Direct Action Roles for Affinity Groups

BEFORE ACTION Coordinator, campaigner or organizer Fundraisers Researchers: to learn about the target and gather facts for the campaign. Scouting the site or route Outreach and organizing Logistics and support Meeting facilitator Artists, Painters, Sewers to make props, signs, banners, political theatre, etc. Media outreach: Send out media advisory and media release Media kits: write, gather and photocopy contents. Writers: write materials, flyers, media kit contents, web site, etc.   DURING ACTION People risking arrest: intending to risk arrest and commit civil disobedience Direct Support People: risking arrest by staying with those locked down as long as possible and necessary and providing a human shield to those locked down. Police Liaison: maintains communication between police and demonstrators. Peacekeepers/monitors: another "layer" of human shield protection for the demonstration, speacilaizing in nonviolent de-escalation techniques. Deployment Team: helpers for getting people locked down and in place. Diversion Team: to draw attention away from the people most vulnerable Media spokesperson Media outreach Communication team Demonstrators/Sign-holders/Chanters/Singers/ Hand out literature etc. Videographer(s) Still photographer Medic/EMT/Medical Team Legal Observers) Jail Support Contact person For lock-downs: an off-site key holder   AFTER ACTION Legal Support Lawyer Documentarian/Historian/Archivist Fundraisers Public speakers Letter writers to decision-makers and newspaper editorial boards