Planning Committee

Since the creation of the Jobs Not Guns Initiative, the Coalition realized the importance of involving Federal and local government agencies, potential employers, local businesses, elected officials, trade unions and volunteers to work with community leaders and residents within the targeted neighborhood to assist with planning each event.  A Jobs Not Guns Planning Committee that includes volunteers is created for each event to assist with managing the design, recruitment, and implementation of events that impact their neighborhood. Invitations are distributed to recruit potential members who are provided a summary of available assignments with instructions of specific tasks to be performed at each event.  It provided specific training for stakeholders and volunteers to fully understand and subsequently coordinate their participation in the production of all events.  A weekly ZOOM production meeting provides an update a platform to review and update the status of the planned event and an onsite walk-thru is held at the event site to review the layout, duties and responsibilities to be performed on the day of the event.