• Reach out to the organizers of freshman orientation, and ask them to include information about AIPAC’s campus opportunities in distributed orientation materials.
• Attend freshman orientation events and activities fairs to identify and engage new students who have an affinity for our agenda and methodology.
• Make a calendar of freshman orientation events conducted by Hillel, Chabad, AEPi, and other campus partners, and attend the events to provide information about pro-Israel political activities on campus.
• Reach out to fraternity and sorority leaders, and ask them to identify pledges who should be engaged by the movement.
• Participate in online forums for incoming freshmen to identify and engage pro-Israel students who are politically interested.
• Help freshmen move into their residence halls while wearing pro-Israel t-shirts or buttons, and engage those who are interested in conversations about pro-Israel political activism.
• Connect with resident advisors in freshman residential areas, and offer to plan programs about pro-Israel political activism for their residents.
• Host an Israeli film screening during freshman orientation, and ask participants to complete a survey at the door indicating their level of interest in pro-Israel political activism.
• Search Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking sites in order to engage supportive students who self-identify as freshmen, Birthright alumni, or political activists.
• Create groups tailored to targeted campus demographics on social networking sites (i.e. Class of 2012 Pro-Israel Students at UGA), and invite pro-Israel students to join.
• Give presentations on pro-Israel political activism to freshman seminar classes.
• Ask Hillel student leaders and professionals for lists of Birthright alumni, and contact each of them personally about getting involved in pro-Israel political activism.
• Host a reunion event for Birthright alumni, and brief them on the importance of pro-Israel political activism and on opportunities to get involved.
• Attend College Dem and College Rep meetings on campus to discuss the centrality of Israel-related issues in the 2008 campaign.
• Assign pro-Israel political activists as liaisons to the College Dems, College Reps, and campaign committees on campus in order to deliver regular briefings on the U.S.-Israel relationship and developments in the Middle East.
• Work with supportive professors to identify and engage students who have an affinity for pro-Israel political activism.
• Inform Birthright alumni of AIPAC’s opportunities for committed pro-Israel political activists to return to Israel.
• Invite a local member of Congress for an off-the-record discussion about the U.S.-Israel relationship, and extend exclusive invitations to students who are involved in 2008 political campaigns.
• Host an AIPAC professional for a campus leaders forum on the centrality of Middle East issues in Campaign ’08.
• Attend the recruitment events of on-campus political organizations at the beginning of the semester, and work to engage students who are looking to get involved in political activism.
• Host an AIPAC professional for a political activism skills workshop, and extend personal invitations to students who are working on political campaigns.
• Reach out to the chairs and administrators of political science, international affairs, and Middle East studies departments, and ask them to connect you with students who have an affinity for our agenda and methodology.
• Organize debate watching parties, and extend invitations to students who are involved in political campaigns.
• Meet with the editorial boards of campus and local newspapers to discuss both presidential candidates’ demonstrated records of support for the U.S.-Israel relationship, and forward supportive editorials to students working on the respective campaigns.
• Enlist pro-Israel supporters of both presidential candidates to submit op-ed pieces to campus and local newspapers about the centrality of Israel-related issues in Campaign ‘08.
