Training Resources [1]

READINGS ON NONVIOLENCE

For more info on techniques, exercises, history, check out:

• Protesting Outside of Supreme Court Justices’ Homes is Fine, Actually [2] by Kelsey Jost-Creegan
• The roots of revolutionary nonviolence in the United States are in the Black community [3] by Joanne Sheehan
• Swarthmore Non Violent Direct Action website [4]
• Activist Editorial: The Parameters of Nonviolent Action [5] and Parameters of Nonviolent Action: What Makes An Action Nonviolent? [6] by WRL
• Still Relevant: What Makes an Action Nonviolent? [7]by Joanne Sheehan
• Beautiful Trouble [8]

 

TRAINING RESOURCES

Exercises, workshops and agendas that help us learn from the history of strategic nonviolent action, begin to practice nonviolent action and build strategic campaigns:

• 10/10 Strategies [9] | To learn about the rich history of nonviolent campaigns, gain a better understanding of campaigns, tactics and movements [30 mins minimum]
• Letter from a Birmingham Jail [10] | To explore different elements of a campaign strategy and help a group reflect on the power of nonviolent direct action [20-30 minutes]
• Parallel lines/Hassle Lines [11] | Practice dealing with a hassle or conflict using nonviolence
• Tools for Grounding, Protecting, Blocking [12]|
• Matrix Exercise Handout [13]|
• Nonviolence Training [14] | NVDA Preparation Agenda
• Do's + Don't's Handout [15]|
• Affinity Groups Handout [16]
• Legal Issues/ Risking Arrest/ Representing Yourself Handout [17]

 

WORKSHOP CURRICULA

WRL produces, often in collaboration with other activist groups, a number of curricula for workshops, including:

Movement Building for Allies [18]
A facilitators' manual for a workshop intended for white activists working in groups within the peace movement and other anti-militarist movements who want to deepen their understanding of how to do strategic organizing using an anti-oppression and cross-movement approach.

 

Check out WRL workshops [19] on police militarization, military budgets, and more!

Check out WRL Online Store [20] for more resources, including handbooks, organizing guides and our Nonviolence 101 brochure [21]. 

 

 

 

USEFUL TRAINER/TRAINING WEBSITES

• Ruckus [22]
• Black Out [23]
• Lifted Voices [24]
• Beautiful Trouble [25]
• Training for Change [26]

 

Women's Pentagon Action by Ellen Shub [27]