SUGGESTIONS FOR DISTRIBUTING LEAFLETS AND GATHERING PETITION SIGNATURES AT
"THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE"
(Different activists might handle this opportunity in different ways. Here
is one set of suggestions.
CUADP has edited it slightly from the original
provided by PAUADP.)
Thank you for your willingness to distribute anti-death penalty leaflets
and gather signatures for our moratorium petition at the showing of the
movie "The Life of David Gale". We appreciate your strong commitment to
ending state-sanctioned killing in Pennsylvania. The following suggestions
will help you make the most of this public education opportunity.
1. Downloading the Leaflet and Petition:
- Download and print out the two separate PDF files (front and back) of the
leaflet we are distributing outside theaters. After photocopying and
cutting, the leaflet should be two-sided, 5.5 x 8.5 inches. It may be
downloaded and photocopied, front and back, preferably on a light colored
paper, if possible.
- Also download a copy of the moratorium petition. There are 12 names
per petition, so you shouldn't need to make as many copies of it.
A PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat is required for downloading.
2. Suggestions for Leafletting and Gathering Signatures:
- We are asking people to distribute leaflets PRIOR TO the showing of the
movie and to gather petition signatures AFTER the movie lets out, ideally
in groups of two or more. We suggest arriving about 30 minutes before the
movie starts and finding a good location to distribute leaflets. Depending
on the location of the theater, you may be required to stand in an area
some distance from the ticket window.
- Be friendly and outgoing. Try to make eye contact as people approach the
area where you're standing.
- Since you probably won't know which movie people are coming to see at a
multiplex, you will want to ask them if they are there to see "The Life of
David Gale" before offering them a leaflet about the movie. We are
strongly encouraging everyone participation in leafletting to hand the
flier with "THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE" side facing up and the anti-death
penalty information on the reverse. People will be much more likely to
accept a leaflet that focuses on a movie they are interested in seeing.
- If you are planning to see the movie when you go out leafletting, try to
be positioned near the exit as the film ends so that you can be the first
audience member to exit the theater (in order to get outside with the
petitions before the rest of the audience leaves.) Please stand far
enough outside of the exit doors to avoid creating a "traffic jam" in the
lobby.
- You will need clipboards and pens in order to make it as easy as possible
for people to sign the petition. If possible, have several people with
petitions collecting signatures in order to gather as many signatures as
possible. People will probably not stand in a line to sign the
petition. Also, be prepared to distribute more fliers to people who
request them at this time.
3. Follow-up
- Please send signed petitions (or copies of them) to Pennsylvania
Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty, P.O. Box 58128,
Philadelphia, PA 19102. We will forward all of them in bulk to The
Moratorium Campaign in New Orleans.
- In addition to distribution at the movie theater, give leaflets and
petitions to your friends, family and fellow activists -- invite them to
join you in this effort. The more people distributing information and
gathering signatures, the more of an impact we will have.
- Please send us an e-mail and tell us how things went. And let us know if
you have any questions, concerns or suggestions.
Thanks again!
PENNSYLVANIA ABOLITIONISTS
United Against the Death Penalty
P.O. Box 58128, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215-724-6120 Fax: 215-729-6189
Website:
www.pa-abolitionists.org
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