The bumper sticker is available by contacting us. An earlier design of the bumper sticker is available from our CaféPress store. Or if you have bumper-sticker paper, we have a white-background version and you can print up your own – the pdf can print up two per letter-size page, to be cut in two.

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With a similar design, you can print up this colorful poster on regular letter-sized paper to post on bulletin boards, dorm room or office doors, or anywhere else suitable.

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To Pass Out

 

We offer three different approaches, so select what’s most suitable to the audience.

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The first is a one-sided flyer with a design similar to the bumper sticker, with content explaining what our ideal candidate would look like. We offer the pdf to print up on the spot (you have that rally happening this afternoon!), but we also have cards with the design on one side and the ideal candidate on the other; these are easier to pass out and usually get more attention. Cards can be ordered by contacting us.

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Two two-sided brochures to print up and then fold into thirds (so the front of is on the right side of the first page). These are good for such things as meetings where people would appreciate more content.

 

One brochure is designed especially for peace and justice activists, explaining how abortion providers have likened abortion to war. You can print it up and fold it into thirds with the peace sign and baby on the front.

 

Another brochure is designed especially for pro-life activists, explaining how war leads directly to killing unborn through weapons and through pressured abortion. This one puts the baby on top and the peace sign on bottom, so if you have both, you can quickly tell which one to use.

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Letters to the Editor and Comments on Blogs

 

Letters and online comments are among the easiest and cheapest methods we have for educating the public. Short messages with just one point are more likely to be published and more likely to be read. A more detailed how-to guide called “Writing Wrongs,” aimed at the death penalty but useful for all issues, is available online.

 

You can use the occasion of an election—particularly statements and appearances by a candidate—to get the word out. Keep your letter short (about 200 words), give your connection to the community, thank the candidate for her or his positions that support life, and ask a pertinent question about where the candidate does not, trying to work the phrase “consistent life ethic” or “consistent ethic of life” into your letter. Pay attention to comments recently made by the candidates, because that’s a news hook that makes publication of the letter more likely, it makes the candidate more likely to pay attention since it’s feedback, and it contributes to an on-going local dialog.

Ask Candidates Questions

Find out when candidates are having town meetings or other appearances where they will take questions from the audience, and keep showing up at them (a practice sometimes called “bird-dogging”). Be prepared to ask your two-sentence question, tailored to that candidate’s positions and comments.

 

Remember that it will probably take persistence to get to ask your question—you may not get called on at the first appearance or the second. Wearing a shirt that prominently displays a consistent life ethic slogan and sitting in the front row where TV cameras can see you is also a good approach at town meetings. Such shirts can be purchased from our CaféPress store.

In addition to public appearances, tweet directly @ candidates on their twitter pages or add posts/comments to their Facebook pages. With Facebook posts, make sure the key point of your post fits in the first three lines. Also, save screen shots of your posts, in case they are removed later.

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