Jeff Leys, Co-Coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, will lead this nonviolence and direct action workshop.
Limited space is available for this workshop.
TO RSVP, please email . All are welcome.
Nonviolent direct action is a key component of any movement for social change. This workshop begins with a discussion of the successful efforts to desegregate Nashville’s lunch counters in 1961. We will look at the strategy that was developed, the tactics that were used, and the manners in which the message was crafted.
Following this examination of a successful campaign of nonviolent direct action that utilized multiple levers of nonviolence, this workshop will examine the building blocks of preparing to engage in nonviolent direct action today. We’ll discuss the role of affinity groups in planning and carrying out nonviolent action and techniques to use to lessen the risk of physical harm during such an action (as well as how to respond in the event verbal or physical aggression takes place against us).
The workshop will conclude with role play exercises to “put the flesh on the bone” as it were of nonviolent direct action.
Organized by the American Friends Service Committee and CODEPINK Central IN.
Earth House237 N East St
Indianapolis, IN
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