The Casey Lartigue Show!

I will be the guest moderator of a 10 Magazine book forum with author Blaine Harden about the book Escape from Camp 14. The book is about Shin Dong-Hyuk, an escapee from North Korea. now, there is an even a music video by Ooberfuse featuring Shin, titled "Vanish the Night." Shin Dong-Hyuk escaped North Korea. There's an international best-selling book about him... now, a music video.

There are some websites telling organizers how to put together a good rally or demonstration. But in my search I didn't come across tips for people who participate in rallies. So here are some tips that I'm putting together now (will updated whenever an idea comes to me). Participate : Be a participant, not an attendee. This is an importance difference. An attendee watches. A participant gets involved, is part of the event, makes it better than it would have been. Recruit : The cheesiest pickup line is probably, "Hey, baby, what's your sign?" At tonight's rally, participants can use a similar line: "Hey, baby, what's your sign--and, wanna hold this protest sign?" Invite others : some will join the rally when asked. Even if they don't join, they can't say that no one asked them to join. It will give them something to talk about, then one day when they are watching the news or reading, they'll remember that they were invited ...