Would you like to think more deeply about ‘How Social Change Happens’? Global climate action group, 350.org, has created new online ‘skill-ups’ (rather than ‘classes’) for campaigners.
As well as the valuable ‘Having Climate Change Conversations’ and a guide to divestment campaigning, sections include ‘How Social Movements Win’ and ‘Advanced Campaigning Lessons’ using real-life examples.
US course designer Daniel Hunter wanted to avoid the situation where ‘The student who gets the right answers is the one who can repeat back what the teacher taught.’ Activist education, he writes, needs people who think for themselves and who ‘use the culture and language of those around them for justice.’
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