How to Make Beautiful Trouble: Direct Action Tactics and Strategies
It has never been more urgent to rise up for the planet and her people and for all of us to show up to expose the violence and injustice in our country and around the world, but to be effective, we need the right approaches and tools. Some leading activists with long experience in frontline struggles will share their expertise, exploring such topics as how to determine which tactic is right at a given moment, how best to prepare for an action, and how to use one’s campaigns to sway opinion. With: Jodie Evans, co-founder/Co-Director, CODEPINK; Nancy Mancias, Divest from War campaigner, CODEPINK; Scott Parkin, Organizing Director, Rainforest Action Network.
Women's Tent
October 20th | 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Panelists
Jodie Evans
Co-Founder/Co-Director
CODEPINK
Jodie Evans, co-founder/Co-Director of CODEPINK, a peace, environmental, women’s rights and social justice activist for 40 years, served in the 1st Jerry Brown gubernatorial administration and ran his presidential campaign. She has published 2 books, Stop the Next War Now, and Twilight of Empire, produced documentary films and sits on several boards, including for: Rainforest Action Network, Drug Policy Alliance, Institute of Policy Studies, Women Moving Million, and, as Board Chair, the Women’s Media Center.Nancy Mancias
Campaign Organizer
CODEPINK
Nancy L. Mancias, a highly effective Campaign Organizer for the renowned peace and social justice non-violent, direct action group, CODEPINK, has also been part of the movement against torture, a proponent of closing the Guantanamo prison, and, as a key figure in the Justice For All campaign, an advocate for bringing all war criminals to justice.Scott Parkin
Organizing Director
Rainforest Action Network
Scott Parkin, a trainer, coordinator and organizer, has worked with anti-corporate, global justice, anti-war, labor, environmental and climate movements in North America, Europe and Australia. Currently Rainforest Action Network’s (RAN) Organizing Director, Scott previously spent 12 years as Senior Campaigner on RAN’s Climate Team, helping lead often dangerous frontline campaigns against, among others, Wall Street banks, mountaintop removal coal mining, and the Keystone XL pipeline.
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