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Trainings in the Field

Community-requested trainings

Global Power Shift
Ruckus spent 2 weeks in Istanbul helping train 500 climate activists at Global Power Shift, and got to meet and share with Turkish uprisers at Taksim Square!
Supporting Striking Walmart Workers
Stand up for striking workers and tell Walmart to quit illegally firing workers for speaking out!
Advanced Training Camp for Anti-Fracking Activists
May 11-12, 2013 ~ Upstate New York
Action Arts Camp for Alabama Migrant Rights Community
Ruckus Arts trainers headed back to AL Feb 22-24 to host a mini-Arts camp for migrant rights organizers in Birmingham
Training for No One Is Illegal
A Ruckus training team spent a weekend spreading action planning skills to activists in the Vancouver, BC area with No One Is Illegal
2012 in Review!
This year was huge! Check out what we accomplished in 2012: including a Training for Trainers, a national Action Camp, and tons of action support!
"Direct Action Resilience" Earth Skills Workshop with Movement Generation
We co-hosted this first-of-its-kind training in Richmond, CA, December 8, 2012, with our allies at Movement Generation
Upping the Ante to Defend People & Planet: The Role of Non-Violent Civil Disobedience
Ruckus Trainer & Board Member Gopal Dayaneni spoke on this panel discussion at the SF Green Festival Nov. 10th
Summer #3 of Migrant Rights Trainings: Alabama 2012
After Arizona 2010, Georgia 2011, we spent Summer 2012 in Alabama, the latest anti-immigrant hotspot, providing training and skills development, and direct action support.
The 99% Spring!
Over 900 trainings took place across the U.S. April 9-14, 2012
Direct Action Skills for Occupy & Beyond
Feb 18-19, 2012 ~ Oakland, CA
Turning The Talk
Jan 29-Feb 2, 2012 ~ Atlanta, GA
Migrant Rights Support in Georgia
Building local capacity for the fight against HB87 and beyond
Activist Tech Teach-In
June 7 ~ Oakland, CA
Make Big Oil Pay! Training & Action
Oakland~Aug 29/San Francisco~Aug 30
USSF 2010 Report-back
Hear from folks we worked with in Detroit about some of our USSF actions, workshops, and PMA's!
No More Marches, No More Rallies Workshop @ USSF
June 24th, 2010
Detroit ~ June 24, 1-5:30pm
Tar Sands Peoples' Movement Assembly @ USSF
June 23rd, 2010
Detroit ~ June 23, 1-5:30pm
U.S. Social Forum 2010
June 22nd, 2010
Detroit ~ June 22-26, 2010
U.S. Social Forum 2010: Detroit
Check out all of Ruckus's Program Plans for the U.S. Social Forum, and plug in!
Allied Media Conference
June 17-20, 2010 ~ Detroit, MI
U.S. Social Forum Info Session at CounterPulse
Wed 4/14 7:30pm ~ San Francisco
Nonviolence in Action Presentation
April 12 - S.F. State Univ.
Mar 4th Action Prep Training for Sonoma State Univ. Students
March 2nd, 2010
March 1, 2010 ~ Sonoma, CA
Take Back The Land Training #1
Training For Trainers - New York City, Feb 2010
Training for Young Women's Empowerment Project
February 14th, 2010
Feb 11-13 - Chicago
Training at Kalamazoo College
February 14th, 2010
Feb 13, 2010 - Michigan
Direct Action Presentation at Stanford
February 11th, 2010
Feb 11, 2010 - 3:15pm - Palo Alto, CA
Training for Queer Youth
NVDA and Creative Visuals Trainings for SF LGBT Center Youth Program
Training Camp for Shaleshock
December 10th, 2009
Dec 4-6, 2009 - Ithaca, NY
8/29-30 Direct Action Trng at UW-Milwaukee
August 29th, 2009
2-Day Training for Student Labor Action Coalition
Training for Council of Canadians-Golden, BC
August 17th, 2009
A report from the organizer about Ruckus's weekend training 8/15-16
AMC09: Closing Keynote with Adrienne Maree Brown
July 19th, 2009
Adrienne's speech at the Allied Media Conference closing panel July 19, 2009 - Detroit, MI
Action Consultation: Boycott/Divest/Sanction
July 18th, 2009
A blog report about an action consultation Ruckus conducted at the Allied Media Conference July 18 in Detroit, MI.
Allied Media Conference
July 16th, 2009
Ruckus Training in Bermuda
March 21st, 2009
Ruckus Training at New School
February 7th, 2009
US Social Forum 2007
June 27th, 2007
Unbound Spring Symposium
March 17th, 2007
The Ruckus Society facilitated a 3-hour Nonviolent Direct Action workshop for Unbound: Harvard Journal of the Legal Left at their Spring Symposium.
Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival
January 13th, 2007
On January 13, 2007, Lynn Stone trained a Street Theater Workshop at the Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival.
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
December 3rd, 2006
On December 2, 2006, Matt and Lynn facilitated an all-day strategy and direct action training for the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.
Chicago Strategy Session
October 24th, 2006
Trainers from the Not Your Soldier Project traveled back to the heartland to lead a Campaign Strategy Session for AFSC Chicago's youth counter-recruitment group.
Bioneers Youth Program
October 23rd, 2006
On the weekend of October 21-22, The Ruckus Society took Bioneers by storm with a double session Introduction to Non-Violent Direct Action training.
Business Ethics Network 2006
October 5th, 2006
At the 2006 Business Ethics Network Conference, Adrienne Maree Brown spoke on a panel discussion on Super Coalitions.
Greenpeace Organizing Term Fall 2006 - Anti-Oppression
October 5th, 2006
satya from the Ruckus Society led a workshop in anti-oppression organizing for the 10 students of Greenpeace's Organizing Term on October 4, 2006.
New Orleans Network - September 2006
October 2nd, 2006
Adrienne Maree Brown just returned from New Orleans, where she was engaged in her third organizational development session with the New Orleans Network.
Student Farmworker Alliance Encuentro 2006
September 25th, 2006
At the Student Farmworker Alliance's Encuentro in Immokalee, FL, satya from the Ruckus Society trained the participants in campaign strategy and facilitated a discussion on anti-oppression organizing.
Students for Bhopal Conference 2006
September 5th, 2006
satya from the Ruckus Society facilitated an "Introduction to Nonviolent Direct Action" training and a more advanced workshop in NVDA for the Students for Bhopal 2006 Conference.
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
August 19th, 2006
The Ruckus Society trained 15 leaders from University of California campuses that will be leading campaigns for socially and environmentally responsible purchasing and recycling of electronic products on their campuses.
USAS National Winter Conference 2006
February 10th, 2006
Gopal, Lynn, and satya did a 1.5 hour "Intro to Non-violent Direct Action" training for United Students Against Sweatshops at their National Winter Conference 2006.
Patagonia - Reno training
February 8th, 2006
Aditi Vaidya and satya trained approximately 25 employees of Patagonia in Reno, NV.
California Faculty Association training
January 28th, 2006
The California Faculty Association is the union of Faculty in the California State University system. At a meeting of the "contingent" (non-tenure-track) faculty in Los Angeles, Gopal Dayaneni facilitated a standard 3-hour Introduction to Non-Violent Direct Action training.