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* 1. Which elements of the 2006 United for Peace and Justice Action Plan is your group already working on or interested in working on?
- Voters for Peace
- Ongoing Congressional pressure
- Iran
- July 4th events
- Aug 6th/9th actions (Hiroshima/Nagasaki anniv.)
- Declaration of Peace/Nonviolent Direct Action
- Pre-Nov 7 Antiwar Protest
- Counter-Recruitment
- Local organizing meetings
- Immigrant rights
- Justice for Katrina survivors
2. Please tell us more about what your group is working on:
* 3. Which parts of the plan does your group think UFPJ, as a national coalition, should make a priority? (Priority refers to allocation of our limited resources, including staff time. Please select up to five choices.)
- Voters for Peace
- Ongoing Congressional pressure
- Iran
- July 4th Events
- Aug 6th/9th Actions
- Declaration of Peace/Nonviolent Direct Action
- Pre-Nov 7 Antiwar Protest
- Counter-Recruitment
- Local organizing meetings
- Immigrant rights
- Justice for Katrina Victims
4. Please give us any further thoughts your group has on what UFPJ should prioritize in 2006:
* 5. Are local organizing meetings, as described in the plan, something your group would like to participate in?
- Yes
- No
6. Has your group engaged in, or does it plan to engage in, nonviolent civil disobedience or direct action?
- Yes
- No
* 7. Would your group be interested in participating in nonviolent civil disobedience or direct action trainings?
- Yes
- No
8. If your group does regular work to pressure Congress and/or local legislative representatives, what activities is your group engaged in?
- Call-in days
- Lobbying
- Demonstrations/Protests
- Nonviolent civil disobedience or direct action
- Other (please specify)
9. What are the biggest challenges your group faces in narrowing the gap between antiwar sentiment and antiwar activism, or in converting antiwar sentiment into antiwar activism?
10. What other challenges do you face, and what new initiatives could be launched to help meet those challenges?
* 11. Which kinds of strategies to pressure the government does your group regularly use?
- Demonstrations, marches, picket lines, etc.
- Pressuring Congress
- Countering military recruitment
- Nonviolent direct action
- Vigils
- Engaging the electoral process (voter registration, voter education, bird-dogging, supporting candidates, etc.)
- Other (please specify)
* 12. Which kinds of recruitment tactics does your group regularly use?
- Knocking on doors
- Petitions
- House meetings
- Offering to speak to community groups, local churches, etc.
- Coalition organizing
- Leafleting
- Local education work (teach-ins, film screenings, etc.)
- Building alliances with other movements (labor, racial justice, immigrant rights, etc.)
- Other (please specify)
* 13. In terms of how UFPJ functions as a coalition, how is UFPJ doing?
- Great
- Well
- Average
- Not Well
- Poorly
14. In terms of the functioning of our coalition, what are UFPJ's strengths? What are our greatest weaknesses? What could be done to improve things?
* 15. How can the UFPJ national staff and Steering Committee help with your group's work?
- Organize more coordinated days of action
- Offer more educational materials (leaflets, posters, etc.)
- Offer more educational conference calls (on various issues, strategy, etc.)
- Offer more training sessions (media work, etc.)
- Other (please specify)
* 16. Does your group plan to send a representative to the UFPJ national assembly, tentatively scheduled for December 2006 or January 2007?
- Yes
- No
* 17. Has your group paid your UFPJ membership dues for 2006 yet?
- Yes
- No |