so early, early up on saturday after a night of more, worst ever tornadic action in tennessee and into the office to train 2 people in moratorium resolution gathering from small businesses ...

this is a follow-up to a very successful march 1st letter-writing event and our first ever justice day on the hill (lobby day) on march 29th ... both of which are tools used to build and demonstrate political muscle that can carve out political space for elected officials to support your legislation ...

the resolutions (in this case from small businesses) are used to demonstrate support from employers who generate revenue for the local tax base inside the legislative district where they are located (other resolutions come from faith communities and various types of organizations) ...

we put together a small flip-page notebook to supplement a short, tight pitch script to use when talking with small business owners ... it's a n easy training that pummels away at the innocence issue ... these trainings are less than an hour long and empower volunteers to carry out an easy action with a pretty solid success rate ... we even heard about a likely volunteer recruit for this type of work who is a stay-at-home mom, loves to chat, and can take her child in a stroller into small business settings - that's SWEET!!!

the whole moratorium approach came up in discussion and i got folksy in this words, "you don't propose to a future spouse on your first date and you don't seek outright abolition in a southern legislative body in 2006..."

k' - i'm off to do other things, perhaps even a private moment or 2 ...

peace out - <3

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