nonviolence for a change training 2009 archiveOn this page we've collected links, materials and resources suggested or used with the 2009 year-long training group. Information is either PRE-workshop resources, materials used DURING the workshop or material created AFTER the workshop. The information is grouped chronologically. Downloadable document archive here.
TTT's approach to nonviolence and social change is integral and holistic. You will find overlap and links between all the month's themes. Applying and reflecting on the content of the course may take you on a 'deep learning' journey. We suggest periodically re-visiting information from past months' to see if anything that previous didn't engage you, now does. Or if a resource you've already consulted has deeper or different meaning to you now.
12 December, Celebrating NonviolenceHurrah!! Come, join us on 12 December for Turning the Tides's workshop 'Celebrating Nonviolence'.
This is the last workshop in a year-long series and the day will be facilitated by the group that has gone through the whole year. Over the year the participants have reflected on and explored ways of using nonviolence to become more effective in their campaigning and activism as well as training as facilitators for groups working for social change.
For Saturday's session the year-group has chosen different everyday themes such as food and relationships and will lead us in sessions exploring the practical application of nonviolence as related to those themes. Then we'll try to connect these personal aspects of our lies to larger political issues and reflect on how social change happens.
13, 14, 15 November, We can do that! Empowerment for social changeWhat is the connection between empowerment and taking action for social change? In this residential weekend session we looked at what personal/group/social empowerment is and the conditions necessary for doing something
10 October, Inner and outer: spirituality and ActivismWhat does the word 'spirituality' mean to you? Whether you call it spirituality, faith, religion, social consciousness, values or nothing at all, in this session we reflected upon the importance of inner work and its connection to outer change. What obstructs us from being the change we wish to see in the world and explore ways of removing/reducing the obstacles that limit our ability to be effective social change agents.
12 September, The living revolution: building the alternativeWhat is the constructive alternative and what is its role within social change movements? Is it protest plus proposal plus action? How does the constructive alternative fit into our contemporary world? In this session we looked at past and present examples and focus on developing and cultivating sustainable practices and tools for living the alternative now. Please see the archive and the building the alternative section in on-line training manual forrelated hand-outs and descriptions of the activities: Partipant Summary of September's workshop suggested resources for September The nonviolent community: 90% construction 10% resistance
11 July, D-I-Y day self-organised by the year-group: forum theatre and consensus buildingForum Theatre as a tool for exploring group-process and how to build consensus in groups were the main themes of the year-group's practice session. Read the participant summary here.
13 June, Don't just sit there! Exploring direct actionWhat an exciting time for nonviolent social change. At the beginning of the month an eco-village sprung up on a derelict piece of land near Waterloo (in London) and a new website called Waging Nonviolence was launched providing news, analysis, and original reporting on the use of nonviolence by ordinary people around the world in their struggle for justice.
In this workshop we gave some thought to what is nonviolent direct action (NVDA)? What sorts of actions constitute nonviolent direct action? Is it important that direct action also be nonviolent? Why? The facilitators also suggest a book called 'Prisons that could not hold' by Barbara Deming, et al.
Archived below you'll find June's participant summary.
15, 16, 17 May, Is everybody happy? Tools for effective group workWhat an awesome weekend!! From Friday evening until about noon on Sunday we intensely worked on exploring the roles and behaviour of people in groups and developing self-awareness about ourselves in groups. As well as opening the pandora's box about the skills and qualities of an effective facilitator and how to build group consensus. One member remarked there still hasn't been miuch storming but the group does seem to be forming and performing.
A summary of the weekend is below in the archive. Along with Faclitating Meetings Seeds for Change booklet Practical Consensus Seeds for Change chapter from D-I-Y handbook Group Dynamics and Group Development
18 April, Campaigners do it together! How we can make change
April's workshop pulled together the main themes that we have been looking at thus far: nonviolence, power and change. We looked at how strategically working together (also known called 'campaigning') we can build our collective power to make change happen.
April workshop materials:
Hand-outs explaining the exercises we used (or a variation of the exercises): Washing Line of Social Change , Pillars of Power , Social Speedometer , and a link to Undercurrents News Network, the producers of film we watched called 'Occupation' about the Havard University Living Wage Campaign (view clip here) .
And suggested pre-reading included: Communicating your Campaign Message, Developing Strategies for Abolishing War , Strategy for a Living Revolution
14 March, Playing with power 2: changing the systemThis session looked at how change happens and how to make the most effective use of analytic tools and social dynamics in the application of nonviolent power. Being strategic and knowing which tools to use when requires reflection and evaluation. We suggest you give the 'Activist reflection exercise' a try to see if it's a method that works for you. The exercise was offered by Helen to the 2007 training group and some people found it quite useful.
14 February, Playing with power 1: understanding the systemIn this session we explored our understanding of different types of power and disempowerment.
10 January, Nonviolence: a dangerous ideaWhat are nonviolence and violence? We looked at the complexity and power of nonviolence. We began to explore the history, traditions, practices and long legacy of nonviolent resistance and living and their application for contemporary social change movements. We also spent time getting to know each other and talking about how we'd like to work together as a group.
Key Concepts to TTT workshops
Uncertain whether a TTT workshop is right for you? Take a look at this 'key concepts' document. The themes and practices in our workshops will vary but these key cocepts are present in all our workshops.
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