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	\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Institutionalize involvement</span>		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| '''<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Institutionalize involvement</span>'''
	\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <span>We've been trying to give university credits for participation in activism. We’re connecting our actions to some curriculum</span></span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <span>We've been trying to give university credits for participation in activism. We’re connecting our actions to some curriculum</span></span>''

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	''One of the things we did was to target the leaders of different groups on campus (ex.: President of the Communications club). We promoted our campaign as an opportunity for these people to gain experience in organizing.''		''One of the things we did was to target the leaders of different groups on campus (ex.: President of the Communications club). We promoted our campaign as an opportunity for these people to gain experience in organizing.''
	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Engage with student association/student body</span>		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| '''<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Engage with student association/student body</span>'''
	\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> As student executives you have a very short period of organization. There is a lack of connection between the student body and the board body. We need to hold our student representatives accountable. There is a disconnect between what the admin does, what the association does, and what the student body does. Universities are not really democratic, and student associations are not listened to enough. Students don't want to get involved in their association because they think it doesn't represent them... but to create a real student democracy and get the gains we want, we need students to invest in their association.</span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> As student executives you have a very short period of organization. There is a lack of connection between the student body and the board body. We need to hold our student representatives accountable. There is a disconnect between what the admin does, what the association does, and what the student body does. Universities are not really democratic, and student associations are not listened to enough. Students don't want to get involved in their association because they think it doesn't represent them... but to create a real student democracy and get the gains we want, we need students to invest in their association.</span>''


	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Get teachers to support your campaign(s)</span>~~'''<span style="font-size: 10pt;">~~		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| '''<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Get teachers to support your campaign(s)</span>'''

	~~</span>~~

	'''
	\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Contact your faculty's student association directly before proposing that professors support the campaign. If the association supports, it will be easier to get the information you need (for example, if there are exams during an action). If emails don't work (no response), go directly to their students during their classes (with a nice smile!)</span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Contact your faculty's student association directly before proposing that professors support the campaign. If the association supports, it will be easier to get the information you need (for example, if there are exams during an action). If emails don't work (no response), go directly to their students during their classes (with a nice smile!)</span>''

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	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Outline institutions within your school</span>~~'''<span style="font-size: 10pt;">~~		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| '''<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Outline institutions within your school</span>'''

	~~</span>~~

	'''
	\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> It would be helpful for groups to outline how boards, senate etc. at the university work, to provide this info for incoming members.</span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> It would be helpful for groups to outline how boards, senate etc. at the university work, to provide this info for incoming members.</span>''

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	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Get support from staff unions</span>~~'''<span style="font-size: 10pt;">~~		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| '''<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Get support from staff unions</span>'''

	~~</span>~~

	'''
	\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Go to the teachers' unions to get more support for the campaign. Also, you can talk to the unions of support staff on campus. In the case of Occupy for example, the union was in solidarity with the students, so the process of taking down tents and things occupying the space was longer.</span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Go to the teachers' unions to get more support for the campaign. Also, you can talk to the unions of support staff on campus. In the case of Occupy for example, the union was in solidarity with the students, so the process of taking down tents and things occupying the space was longer.</span>''

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	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Create solidarity with staff causes		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| '''<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Create solidarity with staff causes

	</span>		</span>'''
	\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Combine your cause with things that faculty support. Create solidarity between the student body and faculty (Divest campaigns can be tied to faculty pension funds, for example). Talk to more progressive faculty who might be able to provide insight on history of the student movement on campus</span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Combine your cause with things that faculty support. Create solidarity between the student body and faculty (Divest campaigns can be tied to faculty pension funds, for example). Talk to more progressive faculty who might be able to provide insight on history of the student movement on campus</span>''

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	'''[https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php/Navigating_turnover_in_student_groups] expressed the following thoughts on student organizing best practices...'''		'''[https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php/Navigating_turnover_in_student_groups Learning circle participants] expressed the following thoughts on student organizing best practices...'''

	{\| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 92px;background-color: rgb(255,255,255)"		{\| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 92px;background-color: rgb(255,255,255)"
	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Institutionalize involvement</span>		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Institutionalize involvement</span>
	\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <span>We've been trying to give university credits for participation in activism. We’re connecting our actions to some curriculum</span></span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <span>We've been trying to give university credits for participation in activism. We’re connecting our actions to some curriculum</span></span>''

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	''One of the things we did was to target the leaders of different groups on campus (ex.: President of the Communications club). We promoted our campaign as an opportunity for these people to gain experience in organizing.''		''One of the things we did was to target the leaders of different groups on campus (ex.: President of the Communications club). We promoted our campaign as an opportunity for these people to gain experience in organizing.''
	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Engage with student association/student body</span>		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Engage with student association/student body</span>
	\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> As student executives you have a very short period of organization. There is a lack of connection between the student body and the board body. We need to hold our student representatives accountable. There is a disconnect between what the admin does, what the association does, and what the student body does. Universities are not really democratic, and student associations are not listened to enough. Students don't want to get involved in their association because they think it doesn't represent them... but to create a real student democracy and get the gains we want, we need students to invest in their association.</span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> As student executives you have a very short period of organization. There is a lack of connection between the student body and the board body. We need to hold our student representatives accountable. There is a disconnect between what the admin does, what the association does, and what the student body does. Universities are not really democratic, and student associations are not listened to enough. Students don't want to get involved in their association because they think it doesn't represent them... but to create a real student democracy and get the gains we want, we need students to invest in their association.</span>''


	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Get teachers to support your campaign(s)</span>'''<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Get teachers to support your campaign(s)</span>'''<span style="font-size: 10pt;">

	</span>'''		</span>

			'''
	\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Contact your faculty's student association directly before proposing that professors support the campaign. If the association supports, it will be easier to get the information you need (for example, if there are exams during an action). If emails don't work (no response), go directly to their students during their classes (with a nice smile!)</span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Contact your faculty's student association directly before proposing that professors support the campaign. If the association supports, it will be easier to get the information you need (for example, if there are exams during an action). If emails don't work (no response), go directly to their students during their classes (with a nice smile!)</span>''

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	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Outline institutions within your school</span>'''<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Outline institutions within your school</span>'''<span style="font-size: 10pt;">

	</span>'''		</span>

			'''
	\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> It would be helpful for groups to outline how boards, senate etc. at the university work, to provide this info for incoming members.</span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> It would be helpful for groups to outline how boards, senate etc. at the university work, to provide this info for incoming members.</span>''

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	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Get support from staff unions</span>'''<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Get support from staff unions</span>'''<span style="font-size: 10pt;">

			</span>

	~~</span>~~'''		'''
	\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Go to the teachers' unions to get more support for the campaign. Also, you can talk to the unions of support staff on campus. In the case of Occupy for example, the union was in solidarity with the students, so the process of taking down tents and things occupying the space was longer.</span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Go to the teachers' unions to get more support for the campaign. Also, you can talk to the unions of support staff on campus. In the case of Occupy for example, the union was in solidarity with the students, so the process of taking down tents and things occupying the space was longer.</span>''

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	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Create solidarity with staff causes		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Create solidarity with staff causes

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	'''[https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php/~~Navigating_Turnover_in_Student_Groups Learning circle participants~~] expressed the following thoughts on student organizing best practices...'''		'''[https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php/Navigating_turnover_in_student_groups] expressed the following thoughts on student organizing best practices...'''

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	<span style="font-size: ~~12pt~~;">The following content was additional insight collected from student organizers during the learning circle on navigating student turnover.</span>		<span style="font-size: 11pt;">The following content was additional insight collected from student organizers during the learning circle on navigating student turnover.</span>

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	<span style="font-size: 12pt;">~~'''~~The following content was additional insight collected from student organizers during the learning circle on navigating student turnover.~~'''~~</span>		<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The following content was additional insight collected from student organizers during the learning circle on navigating student turnover.</span>

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	'''[https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php/Navigating_Turnover_in_Student_Groups Learning circle participants] expressed the following thoughts on student organizing best practices...'''		'''[https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php/Navigating_Turnover_in_Student_Groups Learning circle participants] expressed the following thoughts on student organizing best practices...'''

	{\| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 92px;background-color: rgb(255,255,255)"		{\| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 92px;background-color: rgb(255,255,255)"
	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 8.~~11456~~%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Institutionalize involvement</span>		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Institutionalize involvement</span>
	\| style="width: 91.~~8854~~%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <span>We've been trying to give university credits for participation in activism. We’re connecting our actions to some curriculum</span></span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <span>We've been trying to give university credits for participation in activism. We’re connecting our actions to some curriculum</span></span>''


	''One of the things we did was to target the leaders of different groups on campus (ex.: President of the Communications club). We promoted our campaign as an opportunity for these people to gain experience in organizing.''		''One of the things we did was to target the leaders of different groups on campus (ex.: President of the Communications club). We promoted our campaign as an opportunity for these people to gain experience in organizing.''
	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 8.~~11456~~%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Engage with student association/student body</span>		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Engage with student association/student body</span>
	\| style="width: 91.~~8854~~%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> As student executives you have a very short period of organization. There is a lack of connection between the student body and the board body. We need to hold our student representatives accountable. There is a disconnect between what the admin does, what the association does, and what the student body does. Universities are not really democratic, and student associations are not listened to enough. Students don't want to get involved in their association because they think it doesn't represent them... but to create a real student democracy and get the gains we want, we need students to invest in their association.</span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> As student executives you have a very short period of organization. There is a lack of connection between the student body and the board body. We need to hold our student representatives accountable. There is a disconnect between what the admin does, what the association does, and what the student body does. Universities are not really democratic, and student associations are not listened to enough. Students don't want to get involved in their association because they think it doesn't represent them... but to create a real student democracy and get the gains we want, we need students to invest in their association.</span>''


	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 8.~~11456~~%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Get teachers to support your campaign(s)		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Get teachers to support your campaign(s)</span>'''<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >

	</span>		</span>'''
	\| style="width: 91.~~8854~~%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Contact your faculty's student association directly before proposing that professors support the campaign. If the association supports, it will be easier to get the information you need (for example, if there are exams during an action). If emails don't work (no response), go directly to their students during their classes (with a nice smile!)</span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Contact your faculty's student association directly before proposing that professors support the campaign. If the association supports, it will be easier to get the information you need (for example, if there are exams during an action). If emails don't work (no response), go directly to their students during their classes (with a nice smile!)</span>''


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	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 8.~~11456~~%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Outline institutions within your school		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Outline institutions within your school</span>'''<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >

	</span>		</span>'''
	\| style="width: 91.~~8854~~%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> It would be helpful for groups to outline how boards, senate etc. at the university work, to provide this info for incoming members.</span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> It would be helpful for groups to outline how boards, senate etc. at the university work, to provide this info for incoming members.</span>''


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	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 8.~~11456~~%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Get support from staff unions		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Get support from staff unions</span>'''<span style="font-size: 10pt;" >

	</span>		</span>'''
	\| style="width: 91.~~8854~~%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Go to the teachers' unions to get more support for the campaign. Also, you can talk to the unions of support staff on campus. In the case of Occupy for example, the union was in solidarity with the students, so the process of taking down tents and things occupying the space was longer.</span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Go to the teachers' unions to get more support for the campaign. Also, you can talk to the unions of support staff on campus. In the case of Occupy for example, the union was in solidarity with the students, so the process of taking down tents and things occupying the space was longer.</span>''



	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 8.~~11456~~%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Create solidarity with staff causes		\| style="width: 19.6976%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Create solidarity with staff causes

	</span>		</span>
	\| style="width: 91.~~8854~~%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Combine your cause with things that faculty support. Create solidarity between the student body and faculty (Divest campaigns can be tied to faculty pension funds, for example). Talk to more progressive faculty who might be able to provide insight on history of the student movement on campus</span>''		\| style="width: 80.3024%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Combine your cause with things that faculty support. Create solidarity between the student body and faculty (Divest campaigns can be tied to faculty pension funds, for example). Talk to more progressive faculty who might be able to provide insight on history of the student movement on campus</span>''

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	<span style="font-size: 12pt;" >'''The following content was additional insight collected from student organizers during the learning circle on navigating student turnover.'''</span>		<span style="font-size: 12pt;">'''The following content was additional insight collected from student organizers during the learning circle on navigating student turnover.'''</span>

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	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 8.11456%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Institutionalize involvement</span>		\| style="width: 8.11456%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Institutionalize involvement</span>
	\| style="width: 91.8854%; height: 23px;" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" > <span>We've been trying to give university credits for participation in activism. We’re connecting our actions to some curriculum		\| style="width: 91.8854%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <span>We've been trying to give university credits for participation in activism. We’re connecting our actions to some curriculum</span></span>''


	One of the things we did was to target the leaders of different groups on campus (ex.: President of the Communications club). We promoted our campaign as an opportunity for these people to gain experience in organizing.~~</span></span>~~		''One of the things we did was to target the leaders of different groups on campus (ex.: President of the Communications club). We promoted our campaign as an opportunity for these people to gain experience in organizing.''
	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 8.11456%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Engage with student association/student body</span>		\| style="width: 8.11456%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Engage with student association/student body</span>
	\| style="width: 91.8854%; height: 23px;" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" > As student executives you have a very short period of organization. There is a lack of connection between the student body and the board body. We need to hold our student representatives accountable. There is a disconnect between what the admin does, what the association does, and what the student body does. Universities are not really democratic, and student associations are not listened to enough. Students don't want to get involved in their association because they think it doesn't represent them... but to create a real student democracy and get the gains we want, we need students to invest in their association.		\| style="width: 91.8854%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> As student executives you have a very short period of organization. There is a lack of connection between the student body and the board body. We need to hold our student representatives accountable. There is a disconnect between what the admin does, what the association does, and what the student body does. Universities are not really democratic, and student associations are not listened to enough. Students don't want to get involved in their association because they think it doesn't represent them... but to create a real student democracy and get the gains we want, we need students to invest in their association.</span>''


	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 8.11456%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Get teachers to support your campaign(s)		\| style="width: 8.11456%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Get teachers to support your campaign(s)

	</span>		</span>
	\| style="width: 91.8854%; height: 23px;" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" > Contact your faculty's student association directly before proposing that professors support the campaign. If the association supports, it will be easier to get the information you need (for example, if there are exams during an action). If emails don't work (no response), go directly to their students during their classes (with a nice smile!)		\| style="width: 91.8854%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Contact your faculty's student association directly before proposing that professors support the campaign. If the association supports, it will be easier to get the information you need (for example, if there are exams during an action). If emails don't work (no response), go directly to their students during their classes (with a nice smile!)</span>''


	Professors may also hold institutional memory that they can pass along to students, knowledge sharing.		''Professors may also hold institutional memory that they can pass along to students, knowledge sharing.''



	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 8.11456%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Outline institutions within your school		\| style="width: 8.11456%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Outline institutions within your school

	</span>		</span>
	\| style="width: 91.8854%; height: 23px;" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" > It would be helpful for groups to outline how boards, senate etc. at the university work, to provide this info for incoming members.		\| style="width: 91.8854%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> It would be helpful for groups to outline how boards, senate etc. at the university work, to provide this info for incoming members.</span>''


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	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 8.11456%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Get support from staff unions		\| style="width: 8.11456%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Get support from staff unions

	</span>		</span>
	\| style="width: 91.8854%; height: 23px;" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" > Go to the teachers' unions to get more support for the campaign. Also, you can talk to the unions of support staff on campus. In the case of Occupy for example, the union was in solidarity with the students, so the process of taking down tents and things occupying the space was longer.		\| style="width: 91.8854%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Go to the teachers' unions to get more support for the campaign. Also, you can talk to the unions of support staff on campus. In the case of Occupy for example, the union was in solidarity with the students, so the process of taking down tents and things occupying the space was longer.</span>''



	\|- style="height: 23px;"		\|- style="height: 23px;"
	\| style="width: 8.11456%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Create solidarity with staff causes		\| style="width: 8.11456%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Create solidarity with staff causes

	</span>		</span>
	\| style="width: 91.8854%; height: 23px;" \| <span style="font-size: 10pt;" > Combine your cause with things that faculty support. Create solidarity between the student body and faculty (Divest campaigns can be tied to faculty pension funds, for example). Talk to more progressive faculty who might be able to provide insight on history of the student movement on campus		\| style="width: 91.8854%; height: 23px;" \| ''<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Combine your cause with things that faculty support. Create solidarity between the student body and faculty (Divest campaigns can be tied to faculty pension funds, for example). Talk to more progressive faculty who might be able to provide insight on history of the student movement on campus</span>''


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 '''[https://en.wiki.lehub.ca/index.php/Navigating_Turnover_in_Student_Groups Learning circle participants] expressed the following thoughts on student organizing best practices...'''
-'''<span style="color: #000000;"></span>'''''We've been trying to <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">give university credits for participation in activism</span>. We’re connecting our actions to some curriculum''
+{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 92px;background-color: rgb(255,255,255)"
-''One of the things we did was to target the leaders of different groups on campus (ex.: President of the Communications club). We promoted our campaign as an opportunity for these people to gain experience in organizing.''
+One of the things we did was to target the leaders of different groups on campus (ex.: President of the Communications club). We promoted our campaign as an opportunity for these people to gain experience in organizing.</span></span>
-'''<span style="color: #000000;"></span>'''''As student executives you have a very short period of organization. There is a lack of<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span>connection</span> between the''' '''<span>student body and the board body</span>. We need to hold our student representatives accountable. There is a disconnect between what the admin does, what the association does, and what the student body does. Universities are not really democratic, and student associations are not listened to enough. Students don't want to get involved in their association because </span>they think it doesn't represent them... but to create a real student democracy and get the gains we want, we need students to invest in their association.''
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+| style="width: 8.11456%; height: 23px; background-color: rgb(153, 225, 217);" | <span style="font-size: 10pt;" >Get teachers to support your campaign(s)
-'''<span style="color: #000000;"></span>'''''Contact your faculty's student association directly before proposing that professors support the campaign. If the association supports, it will be easier to get the information you need (for example, if there are exams during an action). If emails don't work (no response), go directly to their students during their classes (with a nice smile!)''
+</span>
-''Professors may also hold institutional memory that they can pass along to students, knowledge sharing.''
+Professors may also hold institutional memory that they can pass along to students, knowledge sharing.
-''Combine your cause with things that faculty support. Create solidarity between the student body and faculty (Divest campaigns can be tied to faculty pension funds, for example). Talk to more progressive faculty who might be able to provide insight on history of the student movement on campus''
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