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SEPT. 23 STRIKE:

Raise Awareness on the Streets

Let people know about the Sept. 23rd Global Climate Strike through postering, leafleting, and chalking on the streets!

Resources

Outreach Toolkit:

Print posters and leaflets yourself:

Order posters and leaflets using this form:

Or pick up posters at one of these locations (no leaflets here yet):

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  • Greenpeace Office, 33 Cecil St: Monday to Thursday, from 9 am to 5:30 pm. 

    • Buzz at accessible front door or text 647 886 2275.

    • Mask required for entry

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  • Trinity St Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor St W: Daily from 9 am to 9 pm. 

    • Buzz at Bloor St accessible entrance: ask for “Climate Strike posters”  

    • Mask optional but recommended

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  •  Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave: Mon to Sat from 8:30 am to 10 pm (after 6 pm, call # on door for entry).

    • Enter at Jackman St accessible entrance   

    • Mask optional but recommended

Postering

Postering is a simple and fun way to raise awareness. Bring your friends!

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  • Choose a neighbourhood or area to poster. Look for busy places, or community hubs

  • Ask local businesses, libraries, and community centres if they'll post your poster on their poster board!

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Postering Outside

The general rule for postering is to put posters anywhere there's a lot of people, and where people are waiting and have time to read the poster. Eg:

  • Put posters up on cement telephone poles.

  • Poster near traffic lights, so people read them when they’re waiting for the light to change

  • Poster near TTC stops (people spend a lot of time waiting there)

  • Don’t vandalize anything, that’s illegal! For instance, don’t poster on top of TTC advertisements, or on city signs. Go here for more info.

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To poster outside, you can use tape, but it’s better to use ‘Wheat Paste’. This is a mixture of flour and water that you can literally paint over your posters. It works like glue — it soaks through the poster and sticks. It also makes the poster rainproof and impossible to rip down. 

Wheat paste recipe, another wheat paste recipe and postering instructions

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Watch this video for a (brief) glimpse of what your mixture should look like at each stage.

(NOTE: making wheat paste involves boiling water. Be careful. Also, make sure you have a clean workspace before you start, as it can get a little messy.)

 

After you’ve made a batch, carry it around in a container or a bucket! Bring a thick paintbrush. Using it is easy:

  1. Paint and cover the place you want to put the poster with wheat paste.

  2. Put your poster up

  3. Paint some more wheat paste on it!

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Leafleting

  • When we’re leafleting, we’ll be talking to the public and trying to hand out flyers in places like parks, on the street and wherever we can reach people.

  • Be confident, and know your facts! We want to make sure people have all the right details about the strike.

  • Be polite, and welcoming to any questions! It’s ok if people don’t know much about climate change!! It’s not their fault, as governments and companies spread a lot of misleading information to seem more ‘eco-friendly’ (especially fossil fuel companies).

Printable leaflets here

Chalking

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Places to chalk:​

  • Write on the sidewalk, at crosswalks, and at TTC stops

  • Get a group of people to come chalking with you around the neighbourhood! It’s actually fun)

 

Example chalk messages:

  • Climate Strike! Sept 23rd

  • Climate Justice Now!

  • Anything else! Add art too, like protest fists, people protesting or a big earth. 

  • If you have space, make sure to include our organization's name or the website url: fridaysforfutureto.org  

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