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Newcastle Workshop – Sat 14 July, 2012

On June 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Training workshops

This free workshop in Newcastle will cover: Campaign planning, Non violent direct action, avoiding burnout, and the CSG Free community strategy. Come along and share in strategy planning and gain practical tools for winning community campaigns to protect our health, water, farms and communities.

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Activist training at The Channon June 24, 2012: Non-violent direct action for Gasfield Free communities

On June 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Training workshops

This workshop on non-violent direct action is organised specifically for newly declared gasfield free communities.

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Registration open for Ross House Campaign Training Day, Melbourne

On May 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Training workshops

Effective Action for Environmental and Social Justice

Saturday 30 June 2012, Melbourne.

You’ve got the passion, but have you got the power? On Saturday 30 June 2012, get skilled up for maximum effect at the Ross House all day training day with back to back workshops. Each 90 minute […]

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3 May, 2012 – Wilderness Society Victoria event

On April 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Training workshops

When: 6pm, Thursday 3rd May
Where: The Loft, Level 2,
Kindness House,
288 Brunswick St
Fitzroy, Victoria

Experienced social and environmental activist, prominent activism educator and writer Aidan Ricketts will be our special guest straight from northern NSW next month, launching his new book, The Activists’ Handbook, […]

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Workshop at the Sphinx Rock Café – April 28th, 2012

On April 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Training workshops

To support the community action against coal seam gas mining in the Northern Rivers region, there will be activist workshops at the Sphinx Rock Café on Saturday 28 April from 10 am till 4pm.

Copies of the Activists Handbook will be available for sale for $30
The training will involve three […]

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Building capacity – training and the CSG-Free group

On March 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Training workshops

The newly formed CSG free Lismore action group is offering a series of activist training workshops in coming weeks to help ‘build capacity’ for local resistance to CSG mining. This Thursday night (29/3/12) the author of The Activists Handbook, Aidan Ricketts,  will conduct a public workshop on strategic campaign planning for the […]

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March/April 2012 – CSG-Free training in Lismore, NSW

On March 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Training workshops

To support the community action against coal seam gas mining in the Northern Rivers region, there will be activist workshops at the Workers Club in Lismore at 6.30pm, every second Thursday for three weeks from March 15th.

Action against coal seam gas extraction in the Northern Rivers region is gaining strong […]

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March 25, 2012 CSG Free Workshop, Grafton, NSW

On March 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Training workshops

Draft Program for Grafton Non Violent Direct Action Training (Stage1) Grafton Community Centre

25th March 2012

10am Register, drinks etc. 10.15 History of Social Movements, 4 Roles in a successful Social Movements and the 8 stages required for success
– Carol Perry. 11.15 Morning tea 11.45 Planning and Mapping Your Campaign: How […]

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March 11 2012 – CSG-Free Northern Rivers training workshop

On March 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Training workshops

The workshop roll out continues for Kyogle and Casino based CSG free groups. On March 11, I will be providing training in establishing new groups, campaign planning and non-violent direct action. This training is being organised by the Group against Gas Kyogle http://www.facebook.com/groups/195834647104687/

UPDATE

The workshop was a great success! Protests on […]

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Inaugural CSG free Northern Rivers activism and campaign workshops at Keerong Valley

On February 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Training workshops

The training day at Keerong Hall was a huge success. As has become familiar we had a very representative sample of the local community: contractors, farmers, small business owners, and many fired up people self-describing as former conservatives. Lismore councilor Simon Clough, myself (Aidan Ricketts) and Environmental Defender’s office lawyer Sue Higginson provided […]

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Activism and campaigning workshop Huon Environment Centre Huonville, Tasmania

On January 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Training workshops

29 January 2012  http://www.huon.org/

Hi, Thanks to Huon Environment Centre for flying me down to Tassie for these workshops and thanks for keeping up the resistance to industrial logging in Tasmania. The workshops on 29 January will focus upon campaign strategy and planning in […]

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