Today we did a short strategy session with students from UH Fair Trade and the national coordinators from USFT. We started off by talking about the mid-west academy model and went through the different aspects of the model and covered goals, organizational considerations, allies/opponents, targets, and tactics. We had a really good conversation on tactics. We talked about how tactics should be built off of each other and with a clear pattern of escalation. Home demos (where you show up at someones house in the middle of the night and make alot of noise) are on one end of the spectrum and then a one on one with a fellow student will be on one end. Both have a clear purpose but there is a time frame and an overall vision should definitely be a part of framing tactics. More from TCU and SMU tomorrow -esteban tovar, southwest