In today’s podcast, Richard L. Duquette discusses Grassroots Bicyclist Advocacy. Tune in to learn about the basic principles in promoting safety for bicyclists!
On the Same Trail
Safety is always important in bicycling. With it stands the need for pertinent changes in both legislative and local sectors.
Everyone doesn’t have to be in the same political party. However, we can always agree on key issues to help make our roads and recreational trails safer for bicyclists.
Grassroots Organizing 101
To be effective in rallying out the cause, it’ll be beneficial to consider the basic principles in grassroots organizing. Take for example the participation of democrats in the San Diego GO team—they have known to increase by 10%. Through effective promotional tools, advocates apparently can do a lot to increase voter turnout.
This is most effective by way of personal contacts. Advocates can establish relationships among their geographic locations. They can appoint community coordinators and precinct leaders to help achieve specific goals.
Steps in Organizing
There are basically two steps in grassroots organizing. The first is to divide a territory. For this, ideal coordinators are people persons, such as teachers, social workers, healthcare professionals, and the like.
Community coordinators are those who can walk through the neighborhood and can be active in carrying out plans. People who aren’t very good in interacting with others can serve as analyzers or evaluators of specific issues or tasks.
The second step is to train the leaders constantly. This requires a consistent follow up to achieve the goals. With the help of effective leaders, advocates can collect relevant information and track voter turnout for future references.
To hear of Grassroots Bicyclist Advocacy, download and listen to the entire episode.
If you are short on time, here are the highlights of Grassroots Bicyclist Advocacy:
Advocating for safety? (0:58)
Grassroots organizing? (3:16)
Training effective community leaders? (7:07)
Working with political leaders? (11:12)
Call to action? (11:42)
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