[sklyarov-chicago] July 30th Protest

[Sean D. Francis]

I wasn't present for the first protest, but I felt today's went pretty 
good.  There was a lot of interaction with the public, which I think is 
our strongest weapon.  Creating awareness is the first step in creating 
action.

Action is where I think we fall a little short.  The new flyers with the 
address of Durbin and Fitzgerald on them, but in the spirit of 'silver 
platter service' we should come up with a solid non-reactionary, sample 
letter for the people to send in.  My thought is to reproduce about 100 
form letters that people can simply sign and mail, if they really don't 
want to go to too much effort.  The easier we can make it for people to 
express their concern about Dmitry's case, we'll have more people 
expressing their concern.

Additionally, since we seem to be having some problems getting media 
coverage, we could also have sample letters to the editor.  

In the spirit of the 'continuing protest' make sure you take any spare 
flyers and put them up on public bulletin boards (coffee shops sometimes 
have these, as does Whole Foods ask permission first).  

--
Sean D. Francis
sdf2008@stygianlabyrinth.com