How We Win: A Workshop on Non-Violent Direct Action
George Lakey, author of How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning, has led over 1500 workshops on five continents. First arrested in the civil rights movement, in 2018 he was arrested campaigning for Power Local Green Jobs. In between he gave leadership to campaigns on neighborhood, state, and national levels, working in cross-race, cross-class coalitions and the LGBTQ movement. He’s worked with labor unions, Mohawks, high school students, environmentalists, and the Puerto Rican independence movement. He taught conflict studies at universities and authored ten books on how to bring about change. He is a columnist for the online publication WagingNonviolence.org.
Explore:
- What makes nonviolent direct action campaigns relevant now
- How to do campaigning during this polarized, crisis time in the U.S
- How to build stronger campaigns
- How to build a movement of movements that can deliver really big changes
Expect:
- experiential activities, small group work, a big picture, affirmation of your own power.
Free and open to the public. Seating is limited to the first 40 registrants.
Advance registration is required @ eventbrite.com.
(Suggested free-will donation: $20.00 /$10.00 student or low income)
Saturday, November 23, 2019 - 9:00am to 12:30pm
Gainesville Quaker Meetinghouse
702 NW 38th St
GAINESVILLE, FL, FL
32607
United States
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