sam winchester (neversurrender) wrote in thedoorway, @ 2013-02-14 15:33:00 |
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Entry tags: | !network post, dean winchester, mara jade, mary winchester, peter petrelli, sam winchester, spencer hastings, steve jinks, tris prior |
Veronica and I have been thinking that we, as refugees, ought to be better represented and better organized in looking out for each other while we're here in this universe. So I've decided to form an advocacy group, made up of refugees (with the potential of adding non-refugees who are willing to help) that are willing to work together to provide support, assistance, and a political voice for everyone who comes through the tesseract.
I have a few main projects in mind to begin with: first, to set up a volunteer-run hotline (which, best case scenario, could be automatically programmed into the phones that we all carry around) for anyone to call when they're lost, hurt, or feeling threatened/harassed by anyone, regardless of whether it's related to your status as a refugee or a public fictional figure. It would require a decent number of volunteers to be on call for support and back-up. Basically, you'd just need to be motivated to help people and willing to be on-call at least a few hours a week to begin with. Depending on how many people were interested, it could potentially be even less of a time commitment, but anyone will always be welcome to take more shifts if they felt like it. I'm thinking we'd work in pairs or groups to locate and assist anyone who calls in and make sure that they get medical or legal help, if needed.
Second, I think we could stand to put an effort into making ourselves more of a positive presence here. Get the information out that we're not here by choice, that we're not trying to upset the natural balance of this universe or take it away from anyone, that we're really just trying to get along until such time as the tesseract chooses to take us back again. Doing some volunteer work and community outreach would be good, maybe passing out pamphlets or buttons to those in the community that are a bit warmer towards us, and so on. Anyone who's up for organizing or brainstorming ideas that could be good for our public image, please let me know.
Lastly, I'm also taking volunteers for a think tank on coming up with a name for the group and drawing up a charter that can be used to explain what we stand for, and so on. My ideas for names so far are either amusing or accurate, but not both. It'd be great to have some people on board who have experience with non-profits, advocacy groups, and the like; lawyers and law enforcement types certainly couldn't hurt, either. But this is open to anyone who's interested.
All that said-- whether you read that all the way through or skimmed to the bottom-- Happy Valentine's Day, everyone.