Training Events and Dates for your Diary

Direct Action Trainers workshop

  18th-20th March in London
Other dates and venues if we get offers of help to organise them ;-)
Fri 19.00 - Sun 17.00, Venues to be confirmed
The G8, a meeting of the eight most influential industrial countries, will take place in Scotland next year. It will be a focus for protest from people opposing war, the destruction of our environment, the abuse of human and animal rights and capitalism. Training is key for effective action - it's one of the things that made the Seattle protests work.
This workshop is aimed at people with experience in direct action or civil disobedience willing to organise and run direct action workshops in their own communities and networks to stimulate effective action at the G8!

The Direct Action Trainers workshop will focus on learning by doing. We'll cover:
   How to plan and run your own direct action workshops
   How people learn
   What makes an interesting and participative workshop
   Direct action training tools
   Skills for facilitation and a chance to practise them
   A space to share ideas and skills with other activists
   Discussing how we can support each other in giving direct action workshops before and at the G8 summit

You'll get a chance to learn and try out exercises for the following:

   Practising action techniques
   Building groups and support systems (such as affinity groups and street teams)
   Exploring concepts of violence and nonviolence
   Understanding personal limits and needs on an action
   Using your bodies (and equipment) to make protests last longer
   Understanding legal rights
   Making decisions quickly and democratically on an action
   Dealing with aggression and confrontation on actions
   Staying safe

Basic accomodation will be arranged and vegan food provided in return for a small donation. The workshops themselves are free!

For more information contact DATW@seedsforchange.org.uk or ring 0845 458 4776

Arrest Support and Legal Skills

 From March 2005 in various locations around the country
Details to be announced shortly.

Seeds for Change: a non-profit activist co-op