In working to eliminate the patterns of oppression, draft policy statements are an important formulation of the way the oppression operates and provide a program for liberation from the oppression. 


In preparing such a draft policy statement, allies can be of great help because they tend to have a sharper view of certain issues through seeing them from outside the oppression. It often works well to have a dedicated ally draw up the first draft of the liberation policy statement and then have people from the oppressed group review it, add to it, criticize it, sharpen it, and re-draft it. . . . 


The second draft policy should be circulated as widely as possible to members of the oppressed group. Their opinions should be sought in person, by mail, in writing, over the telephone, and in group readings of the policy (with following discussion and note-taking) to expand the completeness of the draft policy’s coverage and sharpen it in every possible way.


The new draft policy should still be clearly labeled as a draft policy. The perspective adopted that every policy will be a draft policy is important. Any policy will be a temporary expression of the aims and plans of the liberation movement, to be clarified and improved as the experience of the liberation movement accumulates.