I handed out approximately 200 flyers to those entering the public parking lot and heard a lot of feedback from the parishioners.
In general, when I approached them with a smile and the headline "Support the arts", I was well received and they opened their car window. My tagline was "Support artists in East LA". They reached out for the flyer. If they asked a question it was usually "What does this have to do with the church?" and I simply stated "The church supported our program for 35 years. That is now over. Ask Mahony to meet with Molina about the future."
On the way out, I happened to be inside the parking lot structure and ran into a lot of the people with whom I had given the flyers to. They let me know that they supported the issue, but they were very turned off by the picket signs, the yelling, and the marching.
Later, I stood outside the parking exit, waved and smiled to everyone and said "See you again next week!".
In general, I think the messages that worked were:
- Ask Mahony to meet Molina
- Support the Arts
- Mahony supported Self Help for 35 years, but what about the future? and
- We will be here every week until Mahony meets Molina
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2 comments:
does this mean that we will change our strategy to only passing out fliers instead of picketing?
-Angelica
That is up to the protest committee. I am just thinking about the specific content of the posters, flyers, etc. There are pieces presented here for signs, flyers and coloring pages. It is up to the protest committee to decide to use them (or not) and how.
- Jo Ann
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