Workshop Offerings
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From our annual week-long activism training camp to individual workshops and mentorship, trainers in Backbone’s network will help you design creative interventions that keep the news cameras captivated and get more people activated.
Rosa Parks didn’t accidentally spark a bus boycott and invigorate the civil rights movement. Her training at the Highlander Folk School was a foundation for her direct action. There are many hard-won lessons, innovative tactics, and success stories we ought to learn from our comrades.
We are excited to help you amplify your activism and reenergize your engagement with a new set of skills and tactics!Enhance your impact and escalate your campaigns to victory! HOST or REQUEST workshops HERE!!
Kayaktivism Training
[Be sure to check out Bill Moyer's recent essay Reflections on the Beauty and Power of Kayaktivism HERE.]
Backbone Campaign is the home of Kayaktivism.
In the Spring and Summer of 2015 Backbone trained approximately 400 Kayaktivists. We organized and supported 14 separate Kayaktivist actions and helped launch the Kayaktivism meme that is spreading across the globe!
If you wish to bring a Kayaktivist training in your community, neighborhood, workplace, or campus, then submit your request HERE.
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Non Violent Direct Action 101
Non Violent Direct Action 101
Core Foundations & Direct Action: (4 hours)
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Love Wins: Lessons Grand Strategy for Nonviolent Social Movement
Core Foundations: (2.5 hours)
Grand Strategy is an exploration of principles of strategy, domains of conflict, and the relationship between the physical, mental and emotional game of drawing power to a cause. Moyer applies the work developed in Sun Tzu's Art of War and updated by Col. John R. Boyd to building power through nonviolent social movement.
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Artful Activism & Creative Tactics
Artful Activism & Creative Tactics
Core & Artful Activism: (1.5 Hours)
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Giant Banner Building & Overpass Bannering
Giant Banner Building & Overpass Bannering
Artful Activism: [ (1/2 Hour +)
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Overpass Light Brigade
Overpass Light Brigade
Artful Activism & Imagery Building (1/2 - + Hours)
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Introduction to Blockades
Introduction to Blockades
Direct Action: (3 Hours)
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Advanced (Hard) Blockades
Advanced (Hard) Blockades
Direct Action: (3 hours)
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Strategic Campaign Planning & Avoiding Burn Out
Strategic Campaign Planning & Avoiding Burn Out
Core & Direct Action: (2.5 Hours)
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Papier-mâché Puppet Imagery Build
Papier-mâché Puppet Imagery Build
Artful Activism: (6+ Hours)
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Drumming For Demonstrations
Drumming For Demonstrations
Artful Activism: (1-3 Hours)
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Grand Strategy & Creativity for Building Grassroots Power
Grand Strategy is a signature workshop of Backbone that articulates a set of strategic principles and a frame through which our social movement can assess the effectiveness of the tactics we deploy in order to achieve our ultimate goals and vision.
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