sociogram: an exercise in which participants arrange their bodies to show something about themselves or to stimulate a new awareness. For example, participants are asked to range themselves along a line that shows how long they've been active with a particular cause. See also "spectrum." Read more...
George Lakey directs Training for Change and this year is the Eugene M. Lang Guest Professor in Issues of Social Change at Swarthmore College. He has led over 1000 workshops on five continents for folks ranging from therapists to striking steel workers, from homeless people to monks. Trained as a sociologist, he has taught peace studies at Haverford College, Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania and is the author of six books. A lifelong community activist and organizer, George has been a leader in many social change movements. He is a member of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting.
Nancy Diaz is co-director of youth programs and a recruiter at Pendle Hill. She has facilitated Alternatives to Violence Project and HIPP (Help Increase the Peace) workshops for more than ten years. Former adult co-clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Young Friends, Nancy is a member of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting.
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BEFORE YOU ENLIST AND AFTER YOU SAY NO: AFSC's counter-recruitment training manual
By Daniel Hunter and Hannah Strange
Get this 239-page training manual with over eighty handouts, articles, and tools on organizing, strategy, and how to do counter-recruitment. Most of the tools in the workshop can be easily adapted for other movements -- many of which are brand new tools.
You can also send a check to: Training for Change 3241 Columbus Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55407
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT TFC
"Many said that this was the most effective training of this type they had ever attended. I felt you did an exceptional job of combining group building, skill enhancement, and theory."
Church of the Brethren, team building for work in the Sudan
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Training for Change
3241 Columbus Avenue, South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
USA
peacelearn@igc.orgph:612-827-7323
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