Public Awareness Committee
Members of the Public Awareness Committee reach out to the general public as:
Social Media Advocates
Street Team Captains
Street Team Advocates:
Runners
Social justice advocates
Photographers get photos of people holding up the sign “I support the Healthy Workplace Bill” and email the photos to info@mahealthyworkplace.com. The photos will get turned into a slideshow that may go viral.
Posterers
These volunteers distribute flyers on windshields at commuter rail lots across Massachusetts and key locations in Boston. They also post post-its in neighborhoods throughout Massachusetts.
Volunteers in this position scour the Internet and ask bloggers who write about workplace bullying to ask them to link to this website. They also push the bill on Facebook and Twitter.
Street Team Captains will lead street teams of advocates across the state for attending rallies, meetings, and other events to educate groups about the Healthy Workplace Bill and spread the word. Street Team Captains will attend one training session led by Massachusetts Healthy Workplace Bill Co-Coordinator Greg Sorozan and in turn train their area's Street Team Advocates. Street Team Captains will purchase an orange Massachusetts Healthy Workplace Bill t-shirt for recognition, recruit Street Team Advocates, and:
- Schedule short speaking engagements at meetings of targeted civic groups, the EEOC, MCAD, groups pushing related bills, nurse organizations, hospitals, teacher organizations, lawyer associations, the Employment Law Unit of Boston Legal Services and their Cambridge/Somerville satellite office, and churches.
- Coordinate groups of Street Team Advocates setting up booths at gay pride parades and other high profile events of groups likely to support the bill.
- Get Street Team Advocates to run in 5ks wearing their orange Healthy Workplace Bill t-shirts.
- Recruit Street Team Advocates through Meetup.com, volunteer websites, and college political groups.
We need Street Team Captains:
- Boston/Greater Boston
- Metrowest
- North Shore
- South Shore
- Cape Cod
- Western MA
- New Bedford/Fall River
Runners will sign up for 5ks and run with Massachusetts Healthy Workplace Bill t-shirts to promote awareness of the bill.
Street Team: Social Justice Advocates
Social Justice Advocates will wear their Massachusetts Healthy Workplace Bill t-shirts to parades, meetings of targeted organizations, rallies, and more to educate people about the bill and build support.
Writers collect personal stories from those who have experienced workplace bullying and write them into press releases, for which we have a template. Writers also write letters to the editor about bullying.
To volunteer for one of these positions, e-mail info@mahealthyworkplace.com »