FUND OUR COMMUNITIES!     REDUCE MILITARY SPENDING 25%!

Eastern Massachusetts 25% Solution is joining with American Friends Service Committee, Massachusetts Peace Action, and others to stage a week of action April 12-18.   We will be using the week to make our campaign visible: There IS money for our communities.  The Pentagon has it!  We want it back! Cut Military Spending, Not Us! Fund Our Communities, Fund Jobs - Not War.

This week is a great opportunity to strengthen or build a local 25% group for this crucial ongoing campaign!  Have conversations as you table or stand out.  See who might be interested in joining you locally. A sign up sheet, or the 25% petition can be helpful (can be downloaded from Activist Toolkit on this site).  If you are initiating a 25% resolution campaign, you can petition with the resolution.

VISIBILITY: Stand Out in your town center or regular vigil location.

TABLING: Set up a table in front of your post office or in other places people congregate in your city or town. Table on Tax Day (April 18)  or on Saturday, April 16 - or any time between April 12-18! Distribute flyers, petition, engage with community members.

Materials: Distribution points are Susan Lees' house in Arlington; Peace Action office in Harvard Square; Mike Prokosch's house in Dorchester.  Check before coming over.

Buttons:  We are producing buttons with two designs.   Contact swlees@earthlink.net to obtain a bunch.  ($1 each or 50c for 50 or more)
Brochures: We have reprinted the 25% Solution color trifold with some updates. These are available now for distribution.($15 for 100)
Contact 25percentsolution@gmail.com
You can also download the trifold from the Activist Toolkit page.
Flyers: Download and print the flyer
Signs: Our vigil signs say "Fund Our Communities, Not War".  $1.50 each.   See the design (but it's printed in dark blue, not black)
Leaflet:  A great leaflet from USLAW http://uslaboragainstwar.org/downloads/MoveTheMoney.pdf
Fold Out: AFSC One Minute for Peace foldout

The Global Day of Action on Military Spending explains how to make eye-catching visuals to use at your table or event and provides an Organizer's Packet.
The Boston 25% Coalition used a bar chart made out of cloth banners at their event March 22.

Publicity:
We have written two sample op-eds on Moving the Money and War is Killing Massachusetts  Tailor them to your purposes and contact your community newspaper to submit.
Here are facts, figures and images you may also want to use.

List your events on the calendar!   Email your event to 25percentsolution@gmail.com and we'll post it!