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]