Art By: Anina Takeff for Fine Acts
Want to learn skills to engage in direct action, but don’t know where to start? Join the Northern Center, Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition, Alaska Peace Center, and Young Alaskans Training Fund for “Making Good Trouble,” a two-day non-violent direct action workshop at the Dena’ Movement Commons, October 5th and 6th. Trainers from across the state will share their knowledge and experiences in non-violent direct action, provide information on the philosophies of direct action, give tactics and tools to help you start or further develop your campaign, and guide campaign and art development, leading to the positive change we want to see in our communities!
Date: Saturday October 5th and Sunday October 6th
Location: Dena’ Movement Commons, 526 Gaffney Road, Suite 204
Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm both days, with breaks for lunch & snacks
TO SIGN UP FOR THE WORKSHOP:
1) Please fill out the registration form here.
2) Once you have completed the registration form, scroll below to select and pay your registration fee.
*Please note, registration fees are paid separately from the registration form. If you are attending for free (as noted in your registration form), you do not need to select or pay a registration fee. All others must select their registration amount and complete the payment process.
We want community members to feel welcome to attend and recognize that members of our community have varying access to income and other resources. To ensure that income is not a limiting factor in access to training, we are offering registration on a sliding scale. For transparency, the registration fee supports the co-organizations to pay facilitators, cover the cost of training materials and art supplies available to participants, and provide food to share among everyone. Individual registration fee can be selected on Northern Center’s website.
To assist you in deciding what you might pay for this class, we offering the following descriptions:
Lowest cost: $0-10
We encourage those who may experience financial barriers that prevent paying a higher fee to offer what they can contribute.
Medium cost: $20-30
We encourage those who want to support this training, though who may have life or financial circumstances that prevent paying the highest cost, to select one of these options.
Highest cost: $40-50
This covers the requested fee of our training; we encourage those with the economic privilege to support this training to do so.
Community support: $80+
This is for those with the ability to pay the requested fee and share resources by supporting the participation of other community members whose resource access prevents them from paying the full amount.
