RUN A CAMPAIGN, WIN REAL POWER

Campaigns are one of the many ways YOU can create transformative change and feed social justice movements. Address the issues affecting your community:

• Something more popular than a candidate's electoral campaign
• Something more personal than raising awareness
• Something BIGGER.

Run a campaign that's rooted in long-term strategy, turning community members into leaders, and pressuring politicians to do better. Through the SPARK Program, your team:

• Partners with a Campaign Adviser
• Is trained on foundational skills
• Is resourced with digital tools and up to $4,000

A better way to win.

The government and the corrupt billionaires that back them keep winning because we're SCATTERED and SCARED. Through the SPARK Program, hundreds of young leaders across Florida are getting in formation, inspiring the masses, and taking back our power.

Leaders who complete all benchmarks throughout the campaign cycle will successfully graduate from SPARK.

1. The Foundation - Learn the basics of campaigning, develop a core team, and identify the issue that inspires your community to act
2. The Base - Grow your base to integrate new people. Train your supporters and delegate responsibilities. More and more people know about your campaign and are active participants in their own liberation.
3. The Demands - Demand better for your loved ones. Continue growing your base. Leverage your people power to force the people responsible to act.
4. The Pressure - Grow your campaign to encompass more people than ever. Disrupt business as usual until your target concedes.

What is SPARK?

It's a campaign program grounded in mentorship.

We guide you through growing your base of new people, developing the leadership of members, and directly engaging with your target.

$250/SPARK team member. Up to 4 paid team members.

We do more than disburse money.

How does SPARK help me win my demands?

Your Campaign Adviser brainstorms, coaches, and strategizes with you.

Undergo training rooted in a disciplined study of organizing and movement building.

Digital tools, a network of organizers, and between $500-$4,000 in campaign funding.

Is SPARK for me?

• You understand that our collective suffering is not due to individual failure or shortcomings.
• You're brave, highly motivated, and are ready to take creative risks.
• You know we must do more than simply vote for the "right" people or protest ourselves to dignity.

What do you mean by "demand", "base", and "target"?

Here's an example: Megan goes to the University of Tallahassee. Megan's SPARK team decided to organize to end special fees ($230 per semester!). It's one of the most popular issues, since these fees just went up and everyone is talking about them.

The private company named Paramark that manages housing for students is charging the university more and more without fixing the quality of housing. The university's Board of Trustees is a group of seven leaders who can vote to approve the $230 fee or push back on Paramark's price gouging.

In this campaign, the target is the Board of Trustees, the demand is to side with students over Paramark and lower special fees to $0, and the base is all students, parents, and anyone who has a stake in cheaper tuition.