December 2002
Trainings/Presentations
· Trainings in nonviolent direct action in Montreal for groups preparing
actions against the FTAA, the Free Trade Area of the Americas. Also
provided organizing support for the first consulta and presentations at
conference on nonviolent action. (Jan)
· Trainings in Sonoma County, CA, for the No-Spray Network, working against
the forced spraying of pesticides. (Jan.)
· Trainings for global justice groups in Brazil-Porto Alegre, Sao Paolo and
Belo Horizonte, and in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Jan-Feb)
· Hosted a Direct Action Trainers' Summit in San Francisco to evaluate the
work from the previous year as well as to share agendas and skills. Brought
together people from around the country including George Lakey and some
Ruckus trainers (Feb.)
· Trainings and organizing support ACORN, the Association for Community
Organizations for Reform Now for a civil disobedience action around a
low-income housing campaign. (March)
· Trainings in LA for AFTRA, the American Federation of Television and Radio
Artists, in preparation for a strike. (April)
· Trainings focused on the FTAA actions in West Virginia, Lancaster, PA,
Philadelphia, PA, New York City, Albany, NY, Montpelier and Burlington, VT.,
Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia. Montreal and Quebec City, Quebec.
(April)
· Direct Action Trainings at the Empowering Democracy Conference Dallas.
(May)
· Presentation on the Global Justice Movement at the Organizers Forum - a
group of labor leaders and organizers from around the country in Baltimore.
(May)
· Direct Action Trainings with the Harvard Students in Boston on the Living
Wage Campaign during the 3 week occupation of the administration building.
(May)
· Attended the Peoples' Global Action conference in Amherst in June and have
been working to help an international global justice action umbrella group
develop and grow. (June)
· Presentation at a Conference in Genoa on Gender and Globalization in
Genoa. (June)
· Presentation/Training on non-hierarchical organizing at the National
Organizers Alliance Gathering in Sonoma. (June).
· Extensive trainings and organizing support in Genoa for the Genoa Social
Forum and the protests against the G8. (July)
· Major organizing for the planned actions in Washington DC at the end of
September against the IMF/World Bank. When those actions were cancelled
because of September 11, we carried on with trainings for the antiwar
actions that replaced the planned protests. Trainings in Asheville, NC,
Burlington, VT, Madison, WI, Toronto, Ontario, and Washington, DC.
· Organizing and trainings for actions in the San Francisco Bay Area against
the WTO meeting in Qatar in November, including a training for trainers-in
San Francisco and Santa Cruz.
· Trainings in Ottawa for actions against the IMF/World Bank meeting (Nov)
We participated and helped organize and mobilize people for actions in:
San Francisco, (April-FTAA), Quebec City, (April, FTAA), Sonoma County,
(July, Bohemian Grove), Genoa, (July-G8), Tijuana (August-Borderhack
Conference), Washington DC, (September, Post 9-11Antiwar), SF Bay Area
(November, WTO and local community issues), Ottawa (November, IMF/World
Bank).
2002
-Workshops at the National Conference on Organized Resistance, Washington
DC. (Jan.)
· Training and organizing support for the World Economic Forum Actions in
New York
Trainings in Fortaleza, Brazil, for the protests against the Inter-American
Development Bank.
Trainings in Sao Paolo for organizers.
. Trainings for the April anti-war/justice in the Middle East actions in
Washington, DC.
· Training and organizing for the G8 Meetings in Kananaskis, Canada.
Weekend training for organizers and trainers in April. On the ground
support in June. Also bringing in permaculture community activists to offer
workshops and trainings.
Trainings for the International Solidarity Movement in Palestine.
Participation in nonviolent human shield work in Balata and Jenin, June and
July.
Trainings and organizing for the September IMF/World Bank actions in
Washington DC.
Antiwar organizing and training in San Francisco, Austin and nationally.
Other Contributions to building the Global Justice Movement
· Strategic visioning before and during these actions.
· Bringing in new pieces to the movement work ie: rituals, created a
Temporary Autonomous Zone in Washington DC that offered healing, dialogue,
food etc, facilitated informal dialogues between anti-capitalists, labor and
religious activists.
· Creativity, ritual, drums, song, a living example of vibrant and fearless
nonviolence.
· Tactical experience and innovative ways to help safeguard participants in
dangerous situations. Guidance and true solidarity at critical
moments-from shepherding the Pink Bloc through the streets of Genoa to
keeping the police dogs from attacking the black bloc in Ottawa.
· Legal and jail solidarity training and experience
· Providing writing and reports from actions (mostly Starhawk) and creating
documents like Solidarity in Practice and the Anti-Oppression Principles and
Practices (in DC, Lisa)
· Development of new agendas, new approaches to preparing activists for
situations that are unpredictable and uncontrolled, and for escalating
levels of police violence.
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