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CONTENTCONTENTINTRODUCTION 01

Lead an Up to Us Signature Event 02 - 03

Connect Fiscal Policy to anExisting Event

Speak Up with an Elected Official

Amplify Your Voice with Media

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GATHER PLEDGES 04

AMPLIFY WITH MEDIA 07

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

Lead others and helpbuild a campusmovement with Up to Us!

Getting started is easy. Pick froma list of engaging and fun eventsdesigned to make an impact, orget creative with your own idea.

We’ll give you the tools, training,and funding to ensure your eventor action has what it needs to besuccessful and you can reap therewards!

To many American Millennials, thelong-term national debt may seem likean abstract concern. In an era ofuncertain job market prospects andpolitical polarization, the country’slong-term national debt is consistentlyplaced on the back burner by ourpolitical leaders on both sides of theaisle. Our generation actually has themost at stake when it comes to policydecisions made today about ourcountry’s long-term fiscal andeconomic future, and it’s up to us tocome together and speak up.

Our generation has an essential role toplay in this debate. Up to Us is anopportunity for students to educatetheir peers on these issues in anonpartisan way, by empowering ourgeneration to have a voice and start theconversation about our future, together.

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KnowthePerks

Event Hosting Stipend: Everyone who hosts an Up to Us event receives an eventhosting stipend. This stipend should be used for costs associated with hosting yourevent (e.g. food, raffle prizes, swag, signage, printing, art materials, etc.)

Participant Goal: For each event, you have a goal for the number participants reached

Bonus Stipend: If you reach your participant goal, you receive an extra bonus of $150!

LEAD AN UP TO USLEAD AN UP TO USSIGNATURE EVENTSIGNATURE EVENT

The Great DebateHost a moderated debate on campus about the long-term national debtand other fiscal or public policy issues

Host one or more events on your campus-- or propose your own original idea.

Mock Election Speed DatingStudents give stump speeches that reflect different political perspectiveson and solutions for the long-term national debt

Mini-doc Film FestScreen a collection of short films or excerpts from full-lengthdocumentaries about the long-term national debt and its impacts.Follow the screenings with a moderated discussion

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Event Hosting Stipend: Participant Goal:$100 25

Bonus Stipend:$150


Bonus Stipend:$150


Bonus Stipend:$150

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Public Art InstallationCreate a piece of art on your campus that relates to the long-termnational debt. The result could be a series of individual pieces or onelarge installation located in a public place on campus

Fiscal Fitness Bootcamp

Use any or all of our signature MTCD activities below to raiseawareness about the long-term national debt during a day of action onyour campus. This is a light-touch event meant to grab people’sattention and get them thinking about the long-term national debt

WildcardSurprise us! Use your creativity to come up with a whole new way toengage your campus around the long-term national debt

Day of Awareness: My Two Cents Day (MTCD)

Invite your favorite bootcamp/TRX/fitness instructor to host a fitnessclass on campus, and use the time before and after class to raiseawareness about the long-term national debt


Bonus Stipend:$150


Bonus Stipend:$150


Bonus Stipend:$150


Bonus Stipend:$150

Gather Up to UsGather Up to UsPledgesPledgesAt any event you hold, you want to get as manyattendees as possible to sign the Up to Us pledge. Thepledge is attendees’ way of taking action to let theirrepresentatives know that they care about the long-term national debt. In May, student representatives ofUp to Us will deliver signed pledges to U.S.Congressional legislators.

Get 200 pledges | Receive an extra $100

Overall top pledge gatherer will win a prize of $500!

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CONNECT FISCAL POLICY CONNECT FISCAL POLICY TO AN EXISTING EVENTTO AN EXISTING EVENT

Dribble/Kick/Throw/Strike Out the DebtRaise awareness by tabling or using other outreach techniques to informaudiences at campus sports events about the long-term national debt

Collaborate with existing campus groups to enrich an event that’s planned on your campus by addingperspective about the long-term national debt. Choose one or more of the ideas in the toolkit-- fromhalftime shows at sports games to presenting at a policy or economics-related events. Or surprise us with anew idea by proposing how you can contribute to an upcoming events on your campus.

Plug Into Spring Career FairsGo to job or internship fairs on your campus and educate students abouthow the long-term national debt affects the range of economic andcareer opportunities they’ll have available to them

Classroom PresentationsSharpen your public speaking skills by giving a presentation about thelong-term national debt at a related course on your campus. Make asmany presentations as you can!

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Bonus Stipend:$150


Bonus Stipend:$150


Bonus Stipend:$150

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Co-host an On Campus EventWork with a like-minded campus group to co-host an event on a topicrelated to the long-term national debt on your campus. Use creativetechniques to raise awareness about the long-term national debtbefore, during, or after the event

Many college campuses offer courses for freshman on how to besuccessful, including classes on resume writing, time management,and personal finances. Present at the personal finance lecture andspeak broadly on the issue of personal/household finances and howthey may be connected to the nation’s economy, long-term fiscaloutlook, and long-term national debt to engage new students oncampus

First Year Life Skills


Bonus Stipend:$150


Bonus Stipend:$150

KnowYourStuff

It’s important to know your stuff before you do any presentation. If you don’t know whythe long-term national debt is important to you, how can you expect to persuadeothers?

Read the National Debt 101 Toolkit and play the Fiscal Ship to learn more about theimpacts of long-term national debt.

Boost Your Event:Boost Your Event:Get RecognizedGet RecognizedUse the Amplify Your Voice Using Media event catalogto take your outreach further and set up an interviewwith your campus media outlets or publish an op-edprior to your event.

If you do engage the media, you receive an additionalevent hosting stipend and the opportunity to earnmore bonuses.

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SPEAK UP WITH ANSPEAK UP WITH ANELECTED OFFICIALELECTED OFFICIAL

Meet your Representative At Their Local OfficeSchedule a meeting with your member of Congress’ district office to talkabout why you care about our fiscal and economic futures

Let your elected official know that as a Millennial you care about the long-term national debt and areworried about the impact it is going to have on your future.

Collect & Deliver Signed PledgesNever underestimate the power of showing up to an elected official’soffice with a stack of pledges signed by their constituents

Speak Up at an Elected Official's Public MeetingAttend a public event like a town hall or a virtual town hall and shareyour opinion about the national debt and why it matters to you

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Bonus Stipend:$150

Event Hosting Stipend: Participant Goal:$50 150 pledges

Bonus Stipend:$150


Bonus Stipend:$150

AMPLIFY YOURAMPLIFY YOURVOICE WITH MEDIAVOICE WITH MEDIA

Publish an Op-edPublish an op-ed in your school/local paper about why the national debtmatters to you and impacts the issues you care about most. Use yourvoice to connect the debt to issues that affect your personal andgenerational future: from climate change to your ability to pay offstudent loans and save for the future

Influence your community and speak your mind without the jitters of speaking in public.

Get Published in your Local NewspaperWrite a letter to the editor of your local newspaper about why you believethe LTND is a timely and important issue

Go Further: More Local & Campus Media OutletsDoes your campus or local community have a TV or radio station?Approach them to get featured or interviewed on an upcoming segment.

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Bonus Stipend:$150


Bonus Stipend:$150


Bonus Stipend:$150

For more information or toFor more information or tosign-up today, please contact:sign-up today, please contact:

Kelly ChanKelly [email protected]@netimpact.org

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