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Partners

What’s the opportunity?

To join in with a national campaign that raises funds for your organization while it raises awareness about the importance and value of meditation and inner awareness practices for changing society.

On September 18th, 2010, the SIT for Change National Event will see organizations across the country joining together to “Take a Stand...and SIT for Change” by having coordinated events featuring a variety of forms of inner awareness including meditation, sit-ins, yoga sun salutations and more.

What does my organization have to do?

Promote your event. That’s the main thing. We’ve designed a fundraiser to take advantage of the social networks that we are already a part of. A simple three-step process gets you setup with your own customized website to send your participants to. From there, they raise pledges using all their connections, resulting in a viral fundraising campaign that puts easily-earned income in your organizations’ pocket and gets people engaged--all in a fun, community-oriented, minimal effort way.

Is there a risk? Will we have to pay anything?

No, there’s no risk. We take the risk so that if you don’t raise anything, you don’t owe anything. There are no up-front costs whatsoever. We are able to do this because our mission is to raise awareness, so we believe it’s worth it to get as many people involved.

How long will it take?

4 weeks from beginning to end. Just long enough to generate interest and excitement, but not so long that you lose people’s interest. Your registered participants do most of the work. All you do is announce your event and hold it on September 18th OR send participants to a local event OR promote a virtual event. Either way, the participants you register raise funds that your organization shares 50/50 of net proceeds.*

Here’s a sample timeline for each week:

1. • June 15th: Register and Get Your Own changePARTNER registration site
   

2. • July 5th: Begin Announcing Your Event (July 15th is the last day to get your changePARTNER form in)
   

3. • July 15th: Pledge Collections Begin
   

4. • September 18th: SIT for Change! Hold Your Event--Physically or Virtually--or send people to other locations, including the SIT for Change host event in Berkeley, CA
   

Who can participate as a Change Partner?

Any non-profit organization with an interest and investment in seeing change towards a more equitable, just and sustainable world for all. You must also:

1. •have 501c3 status or a fiscal sponsor
   

2. •have your main office located within the United States
   

3. •have an active electronic (online) mailing list of 250 or more
   

4. •be willing & able to promote your event via email and to your social networks (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) 4-6 times between now & Sept 18 (people like reminders!)
   

5. •be committed to trying to secure 10 participants
   

What if my organization doesn’t meet the criteria?

You can still sign up as a Community Partner or Team. You won’t get your own site, but you can sign up as:

1. •Community Partner: promote SIT for Change, raise funds as individuals or as a community and get the benefits of Partnership
   

2. •Team Leaders: create your own affinity team: gather your friends, colleagues and show up as a team
   

3. •Other ideas? We can help you figure out the best way to get involved. Go ahead and fill in the contact form and tell us about your organization and how you’d like to SIT for Change

Become a ChangePartner

Raise Money for Your Work