[OBupdates] Invitation to Single-Payer Birddogging & Zombie March

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Greetings! Two Events, one TODAY and one 5/22!

Join us as we embark on making single-payer one of the top issues of the
current Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign season!



*"How?" you might ask* -- We plan to attend campaign events between now and
the primary election in September and the general election in November to
ask each candidate - Republican and Democrats - to commit to implementing a
single payer system in Massachusetts if they are elected. We call this
*birddogging*. Several
<http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/democratic_gubernatorial_candi_9.html>candidates
already support
single-payer<http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/democratic_gubernatorial_candi_9.html>
.



*Why this strategy?* Showing up at these events lets the candidates know
that people in MA support single-payer. Plus, while they are seeking votes
and trying to get elected, they are more likely to make policy commitments
than when they are comfortably settled into their State House office.
Students used this strategy during the 2008 presidential campaign to secure
$50 billion in federal funding for global health and AIDS funding. It's as
simple as showing up, asking your question, and taking a picture with the
candidate-- as long as we repeat until our goal is reached!

*Is there more to it?* There is a little more to it -- so we are inviting
you to get trained and to meet other students and single-payer advocates on
Thursday, May 22nd, at Harvard Medical School. We will also provide an
introduction to what a single-payer system could do for MA, as well as
background on the gubernatorial candidates. If you cannot attend the
training, but are interested in future birddogging opportunities, please
fill out the form below and we will keep you updated about the campaign.

*What: Birddogging training and more on single-payer and the current
candidates for Governor*

*Where: Harvard Medical School, TMEC 109, 260 Longwood Ave*

*When: 6:30pm on Thursday, May 22nd*

*RSVP: Use the form below please!*

*Questions? Email Katrina (kciraldo at bu.edu <kciraldo at bu.edu>) or Danielle
(danielle_back at hms.harvard.edu <danielle_back at hms.harvard.edu>)*




*2. Zombie March: Today*

4:00 PM, South Station

Volunteers Meet: 3:30pm



The Rules:

1. you may come as a zombie, a survivor, or a protestor, or anything else
that ties in with the theme.

2. no physical contact with regular people, if they tell you to go away do
it, try not to scare children as well.

3. weapon rules, nerf guns or water guns or cap guns only, melee weapons
are allowed long as they are either foam or other kind of material which
can not injure or you are not swinging it. if people ask you not to shoot
them don't, also DO NOT shoot anyone wearing makeup on places where they
have applied said makeup, you can inadvertently undo hours of their hard
work in seconds. I don't care if your airsoft gun isn't loaded do NOT bring
it.

4. always stay on the sidewalk unless crossing, and break character when
crossing, we don't want the group to be split due to people shambling
across the street.

5. Don't get blood on storefronts/windows, or on the ground of South
Station, they let us do this and all they ask is to not make a mess.

6. come introduce yourself and say thank you to myself and the volunteers,
it takes about 6 months of solid work to make this happen every year and
varying financial cost not to mention my sanity. it is a free event so all
we ask is your appreciation, come say hi and give some feedback.



-- 
"Our goal is a society that prioritizes the needs of all before the profits
of the few." passed by Occupy Boston General Assembly 11/29/11
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