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Diversity / Anti-Oppression
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Strategy
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Team-building
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 Nonviolent Action for Social Change |
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Third-party Nonviolent Intervention
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Making Better Trainings
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Meeting and Dialogue Facilitation
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Other...
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Nonviolent Action for Social Change |
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Elephant Game
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| | Movement activists are challenged to make team decisions under stressful situations. This simulation helps groups examine how to function cooperatively, how group decisions are made, how functions are distributed, and how to operate under stress.
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Quick Decisions
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| |  A classic nonviolent training tool: quick decisions. In one minute, groups are challenged to reach a decision of an action to take based on some situation. Great for action basic workshops, consensus training, and affinity group preparation.
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Nonviolence Sociograms
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| | An updated version of the commonly used "nonviolence spectrums." Use this tool to help a group looks at its diversity of opinion on issues related to nonviolence along with see unexpected commonalities and similarities.
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Chair Power: Three types of power
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| |  Those who most benefit from oppression want to convince us that they have the power and we don't. Nonviolent activism requires understanding that -- thankfully -- all power does not reside in the government or in multinational corporate power. So here's a tool adapted from Theatre of the Oppressed that offers a new perspective on power.
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Mattress Game (Pillars of Oppression Exercise)
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| |  How could young activists nonviolently overthrow Yugoslav dictator Slobodan Milosevic? This experiential tool shows the dynamics of mass noncooperation, and can be used by any group that wants to learn more about democratic power.
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Voice Barometer
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| |  A political group we work with has a slogan, "Speak up before your silence is misunderstood." This tool gives participants a chance to practice confidence-building skills, especially concerning voice. It is easy to lead and we've had great success every time we lead it. A great tool to counter voicelessness!
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Vision Gallery
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| | "Without a vision the people perish" | This tool has worked in every culture where we've tried it so far, for increasing unity in a group, opening its creativity, and assisting protest groups to say what they're for as well as what they're against.
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Three Applications - Relay Race
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| |  In nonviolent action there are three applications: social change, social defense and third-party nonviolent intervention. Different movements may utilize different techniques depending on which of these applications they use. In this interactive teaching tool, we make use of "relay races" to assist participants to better understand these applications. Great for introduction to nonviolence, or a strategic planning workshop!
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Frameworks for Social Change
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| | Not exactly a training "tool," but these three frameworks can assist us in thinking about what's next for us and our movements. 6 Stage Campaign Planning Framework by Dr. King, 5 Stage Revolution Movement Framework by George Lakey and 8 Stage Reform Social Movement Framework by Bill Moyer.
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Street Speaking
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| |  One of our favorite tools to use with groups is called street speaking, and it's exactly what you think it is.
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Village Exercise
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| | This simulation/exercise serves to build community and give groups an experience of nonviolent action. Participants report it as a powerful tool to help them understand more fully the challenge and strategy of nonviolent action.
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