Comments on: Updated- March 20th Day of Action! http://www.stopaidssocieties.org.uk/2007/02/march-20th-day-of-action/ A national network of student societies across the UK, who form the Student Stop AIDS Campaign Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:07:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Katy http://www.stopaidssocieties.org.uk/2007/02/march-20th-day-of-action/#comment-342 Katy Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:38:42 +0000 http://www.freecharity.org.uk/~stopaids/2007/02/march-20th-day-of-action/#comment-342 Here are the ideas we brainstormed at the Training and Planning Day: Meeting with Benn- More details/ideas: • Visual display of pillcard petitions + shoes + case studies, pics, stats etc • Area for groups to display what they have done. • Area for photographer + backdrop- to give MPs an incentive to come- a beautiful picture of them with you for the local paper! • Filming area – Youtube? • Speakers could include Southern speaker + someone from the campaign + Benn- Ideas? • See if can get photo display in parliament • Invite Lords as well as MPs • Photo stunt at end like Trafalgar Sq photo but needs a ‘twist’. German theme? Clock ticking? Emergency message (ambulance)? At the Training and Planning Day on Saturday some really great ideas for the hand in and photo stunt came forward. See below for details. If I've missed anything please leave a comment and I'll add it in. Favourite ideas for decorating the room for the Benn talk: - Photos of hands- 1 in 4 has a pill in. - All the pill cards locked in a case/ cabinet. Give Benn the key to unlock the door. - Thread all the pill cards together and hang them from the ceiling (would take some threading!) - Huge egg timer at the back of the room to show that time is running out. - Shoes theme not popular. Favourite ideas for the photo stunt: - Visually displaying 8000 of something. - A die in with a gong, so every bang of the gong more people fall down. - To repeat the eyeball idea from 2005, but replace with pills. – lots of small pills covered in red tape to represent generic drugs. These would have the cost displayed (£100) to illustrate clearly the price difference. These would some how be suspended out of reach with people holding their hands up to reach them.- Perhaps use fishing rods. - In the middle would be a huge pill that would represent the brand named ARVs. Cost displayed (£10,000). No red tape held up by men in suits. Other ideas to consider: - Medical emergency theme - Have pills surrounded by money - Chained up pills - Illustrate scale through eyes - Tie people up. - Tie the pills cards into individual bundles. - Map showing distribution of ARVs and unmet need Using 2 colours. - Scales with people vs. profit.- so dollar sign on one side, people sat on the other. Here are the ideas we brainstormed at the Training and Planning Day:

Meeting with Benn- More details/ideas:

• Visual display of pillcard petitions + shoes + case studies, pics, stats etc
• Area for groups to display what they have done.
• Area for photographer + backdrop- to give MPs an incentive to come- a beautiful picture of them with you for the local paper!
• Filming area – Youtube?
• Speakers could include Southern speaker + someone from the campaign + Benn- Ideas?
• See if can get photo display in parliament
• Invite Lords as well as MPs
• Photo stunt at end like Trafalgar Sq photo but needs a ‘twist’. German theme? Clock ticking? Emergency message (ambulance)?

At the Training and Planning Day on Saturday some really great ideas for the hand in and photo stunt came forward. See below for details. If I’ve missed anything please leave a comment and I’ll add it in.

Favourite ideas for decorating the room for the Benn talk:
- Photos of hands- 1 in 4 has a pill in.
- All the pill cards locked in a case/ cabinet. Give Benn the key to unlock the door.
- Thread all the pill cards together and hang them from the ceiling (would take some threading!)
- Huge egg timer at the back of the room to show that time is running out.
- Shoes theme not popular.

Favourite ideas for the photo stunt:
- Visually displaying 8000 of something.
- A die in with a gong, so every bang of the gong more people fall down.
- To repeat the eyeball idea from 2005, but replace with pills. – lots of small pills covered in red tape to represent generic drugs. These would have the cost displayed (£100) to illustrate clearly the price difference. These would some how be suspended out of reach with people holding their hands up to reach them.- Perhaps use fishing rods.
- In the middle would be a huge pill that would represent the brand named ARVs. Cost displayed (£10,000). No red tape held up by men in suits.

Other ideas to consider:
- Medical emergency theme
- Have pills surrounded by money
- Chained up pills
- Illustrate scale through eyes
- Tie people up.
- Tie the pills cards into individual bundles.
- Map showing distribution of ARVs and unmet need Using 2 colours.
- Scales with people vs. profit.- so dollar sign on one side, people sat on the other.

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