How to Host a House Party for Choice
For more information about hosting a House Party for Choice, contact our Executive Director, Lisa at Lisa@prochoicewisconsin.org. She will help you plan your event and give you resources to make your House Party successful. Thank you for your willingness to host a NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin House Party to support women’s rights! Communicating our values, goals, challenges and opportunities to others is the most important tool we have to protect a woman’s right to choose. Without the knowledge to inform others, pro-choice Americans will be unable to act on their convictions and choice will continue to slip away. Our power to protect choice depends on people like you, who are willing to share their views with friends, colleagues, and family. Our strength is our collective voice. As part of our effort to seek change, NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin appreciates your interest in hosting a house party. The house party is a way for fellow advocates and for those who are unsure of where they stand on women’s reproductive rights to come together in a friendly setting and discuss the pro-choice mission. The house party is not meant to change minds, it is solely an event for all to come together and learn more about current issues in Wisconsin legislation and to discuss your thoughts and suggestions concerning women’s rights. Additional information concerning the house party such as a timeline and materials that will be provided for you on behalf of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin are included within this packet. We look forward to working with you to plan a fun and productive House Party. To view a PDF Version of the House Party Guide, please click on the link below!!! NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin will provide: House parties should be fun and engaging and NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin would like to help you accomplish this. To engage and educate house party guests, the following materials are just a few of the items that NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin will provide to you. v Stickers/Buttons v A petition to collect signatures for any events that are up and coming v Information about how to participate in events or volunteer v Sign in Sheets v Invitations and Thank you’s v Videos v Donation Basket v Fact Sheets and Brochures -Ex. Fact sheets about safe abortion -What will happen to WI if Roe vs. Wade is overturned -Snappy Answers to Anti-Choice Statements Your Responsibilities: • Set the date and place of your event • Create a theme. Examples: BBQ for Choice, Wine & Chocolates for Choice, Bowling for Choice • Create a list of 30 to 50 people to invite to your house party. Start with friends, family, neighbors and colleagues. Experience tells us that you need to invite two times the number of guests you hope will attend. The ideal number of guests is usually between 15 and 25. • Consider recruiting a co-host to expand your invitation list. Try to invite an honored guest or elected official to create a draw. • Send invitations to your guestlist. • Extend verbal invitations to potential guests with a follow-up phone call or an in person reminder. • Provide a DVD player and TV, if you are going to show a film. • Provide light refreshments. Timeline for Planning Your House Party 4 weeks before your House Party • Work with NPCW staff to set an attendance goal for you party. • Compile a list of potential guests, including email and phone numbers and addresses. Consider inviting people you would like to know better and who will not know each other. • Consider recruiting a co-host to build your list. Typical Schedule for a House Party Schedule (~2 hours) 1. Meet and Greet (30 minutes) 2. Host Introduction/Purpose (15 minutes) 3. Show Movie? Activity? (20 minutes). 4. Open Discussion (20 minutes) 5. Socialize/Ending Remarks (15 minutes)
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