Occupy San Francisco Skills Training

OCCUPY SAN FRANCISCO SKILLS TRAININGS
SUNDAY OCTOBER 23
JUSTIN HERMAN PLAZA, FOOT OF MARKET ST, EMBARCADERO BART
Organized by Occupy San Francisco Facilitation Committee

11:30-130: NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION/ PEOPLE POWER
Facilitator: Nupur Modi has facilitated nonviolent direct action and disobedience trainings--and coordinated actions-- in many movements and campaign, from Free Tibet to the labor movement.
1:30-3:30: OCCUPYING THE INTERSECTIONS OF POWER: BUILDING ALLIANCE FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Facilitator: Ariel Luckey, a facilitator and father whose performance and community work dances in the crossroads of education, art and activism.
3:30-5:30: CONSENSUS MEETING & GENERAL ASSEMBLY FACILITATION

Facilitator: Starhawk, San Francisco Activist and Author

WORKSHOPS DESCRIPTIONS


11:30-130: NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION/ PEOPLE POWER
An introductory training on what disobedience and nonviolent direct action are, how to prepare ourselves before, during and after and how we can use nonviolent direct action to escalate the movement to overthrow the Wall St 1% and build a better world. This training is for anyone who wants to learn about taking effective direct action (or supporting others).

Facilitator: Nupur Modi has facilitated nonviolent direct action and disobedience trainings--and coordinated actions-- in many movements and campaign, from Free Tibet to the labor movement.


1:30-3:30: OCCUPYING THE INTERSECTIONS OF POWER: BUILDING ALLIANCE FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
This interactive workshop will provide a framework for dialogue about how identity, privilege and institutional power impact our ability to build a grassroots movement.

Facilitator: Born and raised in Oakland, California, Ariel Luckey is a facilitator and father whose performance and community work dances in the crossroads of education, art and activism.

arielluckey.com

3:30-5:30: CONSENSUS MEETING & GENERAL ASSEMBLY FACILITATION
This workshop is particularly for people who are or may help with occupation general assembly meeting facilitation. All over the country, people are flocking to the streets to join occupations demanding a just system for the 99%. It’s an inspiring vision: thousands of people participating in direct democracy, making decisions, having their voices heard. And it’s a potential nightmare—thousands of ordinary Americans being subjected to really bad, ponderous consensus meetings, fleeing in frustration and anguish and ready to accept any tyranny over the prospect of more long meetings! Consensus process can be wonderful—or terrible. At it’s best, it can be empowering, creative and efficient. But for that to happen, people need to understand and agree upon the process. Facilitators need training and skill. And the group as a whole needs to invest some trust in the facilitation team.

Starhawk is a San Francisco based activist, trainer, and author who had been involved in movements against corporate capitalism for many years.

Please read this before the workshop if possible: Short Consensus Summary
http://starhawksblog.org/?p=631