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[Event listing courtesy of Ellen Dussourd]
“Activism that Works”
Sunday, October 11
2:00-4:00
First Parish in Wayland, 225 Boston Post Road
Register for Workshop: https://forms.gle/vWKTmbBtkLwsY3b79
For more information, contact Kate Holland at kholland@uuwayland.org
and visit https://classmatters.org/activism-that-works/
Workshop Description
Do you wonder what resistance actions are the most effective in standing up to the Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress?
This interactive two-hour workshop will present theory and case studies that will help us explore the most effective actions and tactics that can be used to create social change – including addressing the current threat to democracy in the U.S.
Specifically, the workshop will focus on 1) identifying and putting pressure on primary and secondary targets, 2) learning about the importance of communicating with unlikely allies and mobilizing passive supporters, and 3) using creative tactics that draw on cultural resonances of the target audience(s).
Interspersed with learning and studying campaign case studies will be small group discussions and exercises designed to help participants apply concepts to goals and projects they care most about.
Speakers’ Bios
Betsy Leondar-Wright, PhD, is a long-time economic justice activist whose graduate studies focused on what makes social movements succeed. She was active in the campaign to pressure Citizens Bank to stop financing ICE private prison contractors. She is the author of several books, most recently Is It Racist? Is It Sexist?
Anne Wright is a long-time social justice activist. Over the last 40 years, she has focused on the anti-intervention and environmental justice movements, and on voter registration and education for low-income youth. The sisters are both co-editors of the Don’t Mourn Organize Eastern Mass substack, an e-newsletter that recommends action alerts for progressives in the greater Boston area.