Suggestions for Spreading the Student Pledge

• Call local representatives of last year's Endorsing Organizations. Ask how they might be able to help with local and state dissemination.
  
  
• Ask your state's Commissioner of Education (in some states, Superintendent of Public Instruction) to write and send a copy of the Pledge to all the state's school districts urging their participation. In the past, commissioners in Minnesota, New York, Connecticut, California, Washington, and Colorado have done that. The New Hampshire Education Association mailed Pledge information to all districts in the state.
  
  
• Contact your local press and ask them to write stories about the event. Offer to be a local contact.
  
  
• Plan a September "launch event" to publicize the Day of Concern and Student Pledge Against Gun Violence. Involve parents, students, elected officials, the Chief of Police, school officials, and prominent public figures.