ACTIVITY

PLAN A CAMPAIGN

Think about the suffragists and suffragettes and their long campaign to gain the right to vote. Now… plan your own campaign. You may want to do this as a diagram.

1First decide your aim: what change do you want to see in the world as a result of your campaign?

With thanks to UK Feminista for the idea ukfeminista.org.uk

5What tactics will you use? Letter writing? Demonstrations? Challenging the law?

What methods will you use?

Militant or peaceful?

Petitions? Boycotts?

Social media?

6NAME IT! What will you call your campaign? 7 What are your key messages? If you had just 30 seconds to convince someone, what would you say?

Draw up key points.

2Why hasn’t this change happened yet? What is preventing this change? For instance, suffragists and suffragettes had to overcome huge prejudices about women’s role in society when they were campaigning for the vote.

Think about the reasons why the change hasn’t happened and how you can overcome them.

4Who is your target? Who do you need to convince? Who needs to be the focus of your campaign?

Your local councillor?

Members of Parliament?

Big business? Or one specific business? 3What is your objective? What do you need to achieve to force the change? Your objective has to be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and needs to happen within a certain amount of time.

Write down your objective.

VICTORY... YOUR PLAN

WORKED!

8Keep checking the progress of your campaign? Think about what works and what does not work.