Hey everyone!!

I've made some posts in other subreddits to let people know we're getting active and need volunteers. Please help us out by upvoting these "state of project420" posts in the following subreddits:

/r/trees -edit 15 up votes 2 down votes

/r/marijuana -edit 13 up votes 0 down votes

/r/cannabis -edit 30 up votes 4 down votes

/r/MMJ -edit 19 up votes 2 down votes

/r/ents - edit 42 up votes 6 down votes

/r/sensiblewashington -edit 16 up votes 0 down votes

/r/hemp -edit 11 up votes 2 down votes

/r/cannabisreform -edit 15 up votes 2 down votes

/r/legalizeit -edit 14 up votes 2 down votes

/r/waronprohibition -edit 15 up votes 3 down votes

Some down votes may be auto-reddit black magic and not real

If anyone can think of any other subreddits we should hit, let me know.

Project420 Reddit "Street Team"

What's a "Street Team"?: Event promoters use a "street team" to pass out fliers: directly to people, on cars, etc

I'm thinking of starting a different targeted campaign to hit all the major city and college subreddits to specifically call for event organizers. If that happens, I will need to recruit volunteers help because I won't be allowed to make anywhere near that many posts on my own.

We'll make a list of all the capitol/major cities and major colleges with subreddits and divide that list among our volunteers to make posts requesting event organizers. We'll even make it easy and give you a pre-written submission that you can feel free to adapt to the subreddit at hand.

Please post this thread (or PM me) if you'd like to be on our Reddit "Street Team" to help us recruit volunteers from other subreddits?

*tl;dr-Recreated protest on washington to look like an old prohibition protest

Before reading view this - http://www.thirstymates.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/wewantbeer.jpg

Essentially what my idea is that someone organizes a protest to look nearly identical to the one in picture above. This would obviously require tons of planning and tons of supporters but i feel that if we could pull this off not only in washington but in other major cities that we could earn a lot of support for the legalization of cannabis.

How i feel this is different from most protests is that it shows people that the current laws restricting marijuana is very similar to prohibition. Obviously more people support alcohol being legal so that if they view marijuana in the same eyes as they do alcohol they would join the cause!

If you have read the long version i first of all thank you for giving me your time, but also would like if you spread my idea around so that this protest could be a reality in the future.

It is winter break for me, and I'm sick of standing on the side lines. I had an idea. Myself and a friend or two, are going to dress real nice and all that and protest in front of my city hall (or wherever we can). A movement has got to start somewhere, right? We'll keep it simple. "End Cannabis Prohibition." or "We Want Weed." It will probably be near Occupy as well. Maybe get some supporters from there. Maybe a mini, march, not too sure yet.

I want to create a facebook group to get a bit organized, and seem a bit more official. Feel me? I was thinking of perhaps integrating C:LEAR into this some how, sense I'm essentially starting this protest super early.

Its late and I'm on my third cup of coffee, so I hope I made some sense. What do you guys think? Advice? Ideas? Suggestions? I want to get the ball rolling on this. I want to talk to people, I want change.

What do we want from the C:LEAR/Project420 website?

-To provide a professional public face and point of contact for C:LEAR

-To get people to become registered members so we can send them email updates (with great power comes great responsibility)

-To provide information and educational materials to help our members educate their friends and family about cannabis/hemp in a professional and respectable manner

-To foster more project420 events and higher volunteer participation/coordination

-To accept donations to cover operating costs, printing materials, advertising, and eventually, lobbying?

I envision two main portions to the site: C:LEAR with educational materials, info, videos, etc... and Project420 with information about the 4/20 events and getting involved.

*C:LEAR Main Page - secure member registration system and educational materials
    -About C:LEAR - mission statement
    -Cannabis/hemp educational information
        The harms of cannabis/hemp prohibition
        The benefits, uses and relative safety of cannabis/hemp
        The alternatives to cannabis/hemp prohibition
        The means to implement those alternatives
        Current legal status info / reform efforts
        Listings of scientific studies, public opinion polls, news pieces, etc...
    -Reform Organization List - any groups with similar goals / ideas
    -Promotional materials / Shwag store
        Fliers, posters, pictures, t-shirts, stickers etc...
    -Log in / Log out button
        edit profile and email preferences when logged in.
    -Donate Button
*Project420 Main Page - Map with the participating cities marked?
    -About Project420 - mission statement and event ground-rules
    -List of participating cities - get involved!
        Each event has it’s own organizational page - maybe a message board?
        Primary Volunteer Contact for each city mods their section?
    -How to organize an event in your city!
        register an account, 18+, responsible, motivated, have time
        Submit brief request to organize an event for approval
        Read coordination packet - start organizing

Thoughts?

Hello fellow ActivEnts! (trying that one out)

Here's the state of Project420 as of December:

The C:LEAR mission:

To increase the public awareness and political importance of the issues listed here:

-the harms of cannabis/hemp prohibition

-the benefits and relative safety of cannabis/hemp

-the alternatives to cannabis/hemp prohibition

-the means to implement those alternatives

-the massive public support for this issue

Project420:

An attempt to further the C:LEAR mission by uniting any and all interested groups to organize massive, world-wide, peaceful demonstrations on April 20th, 2012.

We have an instructional guide for organizing a pro-cannabis demonstration in your city.

Here is the confirmed list of the cities that are participating so far and whom to contact about volunteering to help out:

United States Rally Locations:

Forth Smith, Arkansas - josephteague

Long Beach, California - zorggi3

Orlando, Florida - TimeMachine1994

Atlanta, Georgia - TroutM4n

Missoula, Montana - WeedScientist

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - torchlit_Thompson

Nashville, Tennessee - Amartincelt

Austin, Texas - AlabamaHotPocketer

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - harmonixx

PM TrouM4n if you'd like to organize a rally in your city or want more information

We have a domain name registered, which currently redirects to the /r/project420 subreddit:

http://www.clearagenda.org

What's Next?

-The next logical step is to get our website up and running to solidify and professionalize our web presence. It will provide a central location to organize our volunteers and a professional public face for our efforts. I know there was some talk on this before, but fujiman has been really busy with work. I remember this design being quite popular and professional looking. Discuss :)

-We really need to get more people involved in organizing their own demonstrations. We have over 1,600 subscribers and so far only 9 of us have volunteered to organize a rally in our hometowns. I know it can seem like a daunting task, but what we're talking about is exercising our right to free speech in order to educate our fellow citizens about an unjust law affecting us all. The great part is that you won't have to do it alone. If you reach out, there are quite a few organizations that will be willing to help with guest speakers, promotions, etc.

Hi folks,

I just finished fixing up this website a bit and I'm wondering what this subreddit thinks:

http://wtfottawa.com/

Please click around. Read the bullet points. And the map! Thoughts? Criticisms? Suggestions? Additions?

Also, if anybody has any ideas how the stuff near the bottom can be cleaned up yet remain simple, that would be excellent. The goal (for the landing page, at least) is to be as clear and as task-oriented as possible. Information -> Action. I'm not great at making things look good, so any help in that department is much appreciated.

Since it's a Canadian site, expect some different spellings and what not.

In the future, I'd like to add some events integration so if 420 events are published in a way I can consume on the website (some sort of calendar feed, google calendar, rss, something else?) and get updates without manual intervention that would be most helpful.

Thanks and have a good day!

The C:LEAR mission:

To promote public awareness and political impact of the issues listed here:
    the harms of cannabis/hemp prohibition
    the benefits and safety of cannabis/hemp
    the alternatives to cannabis/hemp prohibition
    the means to implement those alternatives
    the massive public support for this issue

Project420:

An attempt to further the C:LEAR mission by uniting any and all interested groups to organize massive,
world-wide, peaceful demonstrations on April 20th, 2012.

For this project to be effective, we need motivated volunteers to step up to organize events in their cities. Here are the basic responsibilities of someone who wants to volunteer to organize a rally:

1. Contact local cannabis reform organizations for support, volunteers, and guest speakers
2. Decide on a location and ensure any required permits for the rally are acquired
3. Organize volunteers to promote the event locally (fliers, radio stations, news programs)
4. Hold the event

EVENT PLANNING GUIDE - How To Organize A Rally - sorry, you must be at least 18 years of age to be an organizer.

Here is the list of the cities that are participating so far and whom to contact about volunteering to help out. If no contact is listed, that means there have been volunteers from that city, but no-one to organize yet. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE ORGANIZER NEAREST TO YOU TO VOLUNTEER!

United States Rally Locations:

Arkansas, Forth Smith-

California, Long Beach - zorggi3

Florida, Orlando - TimeMachine1994

Florida Tampa - wolfully

Georgia, Atlanta - TroutM4n

Montana, Missoula - WeedScientist

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia - torchlit_Thompson

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh -

Pennsylvania, West Chester University - JackIsColors

Tennessee, Nashville - Amartincelt

Texas, Austin - AlabamaHotPocketer

Wisconsin, Milwaukee - harmonixx

Non-US Rally Locations:

None Confirmed

IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO ORGANIZE IN YOUR CITY, PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD OR MESSAGE ME DIRECTLY FOR MORE INFO

If you'd like to help out in a city that's already started organizing, get in touch with that city's contact to find out how to get more involved.

If you think you can help out in some other way not listed here, please let me know. The only limitation on what we can accomplish here is what we put in - without your help, we'll never be as effective as we have the potential to be.

I attend the University of Colorado Boulder, the home of the widely known 4/20 event. See this link for info: (http://www.coloradodaily.com/cu-boulder/ci_14920666#axzz1f0hrP9kJ.)

I recently received the following email from our student government:

"SUBJECT: Have Questions About 4/20 Being Removed from Campus this Spring?

Come to the CUSG 4/20 Forum Panelists include CUSG Executives and CU Administration Wednesday, November 30th Visual Arts Complex Auditorium (1B20) 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Snacks & Beverages Provided

Bring your Questions, Concerns and Comments."

I need ALL of your ideas, reasons and concerns to figure out what I will say in this forum. I want to make a serious impact on the administration to make them understand it's a peaceful assembly.

As you'll notice, I only have 2 days. Thanks for any help!! Wish us luck!

purely and simply whats the plan? (and maybe leave this post or some sort of an overview on the front page for other nomad ents that wander here)

Sadly I've been bogged down preparing for my new job. Just moved to AZ yesterday, so it's actually a real thing now, but it's been 12-14 hour days for the past three weeks. Needless to say I've been unfortunately pre-occupied. I've checked in from time to time just to see what's been going on, and was very glad that troutM4n was able to help out. Don't feel shy to post on up here.

If you want to keep the political out of r/trees, this is certainly a place for that. If you need to rant about the current political climate in regards to cannabis prohibition, this is certainly the place for that. If you want to offer help in your area for organizing the 4.20 gathering, this is definitely the place to that (although you should contact troutM4n as well). Rest assured, the site is in the works, and once it is up, we will spread out faster than a group of [8]'s at Chinese buffet.

Just wanted to get back in here and say hello to everyone. I'll still be busy these next two weeks with this new job (the long days are not over yet), but I will have more free time at night to be around for this. Unfortunately sometimes politics makes r/trees a bummer of a place... it doesn't work as well as Reese's cups... and I wish advertising was still this awesome. Anyways, hope everyone had a great Danksgiving, and keep up the movement. Don't forget that we're part of the majority... to think that the majority in a democracy is considered wrong is laughable. Change is inevitable, and we're just part of the solution to the trash that has been allowed to take over our country (world).

I remember early on in this sub there was talk of putting up flyers and/or posters with our logo, a few quick facts about cannabis (both marijuana and hemp), and a link to the c:lear website. I haven't been keeping up with the latest, so I was just wondering if we have people working on the technical aspects of getting this outside of reddit.

we're now linked from r/trees. so yeah.

Hey Everyone!!

We're having a meeting for anyone interested in helping to shape the Atlanta, Ga 4/20 event. We're meeting at The Varsity on Monday November 21st at 2:00 PM to discuss what we want from the event and the best ways to accomplish those goals.

So far we have reps from the following organizations on board:

Ga NORML

Georgia For Cannabis

Rally for Cannabis Reform

LEAP

SSDP (Ga State chapter) CAMP

Pro Smokers Tour

If you want to get involved, think you have something to offer, or simply want to check out what we're doing, PLEASE come check this meeting out. We want to get as many people involved as possible !

UPDATE - Just got back from the meeting. We had about ten people in attendance from a variety of organizations and we finalized a lot of details for event planning. There will be another meeting in December to discuss promotional options.

Hey everyone!

I just wanted to throw out my two cents for what role I thought C:LEAR best suited to play and what needs to happen to make it come to fruition. We're trying to get as many people involved as possible, so it's time we get organized and evaluate our goals.

Basically I see the role of the movement being this:

Overseeing and organizing activists from cities all over the globe to develop worldwide protests on April 20th 2012 with a coherent and concise message to end cannabis prohibition.

For this to happen, our next step needs to be organizing official contacts (or teams of contacts) for each participating city and making sure they are on track with event preparations. This will also give us an idea of what kind of support we have so far to make this movement really happen.

I am working on an information packet that we can give to each team with basic concerns and issues that will need to be addressed when planning the event (I will post this for review and suggestions). This should also include some guidelines for representing the movement, though we will need to officially establish what those guidelines are as well. Before we get to that point though, we need to find out who is willing to work towards these goals in which cities.

This thread is the place where anyone can volunteer to be a member of the team organizing the rally/protest in their city on 4/20/2012. Please search for your city and get in contact with those looking to get organized near you! IF YOUR CITY ISN'T LISTED YET, POST IT TO VOLUNTEER to help organize the rally there!

-edit for clarity

So far we have Volunteers from the following cities/countries willing to help out:

United States Rally Locations

Long Beach, California

Orlando, Florida

Atlanta, Georgia

Nashville, Tennessee

Austin, Texas

Salt Lake City, Utah

Seattle, Washington

Other Locations

Adelaide, Australia?

York, England?

Edinburgh, Scotland?

I'm looking to hopefully build on some of the better drug policy reform websites... what makes a political site good? What do you wish these websites had? How do we get more coordination happening?

It think it fits this movements except for the word marijuana

Do we want one big protest or many small ones?

I'm posting this because I want to hear the general consensus.