Club Resources

How to start a create a SFSS club at your College?
  • Find students/friends who are passionate about this work
  • Register your club within your College/University 
  • Plan a first meeting date, time, and location (reserve spaces if needed)
  • Get the word out!
    • @ info fairs, social media, flyers, etc.
  • Create an agenda at your meeting 
    • Get to know each other, share ideas and information!
  • Establish goals for your local chapter of SFSS 
    • Large goals
      • ex. support Standing Rock non-violent occupation; educate campus about the Snake River Dams Conflict; learn more about (ex. health of Bellingham Bay); support indigenous women in local elections; restore native salmon habitat . . .
    • How are you going to accomplish those goals?
      • ex. host a fundraiser; plan a bake-sale; host a concert; host a film screening; support campaigns or develop some of your own (go phone-bank or canvass);  plan a beach clean up; coordinate an ecological restoration day; do art builds; plan a march; volunteer at other organizations events . . .
  • GET CREATIVE and TAKE ACTION 
  • Reach out to SFSS non-profit for support
Meeting Facilitation: 
  • ​Space Agreements (What are they? Why are they important?)​ >>> see example on right-side bar>>>
  • Non-Violent Compassionate Communication 
  • A Guide to Facilitation
  • Land Acknowledgements
    • WWU SFSS Example:​ We acknowledge that we are occupying the traditional lands of the Lummi and Nooksack peoples. The people of this land have evolved since time immemorial with the plants, animals, and landscapes that we now share. Please take some time to reflect on how this land has served you and tread forward keeping in mind the loss that has allowed that to happen.

Additional Files and PPTs for Club Leaders:

example_facilitation_requests_spaceagreements_wwu_sfss.pdf
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​Community Resources: 
Organizations in your Area -