Civil Liberties Forum: Suggested Contents for Poster and Program
Poster:
- Title and brief description (for example, "A public forum to address concerns about threats to civil liberties in the U.S. in the aftermath of September 11")
- Date, Start Time-End Time, Location
- Moderator and Panelists
- Endorsers (individuals and groups); see sample Invitation Letter asking for endorsements
- Wheelchair accessible, sign-interpreted
- Group name that organized the forum, contact telephone number
Program:
Page one:
- Title, Date, Location
- Welcome and Introduction
- Introduction of Panel (In Northampton, panel members were introduced by Mayor Mary Claire Higgins.)
- Featured Speakers names and titles (Northampton's panel included the director of the regional ACLU chapter, someone with knowledge and experience of impact of laws on immigrants and foreign students, a professor of Afro-American studies with knowledge of COINTELPRO, president of the Northampton City Council, and Northampton police chief.)
- Reading of the petition or resolution
- Questions from the community
- Call to action
- Closing remarks
- (If you are videotaping) This event is being videotaped.
Pages two and three:
- Text of petition or resolution
Page four:
- What you can do list
- Names and addresses of community's Senators and Representative.
- Suggested web sites for more information (See our Links page.)
Half-page insert:
- Endorsers of the event
- Members of committee that organized the event
- Special thanks
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