Organizing Effective Actions [1]
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The video Nashville: We Were Warriors [2] and the workshop Learning from the Nashville Lunch Counter Sit-in Campaign Agenda [3]: are inspiring and helpful resources. More information on the Planning Nonviolent Campaigns [4] page.
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The Affinity Groups [6] and Consensus Decision-Making [7] sections of the Handbook for Nonviolent Action
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Legal support [8] includes tasks to do before and during an action as well as after arrests. The Legal Issues/Risking Arrest/Representing Yourself [9] sections of the Handbook for Nonviolent Action [10] include a helpful Legal Systems Flowchart which can be downloaded as a handout. Another version of the flowchart is here [11]. Share information about legal rights, like National Lawyers Guild's Know Your Rights [12], and Know Your Rights: A Guide for Protesters [13]
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Action evaluation [14]| This section allows us to learn from our experiences and is important to strengthen out campaigns.
Organizers should work with nonviolence trainers
Nonviolence training [15] helps prepare participants for effective nonviolent actions.
Organizers + trainers need to work together to make sure that trainings meet the need of those being trained. See Tasks and Tools [16] for organizing a training to prepare!
Match tactics for a specific action with the campaign objectives.
The Matrix exercise [17] is a helpful tool when group has not fully decided on action plans.
The Cross spectrum [18] can help a group determine what is effective nonviolent action and to develop a nonviolent action scenario.
Handbooks
The manuscript for the Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns (2014), which includes 50 additional pages, can be downloaded here [23], can be purchased in our Store, [24] and all the sections are on Empowering Nonviolence [25] along with other resources.