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Do something daring in public with your core group

Once a small committed group exists, the way to convert the undecided watching from outside is a bold and unexpected act in public and the way you handle what follows. Harvey Milk pulled thousands into an unplanned march the night of a hostile vote, took it to the edge of a riot and brought it back down using only his voice. The aftermath, not the act, is what recruits.

The method

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   Once you have a small core group, do something daring and unexpected in public, because the aftermath of that act is what turns undecided onlookers into committed supporters.

What it returned

• Milk pulled together an unplanned march of thousands in the Castro the night the Dade County schools ban was voted on, took it to the edge of a riot, then brought it back under control using only his voice.

Sources

• What I learned from watching Harvey Milk: A Roadmap for Community OrganizingAlex Hillman · dangerouslyawesome.com · 2. Motivate · 2008-12-01