My initial idea is to use the Benevon Point-of-Entry event as a starting place. Here’s how a Point-of-Entry event and the follow-up works:
Potential donors get on the cycle by attending a private Point of Entry Event at the invitation of a friend or colleague who serves as an Ambassador for your organization. This succinct, one-hour introductory event educates and inspires guests with the facts and stories about your organization’s work, focusing on your three overarching areas of impact and capturing each guest’s name with permission.
I also like that they specifically talk about how they structure governance. XR actually organizes using their own version of sociocracy. I think before we share How To Get Involved, we might want to explain our sociocratic/decentralized structure. It’s one of the most powerful ways we build an intergenerational youth-led movement.
At XR Youth NYC, we practice prefigurative intervention which is a method of organizing in which we seek to create the equitable community within our collective that we are advocating for externally
Decision making authority belongs to all who participate in the organization
This is not to say that some collectively decided upon coordinators can’t make small decisions without everybody formulating the consensus together, but it does mean that we seek enthusiastic consent from all about major decisions
We have no executive power and will always mitigate for power
We actively delegate and frequently reorganize coordinatorship
Decentralization requires individual initiative and community accountability; we are all here to be active participants in the outcome of our work
