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Ontario, CA Activist Training
July 15, 2010
Our nation was founded by ordinary citizen activists desiring a government that was accountable to the people. Today, ordinary citizens across our nation are tired of the status quo and ready to engage for the betterment of their communities.
American Majority is pleased to announce an Activist Training will be conducted on Saturday, July 31st in Ontario, CA to provide citizens with the tools necessary to become effective activists.
The training will take place at Hampton Inn located at 4500 East Mills Circle in Ontario from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Doors open at 9:00. The cost is $25 per attendee in advance and $35 at the door. For high school and college students, the cost is $15 in advance and $25 at the door (please call 540-338-1251 to register if you are a student).
The training will be conducted by a certified American Majority Mechanic Trainer (read more about your trainer at the end of this article).
Topics* to be covered during the Training include:
- The System (an in-depth look at the system we’re in, how we got there, and what we can do about it).
- Grassroots Action (ideas and practical steps to engage our communities and organize a coalition of volunteers)
- Precinct Power (changing your community one precinct at a time with specific micro-targeting and focused action)
- Patriots 2.0 (effectively utilizing social networking tools, blogs, wiki projects and other technologically-driven platforms)
Full training materials, samples and supplements will be provided to help you apply what you learn to your organization, candidate, cause or community.
Political Training Registration
If you have any questions or would like additional information, contact Laura Boatright at Laura@AMMechanics.org.
American Majority is a non-profit and non-partisan organization whose mission is to train and equip a national network of leaders committed to individual freedom through limited government and the free market.
* Topics are subject to change.
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About Your Trainer
A homeschooling mom, Laura Boatright has been active in community service and politics for a number of years ranging from involvement in her church and local PTA to conducting voter registration and petition drives and playing a leadership role in local political campaigns.
Laura launched the Tea Party IE in March 2009 that drew 1,600 participants and remains very active in the Tea Party movement in California. In August 2009 she helped organized a coalition to protest the state’s eco tyranny which included farmers and worker, truck owners and drivers, miners and loggers and was co-sponsored by the Howard Jarvis Tax Association. The event drew over 10,000 participants. She has been invited to speak before several political and non-political groups.
Laura has a passion for training new organizers and members of their groups.
The trainer for this event is a certified American Majority Mechanic Trainer as part of the American Majority Mechanics Program. This individual was identified, trained and certified to conduct Activist Trainings on behalf of American Majority.
The American Majority Mechanics Program was launched in 2010 with goal of training citizen-activists to equip others to become engaged in their state and local communities. The program is named after the roughly 30 citizens who called themselves “Mechanics” and organized an intelligence network designed to monitor and inform the citizenry about British activities in New England colonies on the eve of American independence. Among its most notable members was Paul Revere. For more information on become an American Majority mechanic, please contact us.