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Non-violent street action

Activist holding a sit in next to a garbage can that says "we won't stop until you do"

Another resource from the unfortunately disbanded Midnight Special Law Collective, this workshop outline covers non-violent street action. The workshop is almost two hours long and isn't theory heavy. Instead, the facilitator is encouraged to promote discussion and explain suggestions for meaningful action. This workshop includes:

Exercises about defining violence


Role plays about non-violent reactions to violence


Police liaison role play


Tactics to deal communally with police violence


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Feminist action

feminists must take action

Put together by the Rebelles, a group of young feminists with chapters across Canada, this workshop facilitation guide and agenda sets up how to hold a workshop on feminist action. The guide is for a consensus or discussion based workshop for groups to work out an action or to go over what questions feminists should tackle on their way to deciding on a campaign. The guide goes over:

 
Goals

Agenda for the workshop

how to generate discussion

Choosing the right action

 

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Advanced facilitation techniques

puzzle pieces, an arrow pointing towards a group with many opinions and then another arrow pointing to a completed puzzle

This 22 page workshop facilitator's guide outlines everything you need to know to take a facilitator's workshop to the next level. With more techniques than basic training, it acts as a great follow-up to beginner trainer workshops. The rich interactive workshop outline includes:

Handouts

Active role plays

Facilitation frameworks

Practical facilitation tools

 

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Consensus Training

a group makes decisions through consensus

Now that you've taken the rabble guide to consensus decision making to heart, you're ready to lead a workshop on it!

The Network for Climate Change has an excellent outline for a workshop for ten to twenty people. It covers:

A proposed agenda

How to create a group agreement

The basics of consensus

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Consensus decision making

onion of concensus

This guide will consider how a consensus decision making model can effectively be used in large and small groups.

Consensus is an inclusive and participatory model of decision making and has historically been used by activists since the 1950s. The Latin root of the word is consentire, 'con' meaning together and 'sentire' meaning to feel. Consensus allows a group to think and feel together about the conclusion that should be reached.

This guide will address

What is consensus?

Why is it preferable to voting?

How to facilitate

Tips and tricks for larger groups


What is consensus?

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