Tactic Paper #1

Maritza Guerrero

SOC 122 MW 10:00 am

19 March 2018

Tactic Paper #1: March Forth

            The March Forth event was new to me since I never participated in a march. Overall, I did poorly in publicizing the event, and I felt my heart wasn't in doing this event. The event was setup already, so I felt I had no role in how it was going to be set up. The role I had was to spread the word about the event which included flyers. I did not end up passing my flyers and only told one person about the event. If my heart was in it all the way, I would have done a better job in spreading the word about the event, but I think I let fear get the best of me. I could improve in every area on how I went about publicizing the event. If I were to do an event like this again, I would plan to get out of my comfort zone and spread the word on social media and hand out flyers to strangers! I also believe I didn't have enough information on my cause which explains why I didn't tell people about the event in fear of embarrassing myself since I had little knowledge of my cause. I got to the event right on time, and I think the way it was setup worked great. It started with each group giving a speech about their cause and then marching around campus with our signs. The event did a great job in building solidarity with one another perhaps because it was a multi awareness of a handful of causes that have been surfacing these past few years. I thought the event was a great way to spread awareness to my cause since I feel many people often forget that homelessness is a major issue. It was a great way to raise awareness that homelessness is an issue that needs change, but as it altering people's minds? Probably not right away. I feel like it would intrigue them to possibly want to know more about the cause, but to alter the people's opinion on the issue would take more steps. For one, a one-on-one conversation with a person could probably alter their opinion, or a more in-depth speech on the issue addressing statistics on homelessness could also alter their opinion on homelessness being an issue.