[Lnc-business] Darker Shade of Liberty

[Brett Bittner]

Rich,

You're right about the last piece of advice. Here in Indianapolis, we've
gotten myriad positive responses from our outreach within the black
community, even garnering some radio interviews on some of the
predominantly urban talk stations. We have to extend our hand for that
handshake and be ready to listen before we talk.

Brett C. Bittner

brett at brettbittner.com
404.492.6524

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty
than those attending too small a degree of it." -- Thomas Jefferson

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:30 PM, Rich Tomasso <rtomasso at lpnh.org> wrote:

> On 3/10/2015 10:03 PM, Nicholas Sarwark wrote:
>
>> I also think we need to do better at highlighting Libertarian support
>> for the less privileged and unpopular, as examples of how we really
>> care about people.  See, e.g. the Oklahoma Libertarian Party's recent
>> activism at the state capitol, some of the Florida Libertarians who
>> rallied in support of the pastor arrested for feeding the homeless,
>> etc.
>>
>
> That ties in nicely with our needed effort to put a human face and emotion
> into libertarianism. The C4L/S4L/YAL set does a much better job than we do.
>
> I like what I'm seeing with more humanitarian and charitable work by
> Libertarian groups. More of that would go a long way to improve our image
> in the media and general public. It's very simple to do.
>
> The last piece of advice offered at the session was to simply take the
> first step and go into the communities we do not normally interact with and
> start the conversation. We stand with them on so many issues. Most people
> have never met a Libertarian. There are opportunities for us, but we have
> to take action or they'll just pass us by.
>
>
>
> ~Rich
>  Region 8 Rep
>
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