[HCCN] Non Violent Direct Action Training at College of the Atlantic

[ron greenberg]

Training in Non-Violent Direct Action.   Still space in the Hancock  
County session!

Sunday, April 15, 1:00 pm-4:00 pm, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor


Sign up and get more info at www.the99spring.com or call Jan  
Carpenter – 326-8635


The 99% Spring

Inspired by Occupy Wall Street and the fight for workers in Madison,  
Wisconsin, the 99% will rise up this spring. One hundred thousand  
people from across the country will gather in community centers,  
churches, schools, and homes April 9-15 to receive training on non- 
violent direct action. We will apply what we learned from these  
trainings to take action on our campaigns to win change in our  
communities.

The training will provide an opportunity to bring our movement  
together so that we can equip ourselves with the skills we need to  
take direct action this spring. Right after we are trained, we will  
apply what we learned by taking action against the banking industry  
and Wall Street with actions all across the country. The training  
will focus on three key areas:


The economy.
We will tell the story of our current economy: how we got here, who  
is responsible and what we can do about it. We will talk about what a  
new economic vision could look like that represents the values of the  
99%.


Non-violent direct action.
Knowing our movement history will help us tell the current story of  
the 99%. There is no better way to take action then by learning what  
social justice movements have done in the past. We have a rich  
history to draw from that can guide us as we take action this spring.


Take action.
We'll learn how to take action by developing and preparing for  
tactics that will help build our movement's power. We will then use  
this information to take action on our own campaigns to win change.

Non-violent direct action (NVDA) is any form of direct action that  
does not rely on violent tactics. Some examples of NVDA are the  
Montgomery Bus Boycotts, the 2003 Immigration Freedom Rides, and most  
recently the Home Occupations, where community members occupy a home  
that is being threatened with foreclosure.

The following organizations have called for a 99% Spring:

Jobs With Justice, United Auto Workers, National Peoples Action,  
National Domestic Workers Alliance, MoveOn.org Civic Action, New  
Organizing Institute, Movement Strategy Center, The Other 98%,  
Service Employees International Union, Rebuild the Dream, UNITE-HERE,  
Greenpeace, Institute for Policy Studies, PICO National Network, New  
Bottom Line, United Steel Workers, Working Families Party,  
Communications Workers of America, United States Student Association,  
Rainforest Action Network, American Federation of Teachers,  
Leadership Center for the Common Good, UNITY, National Guestworker  
Alliance, 350.org, The Ruckus Society, Citizen Engagement Lab,  
smartMeme Strategy & Training Project, Right to the City Alliance,  
Pushback Network, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment,  
Progressive Democrats of America, Change to Win, Grassroots Global  
Justice Alliance, Campaign for America’s Future, Fuse Washington,  
Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment, Citizen Action of  
New York, Engage, United Electrical Workers Union, National Day  
Laborers Organizing Network, Alliance for a Just Society, The  
Partnership for Working Families, United Students Against Sweatshops,  
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