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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Putting Your Ideas & Principles into Action. How to Start Your Own Activist Municipal Campaign: A Workshop for Activists who Want to Run for Municipal Office in Toronto & Ontario in 2014

Tired of the Toronto transit farce? Upset that the choices municipally seem to often be between different shades of right wing? Want to see social issues, poverty, housing, tenant's rights, the environment, worker's rights, women's rights, LGBT rights and the issues that matter to you put front and centre in a campaign?

Then start your own municipal revolution and cut out the power brokers, pundits and parties.

Run for municipal office in Ontario in 2014. Be it for Councillor, Mayor or whatever office in your community you wish, bring a leftist agenda to the people and to the discussion in your neighbourhood.

You can do it. You can effect the discussion. Take your message directly to your neighbours and the people.

We want to help get you started.

Join us October 6 at the 519 in downtown Toronto for a workshop for Leftist citizens of any stripe that are interested in running. Even if you have just considered doing it, come out to find out what is involved.


519 Community Centre
519 Church St.
Toronto.
Sunday, October 6th
1 p.m.

 
We will be covering issues like how and when you can register, when you can start campaigning, when you can open an office or put up signs, who you can legally get donations from, how to find an auditor, how to maximize your impact if you are running a low budget campaign, who to reach out to for help, how to manage keeping track of your expenses and much more.

Michael Laxer, a socialist candidate for Toronto City Council in 2010 will discuss the lessons he learned from his first campaign, what he would and will do differently, the impact that running can have and what goals you need to set for a first, insurgent campaign.

Joey Schwartz, an expert on election rules and finances who has been an organizer on multiple campaigns, will then do an in-depth look at the rules, important dates and what you need to know to get going and to do it right.

This will be followed by an extensive Q&A session and a chance for you to meet and network with other like minded activists.

This event is 100% non-partisan, is not affiliated with any party or left wing group or formation and is open to anyone on the left. It is open to anyone in Ontario.

The event will also be free. We do ask that you preregister so that we will have space and materials available for you.

You can preregister or ask any questions by emailing us at michaellaxer@hotmail.com or posting a comment. 


You can find the event and track developments on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/events/156400347891773/

Make sure that the principles, ideas and policies that would and will change your community get heard!

519 Community Centre
519 Church St.
Toronto.
Sunday, October 6th
1 p.m.

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