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How can we make our last best hope strategy --non-violent resistance--sufficiently robust, massive and feasible to win? A brainstorm session and look at new organizing tools, one that might be able to catalyze moral courage at scale. 4PM Mex Time.Activity Date: Thursday, May 5, 2022 - 16:00 UTCDuration: 60 minBrief Description:
How can we make our last best hope strategy --non-violent resistance--sufficiently robust, massive and feasible to win? A brainstorm session and look at new organizing tools, one that might be able to catalyze moral courage at scale and is ready to test (along with a grant to an accepted campaign.)
I welcome any experienced nonviolent resistance organizers to contact me if interested in joining me in leading this panel. Contact me ASAP. This will be schedule for an hour, but can be extended to two hours if there's the demand. Will post Zoom or Jitsi link by May 3 Tuesday Noon Mex TimeLanguage(s) of the Activity: Spanish, EnglishProponent Organizations:How to get in touch and participate in activity?:Gary@GetCourageNow.org and staying at Hotel Azores until i can find activist willing to offer a couch for free, money, trade
Contact (Email):Link to the online meeting:https://i.meet.mayfirst.org/Making-Nonviolent-Resistance-Feasible
Related information (links to videos, initiatives, websites, pads...):This is our one pager with demos of two of our tools, the first a 3min animation plus 10min video. Also extensive FAQ and reviews from 20 organizers: bit.ly/gcn-1p
Thematic space(s) of the activity: 1. Economic Alternatives of Peoples and Socioeconomic Justice, 4. Peace Building, Migration, Strategies for dealing with Wars, 6. Democracy, Political Participation, Building Critical Global Citizenships, and Autonomy, 7. Education, Science and Technology at the Service of the Peoples, 9. Struggles against Heteronorms and Patriarchy: keys from Women, Feminisms and Dissidences, 10. Struggle against Discrimination, Racism and for Self-determinationModality: Combining both Presential and Virtual ModalityInteractivity:https://i.meet.mayfirst.org/Making-Nonviolent-Resistance-Feasible
with Inglis-Spanish interpreter. I have been asking and waiting for weeks for a room from WSF admin people, but so far no luck. But I would love to meet afterwards at about 11AM in lobby of Hotel Azores, one block from Santo Domingo plaza, Rep Brasil 25 (lots of flags in front), or by appointment (Gary@GetCourageNow.org or on Telegram.org using 1 802 380 8880)