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“Seeds of Change Workshop” – Rivera Sun’s Powerful Workshop on Strategic Nonviolent Action

Seeds-of-Change-WorkshopLove-In-Action co-founder Rivera Sun brings her powerful workshop to Taos, NM before embarking on a 40+ city tour. Not local to Taos? You’re in luck! She’s on her way to you … and she’s also teaching Love-in-Action Workshops. See her full tour schedule and contact her here.

Come to the Seeds of Change Workshop on Sat, Jan 24th 2-6pm at Moby Dickens Bookshop, Taos, NM:

Ordinary people like you have made change using the tools of Dr. King, Gandhi, Jesus, and Cesar Chavez. Learn these strategies for change and apply them in your community. This workshop covers the basic dynamics and strategies of nonviolent action. Participants discover how to envision and build campaigns, become familiar with the 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action, the Pillars of Support, the Spectrum of Allies, and learn to connect the dots between the many issues our communities face. Bring your friends, neighbors, elders, and students. Together we’ll explore how ordinary people can make extraordinary change!

$30/person, 4hrs long, Facilitated by Rivera Sun
Register at the door or by calling (575) 776-3973 (scholarships available, please call.)

 

Pssst … here’s Rivera Sun’s Love-In-Action Workshop description. Very exciting!

Heroes 1 Group ShotLove-In-Action for the Times We’re In! Workshop w/ Rivera Sun
Love in action is the phrase used by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Buddhist monk and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh, to describe what happens when “the heart bursts open and springs into action!” This workshop brings you hope, courage, and practical skills for being love in action. Drawing from inspiring stories of nonviolent action, you’ll learn how to bring people together, create a plan, and become a vibrant part of the growing Movement of Movements that is sweeping across the nation and into our lives!

See her full tour schedule and contact her here.

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Love-In-Action Taos’ Unsung Heroes Parade: Activists, Whistleblowers, and Muckrakers

Supporters of whistleblowers march in Santa Monica's seventh annual Fourth of July parade in Santa Monica, CaliforniaGiant Puppets, costumes, banners, whistles … bring it all to the Arroyo Seco 4th of July Parade. Love-In-Action is celebrating the heroes of the People’s History of the United States: activists, whistleblowers, and muckrakers.

July 4th, 11:00am SHARP! Gather at the Arroyo Seco Community Center (the gathering point for on-foot marchers). The parade starts at noon, but it’s good to come early before they close the street and parking gets tight.

Everyone is welcome … if you haven’t been to a Love-In-Action gathering or event, welcome! We’re happy to have you come along. Want to invite friends? Use Facebook.

Ideas to stir your creative juices:

CodePink Taos is bringing these 5 Giant Puppets to the Parade … and looking for 5 strong backs to wear them!

CodePink Taos is bringing these 5 Giant Puppets to the Parade … and looking for 5 strong backs to wear them!

Come dressed as Mother Jones, Eugene Debs, Dorothy Day, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Cesar Chavez.

Bring banners or signs to honor people like Larry Gibson, Rosa Parks, the Little Rock Nine, Howard Zinn, Susan B. Anthony, Grace Lee Boggs, Winona LaDuke, Julia Butterfly Hill

Blow a whistle for Daniel Ellsberg, Jesselyn Radack, Thomas Drake, Karen Silkwood, Erin Brokovich.

Volunteer to carry one of the Codepink Taos’ Five Giant Puppets of Sadako Sasaki, Rosa Parks, Winona Laduke, Dolores Huerta and Amy Goodman.

Paint a long banner with every whistleblower’s name you can think of. Or one for activists. Or muckrakers.

For more inspiration, check out the Americans Who Tell the Truth Series: http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/

About the Love-In-Action Network: We are a network of locally organized, interconnected groups dedicated to nonviolent action. The Love-In-Action Network empowers citizens through education, discussion, and action, providing opportunities to collectively and individually study nonviolent action, and preparing for the necessary struggle to ensure our health, well-being, and a future for humanity. www.loveinactionnet.com

“You are the ones you’ve been waiting for!”

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