Join the Teach-In on Non-Violent Direct Action

Join us for a presentation and discussion on non-violent direct action with Alexis Danzig* and Terri Wilder on Sunday, April 16th at 3 pm EST (U.S.) / 9 p.m. London time. 
The call will run for 90 minutes and is geared towards a global audience.  New and seasoned activists are highly encouraged to attend; those just wanting to learn more are also very welcome. We must continue to build our activist toolbox. Remember, we are mighty when we raise our voices together. Please join us and invite others!
The presentation and discussion will focus on the following:
1) An overview of American tradition of direct action
2) The practice of nonviolence
3) How to run a successful action under a variety of circumstances
4) Civil disobedience as a tool of direct action for social change
5) Using the tactics of discipline and solidarity
6) The role of support, legal and non-legal, and marshals
7) From arrest to arraignment, what’s *likely* to happen
[button_color url=”https://my.meaction.net/events/intro-to-non-violent-direct-action-webinar” content=”RSVP here” target=””]  
*About Alexis Danzig:
With her mother, Alexis began attending anti-Vietnam War protests in the 1960s as a child, and grew up boycotting grapes and iceberg lettuce in solidarity with the Farm Workers Union organizing efforts for decent living conditions and fair pay.
When her father died of AIDS in 1988, Alexis joined ACT UP and learned how to create nonviolent disruption to oppose government inaction and the indifference of the scientific and pharmaceutical industries.  ACT UP changed the course of the AIDS crisis, and has been instrumental in the fight against AIDS worldwide. 

With a team of ACT UP trainers, Alexis has participated in training hundreds of people in nonviolent direct action for social change. She currently organizes with ACT UP veterans in Rise and Resist NYC, a direct action group, and offers free trainings. She works as a grant writer and house painter.

Resources for people to investigate before the discussion:

Videos:
1) Berkeley in the Sixties — the rise of the Free Speech Movement.
2) Doctors, Liars, and Women — ACT UP responds to the minimization of the risk of women to HIV
3) United in Anger, Jim Hubbard
4) How to Survive a Plague, David France
5) Sex in an Epidemic, Jean Carlomusto — how the NYC gay community created its own alternative institutions and information to save the lives of its members.  Alternative-institution-building is an essential part of direct action.
6) Erica Chenoweth’s TEDx Talk on “Civil Resistance”
Books:
1) Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism, L.A. Kauffman
2) Why Civil Resistance Works, Erica Chenoweth
3) How To Survive A Plague, David France
Articles:
1) Gene Sharp’s 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action
2) Erica Chenoweth’s, “It May Only Take 3.5% of the Population to Topple a Dictator
3) Tim Snyder’s, “20 Lessons from the 20th Century
4) Anything by Masha Gessen
 

Facebook
Twitter
WhatsApp
Email

3 thoughts on “Join the Teach-In on Non-Violent Direct Action”

  1. Will the webinar on Non-Violent Direct Action be available to view after it’s over? There’s no way I’ll have energy to attend on Easter.

  2. HI Kat- The plan is to record it so folks can watch it later. The woman who is giving the talk is super busy going around the country giving these talks so we had to pick a day she was available. The plan is to have these on a regular basis so if you have any topic areas you are interested in please let me know. Best, Terri

Comments are closed.

Latest News

the words " #MillionsMissing 2023: Scotland calls for healthcare education" appear in white on a red-muted background with the #MEAction Scotland UK logo in the bottom right hand corner.

#MillionsMissing 2023: Scotland calls for healthcare education

This year, #MEAction Scotland’s #MillionsMissing campaign focussed on raising awareness of the reality of living with ME and called for education and training for healthcare professionals to improve support for people with ME across Scotland. Ahead of ME Awareness week, we put out a call, alongside #MEAction UK, to ask members of the ME community

Read More »

Help keep our work going

We rely on donations from people like you to keep fighting for equality for people with ME.

Donate

Get actions alerts and news direct to your inbox

You can choose what you want to be kept up to date on.

Subscribe
Scroll to Top