Agenda for Feb 26 Georgia Peace and Justice Statewide Meeting

 Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition Statewide Meeting

Feb 26^th 2010 12-5pm

High Street Unitarian Universalist Church, 1085 High St, Macon, GA

 For directions go to http://www.highstreetchurch.org/map.html

1. How should a statewide organization for peace and justice be structured?
2. What capacity do you have in your area to act locally and participate effectively in the statewide organization?
3. What can a statewide organization do to build your local capacity?

12-1 pm Potluck lunch and informal networking

1-1:45 pm Introductions and Announcements

Who are you? What you are working on? What you need help with? How you envision yourself connecting with others around the state? This is also your chance to make any announcements.

1:45-2:15-Story Telling Exercise

2:15-3:15pm What is GPJC? What do we want it to be?

           

• Function/ Purpose: What can GPCJ do for us? What can we do to make it the gpjc Georgia needs?
• Structure
• Present Structure
• New Structure?

How to foster statewide participation and momentum.

Key Tasks:

Web Coordinator, including social media

Print and broadcast media work

3:15 - Break

3:30-4:45pm Statewide Actions

            Legislative Platform/strategy

            3/19 Action

            Be The Change Youth Convergence

4:45-Wrap-up

Next steps…

5pm- Group dinner for those who wish to continue dialogue