In honor of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and in conjunction with the Jan. 20 Inaugurate Yourself Day of Non-Violent Action and Non-Cooperation, Houston Global Awareness will be facilitating 2 Non-Violent Direct Action Trainings and 1 Anti-Oppression training on January 17th. If you are interested in attending skillshares on non-violent direct action and anti-oppression, and learning about organizing along anti-authoritatian lines, please contact us. Childcare will be available on site.

LOCATION:Bill Hicks Reserrection Lab, 2915 Delafield Rd. TIMES:Monday Jan. 17; Non Violent Direct Action 3-5pm & 7-9pm;Anti-Oppression 5-7pm
CONTACT: Houston Global Awareness, hgac@riseup.net, 832-725-6220 or check out www.houstonglobalawareness.org

NON-VIOLENT DIRECT ACTION:Trainings will cover participatory exercises focused on action planning, forming affinity groups, staying calm, de-escalation, street safety, holding space and staying mobile, jail solidarity and trauma and aftercare. These are tools to prepare us to act using a variety of techniques that will increase communication, understanding of power, exploring hopes and fears and exercises to practices nonviolent techniques.

ANTI-OPPRESSION: Training will cover participatory exercises, activities and discussions focused on anti-oppression, anti-discrimination and anti-racism.

DIY T-SHIRT MAKING:Before, after or during workshop, paints, brushes, and stencils will be available as well as materials for making your own stencils. So come early or stay late, think up your favorite slogan and get inventive.We supply the paint; you supply the creativity (and shirt).

"Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better."

"I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered."

--Martin Luther King Jr
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