- Write a Letter to the Editor
- Call 30 people in the state to vote for Prop 30
- Before school, place Prop 30 signs at the corners of the school ground- public property
- Put a sign in your car
- Write everyone on your email list
- Change your Facebook picture to Yes on 30
- Tweet using #yeson30 – let’s get it trending
- Phone bank your own family…tell them about the importance of passing Prop 30
- Wear a Yes on 30 button- make it yourself if you can’t find one.
- Ask your local coffee shop, restaurant, grocery if you can put up a Yes on 30 sign
- Share a Pro-30 editorial with your Facebook friends
- Stand on the corner with a Yes on 30 sign
- Grab some friends and line the streets carrying Yes on Prop 30 signs
- Share this tumblr: LA Teachers Discuss Impact of 15 Fewer Instruction Days
- Bring up the school funding cuts in conversations with neighbors and talk about how Prop 30 will stop trigger cuts from going into effect.
- Volunteer to phone bank
- Use old fashion canvassing and GOTV with other union organizations. Don’t waste time getting cute or fancy
- Put up a Yes on 30 lawn sign
- Call in to your local talk radio show and explain why we need to pass Prop 30
- Send an email to parent listservs offering information on Prop 30
- Show a class of 40 kids…kindergarten age…with one teacher trying to teach to this crowd and ask people if they want their child, grandchild, niece, nephew, to get their educational start in that kind of environment!
- 3-0, let’s go! 3-2, pee-eww! It’s the simple sound bite that wins elections in this country unfortunately.
- Make a video – funny, serious, scary – and share it on Facebook and YouTube.
- Post a Facebook status telling your friends why you support Prop 30 and hope they do too
- Craft a list a la Letterman: 10 Reasons to vote for Prop 30
- Explain the child care costs some people will face if we lose 3 weeks of instruction — that alone might give some people cause to think a bit more on it. $200 per year in sales tax is a lot less than a month of child care.
- Bring up the election while at dentist appoints, doctor appointments, getting your car serviced, in line at the grocery store – use every interaction as an education opportunity
- Remind friends that the income tax increase only affects individuals making over $250,000
- Help friends understand the sales tax increase this way: The only “tax increase” most Californian’s will see is a 1/4 cent sales tax. One penny for every $4 spent. If I spend $4,000 on taxable items in a year, that is $10.
- Combine your YES on 30 efforts with your NO on 32 efforts!
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