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For activists and campaigners waging justice against big adversaries 

Need to escalate engagement and pressure but wondering how to do it wisely and effectively? Creative direct action can create immense pressure on targets, especially when amplified and layered with online tools and tactics. This intensive 6-session series includes 2 sessions specifically on direct action strategy and tactics under authoritarian regimes. It is led by a team of deeply experienced direct action campaigners.

Participants will learn:

• The history of direct action, its place in social justice struggles today
• The building blocks of direct action organizing as a strategy and tactic
• How to plan and participate in non-violent direct action
• Examples of direct action tactics
• How to prepare for the roles needed to carry out actions
• Effective media strategy, including both new and traditional media for actions, broken down to what to do before, during and after the action
• Ways to stay safe while participating in direct action: defining “security culture,” developing group agreements around safety, encrypted technologies and best practices, creating space for emotional care and support

A 6-session series March 15 – 24 (90 minutes per session)
March 15, 17, 22, 24 at 7pm Nairobi, Palestine | 5pm UK | Noon NY | 1pm São Paulo
March 16, 23 at 4pm Nairobi, Palestine | 2pm UK | 9am NY | 10am São Paulo

Language access

The series will be held in English, with simultaneous interpretation in Arabic, French, Spanish and Portuguese (in response to registrations) and live captioning in English. All sessions will be recorded, with captioning in these languages as well for those who may not be able to access live sessions.

Slides and supporting materials will be translated in all 5 languages.

Trainers

Cindy Spoon, Texas Equal Access Fund, L’eau Est La Vie Camp
Ruddy Turnstone, Community Hotline for Incarcerated People
Ash Williams, Charlotte Uprising
Lisa Fithian, Organizing for Power
Arely Diaz, The FANG Collective
Nick Katkevich, The FANG Collective and Social Movement Technologies
Sophia Wright, Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance
Additional trainers with direct action experience under authoritarian regimes

Pricing

FREE for Global South – based organizations with budgets of less than US$500,000/year and activists (Africa, MENA, Latin America, Asia, the Pacific). If you are on staff with an organization with a budget of $500,000+, please pay 50% of the Europe/US rate below (US$150).

North America or Europe-based organizations and activists: $300 per person. Pay using form below, adding the name of the registrant in the Notes field if different from who is paying or if paying for multiple people at once. Then register here on Zoom.

Registration

Free and paid registrants: register here on Zoom.
If you must pay to attend this series, please complete payment below.

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