The We Count Project has hit a few road blocks in trying to communicate to the No Kings coalition. We have to communicate with them through intermediaries. Our initial request seems to have been misrepresented because the answer we got back was "we are going to use the Crowd Counting Consortium". The We Count Project is not asking the No Kings coalition to not use the Crowd Counting Consortium. The No Kings coalition said over 5 million protesters showed up on 6/14 but the CCC only saw public sources for 2-4.8 million protesters. Why? Because CCC didn't see public sources with adequate crowd count information for all the protests. We cannot allow that to happen again on 10/18. Asking hosts to submit to the CCC isn't enough. They need to ask hosts to create public sources that CCC can use to include their protest's crowd count information into CCC's dataset. CCC only includes information in their dataset that they can find in public sources. We cannot rely on the News media or social media to adequately create public sources about our protests! Approving these requests (summarized below) means it's more likely every protester on 10/18 will end up in CCC's official record of the day and be visible, counted, and remembered. The tools are ready. The need is urgent. Let’s make 10/18 the most documented day of action yet in CCC's records. Summary of the WE Count Project's Requests: 1) Update the 10/18 toolkit in 3 places. Suggested changes provided. 2) Improve the host survey to be in line with CCC. Suggested changes provided. 3) Add a crowd counting tip, trick, tool to host emails. Sample provided. 4) Add a crowd counting item to the list of preparations sent to hosts 2 days before day of action. Sample provided. 5) Add a verbal blurb and slide about crowd counting to existing training before 10/18. Sample blurb and slide provided. 6) Add a verbal blurb and slide about crowd counting to the debrief call after 10/18. Sample blurb and slide provided. 7) Consider having a specific training about crowd counting before 10/18. Sample slide deck provided. 8) Provide independent journalists with a list of events morning of so they can do same-day crowd sourcing for counts and public sources. Their previous same-day counts have helped fill in missing data from CCC's dataset 9) Consider creating a small graphic that organizers can add to their protest graphics that shows they take crowd counting seriously. Sample graphic provided. See the full request here: https://drive.proton.me/urls/4X1YTA95GC#KX6s3jpMEnHN #50501 #WeCountProject #NoKings #musicfestivals