How to Recruit Protest Supporters

For a protest to be effective, you need to have participants. The more protest supporters you round up, the more likely you are to receive local, and possibly national, media attention. There are several methods that you can use to get as many protest supporters as possible to join your cause.

Difficulty: Challenging

Instructions

1. Join groups that value your cause (such as PETA or the NRA) and ask members if they would like to participate in your protest. The members within these groups are likely to have the same strong beliefs as you, which will ensure you a few (if not many) protest supporters. If you are not sure what groups are in your area, look online for groups that support your cause and see if they have a chapter in your area.

2. Find message boards online that support your cause and advertise your protest within those communities. Let them know what sparked your interest in starting this protest. You may be able to find a few local protest supporters this way, but it may be a better idea to organize your protest nationwide if you plan to find many supporters via the Internet.

3. Start a website to inform people of your protest and recruit protest supporters. Include information about your cause and why this protest is important (i.e. what good can potentially come of it.) You can also include a web form to capture the information of those who are interested in signing up for your protest. Make sure that you promote your protest website whenever possible (i.e. email signature lines and forum post signature lines) to recruit the most protest supporters.

4. Post flyers around your local area, especially in places closely related to your cause (i.e. if you are supporting animals, post flyers in a pet store) and anywhere else you think would help reach out to potential protest supporters. List your website URL so that interested people find out why this protest is important to you and easily sign up to be a supporter.