop Tactical Team
2. Develop Action Steering Committees for each action

3. Southern Freedom Movement Community Reportbacks:

• Bring the energy of the Assembly to our local folks
• Invite 1-2 groups into the process to expand and strengthen the whole
• Agenda: show video; present synthesis statement; discuss connection of local struggles to broader movement; generate questions & ideas to report back to Tactical Team; organize toward action days! Have food, songs