As part of this process, you will want to gather information and build consensus about what you are trying to accomplish. Depending on the extent and depth of your involvement with your community, you may already have much of this information at your fingertips. Each of these is an important step toward assessing the needs and resources of your local community. Don't forget: share the work with your event committee!

• Learn as much as you can about county, state and federal juvenile justice programs that impact the youth in your community. Being informed is the first step to having your voice heard!

• Schedule meetings with elected and appointed officials in your community to discuss their position on juvenile justice issues.

• Find out what your local police, chambers of commerce, and merchants are doing to establish or enhance community safety.

• Watch In Search of Law and Order: Reclaiming America's Kids. Make yourself familiar with the series and the approaches it profiles. Use the In Search of Law and Order: Reclaiming America's Kids web site at http://www.PBS.org/lawandorder to collect facts and figures relevant to the issues in your community.

• Talk with your local public television station about the series. Public television stations have the right to repeat its broadcast three more times over the next three years. Planning your event around a rebroadcast of the series will substantially strengthen its visibility increase its potential for success.

• Each PBS member station has a staff person dedicated to community involvement, such as an outreach coordinator, community relations manager. Talk with this community liaison about support and resources, both inside the station and outside, they may be able to provide.