<div>So much inspiration, excitement and hope for the days to come coming out of last night! High fives all around! <br><br>Quick reminder of two things tomorrow, Saturday Dec. 10th. Both are FREE and at the Community Church of Boston , 565 Boylston Street, 2nd floor, Copely Square (Back Bay station or Copely station)<br>
<br><b>Training:</b> Group Process and Facilitation - 1:00pm - 3:00pm <br>Agendas, running meetings, decision
making models, dealing with challenging people and more.<br>Sign-up: <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/NVDAtraining" target="_blank">www.tinyurl.com/NVDAtraining</a><br><br><b>Film Screening:</b> We Interrupt this Empire - 6:00pm - Great inspiration for the possibilities of strategic direct action! <br>
<span><br></span></div> <span>"We
Interrupt This Empire..." is a collaborative work by many of the Bay
Area's independent video activists which documents the direct actions
that shut down the financial district of San Francisco in the weeks
following the United States' invasion of Iraq. With the audio backdrop
including the live broadcasts of SF Indymedia's Enemy Combatant Radio
and the SFPD's tactical communications that were picked up by police
scanners, the documentary takes a look at the diverse show of resistance
from the streets of San Francisco as well as providing a critique of
the coporate media coverage of the war and exploring such issues as the
Military Industrial Complex, attacks on civil liberties, and the United
States' current </span>Saturday December 10th – 6pm :: [MOVIE] We Interrupt this Empire<br><br>=============================<br>This
film is a part of a series of community trainings in non-violent direct
action and facilitation and group process, strategy and action
planning. The films all feature different points in history where people
took to collective action in response to injustice. More information <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/198912736859106/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/198912736859106/</a> and pasted below. <br>
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Community Non-Violent Direct Action Trainings and film screenings<br>
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ALL TRAININGS AND MOVIES ARE FREE<br>
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Inspired by the Occupy movement these trainings are part of a community
capacity building effort in the Boston area. The trainings will be
facilitated by members of the New England Trainers Network, Alliance of
Community Trainers and the Health Justice Working Group of Occupy
Boston. The aim is to build the skill sets and confidence of community
groups and activists in doing NVDA. Please sign up ahead of time for the
trainings to help the trainers plan.<br>
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Sign up:<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:bostonactiontrainings@riseup.net" target="_blank">bostonactiontrainings@riseup.net</a><br>
Phone: <a href="tel:%28617%29%20971-8753" value="+16179718753" target="_blank">(617) 971-8753</a><br>
Web: <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/NVDAtraining" target="_blank">www.tinyurl.com/NVDAtraining</a><br>
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TRAININGS<br>
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Saturday December 10th – 1pm – 4:00pm *note time change of training* ::
Facilitation and Group Process -agendas, running meetings, decision
making models, dealing with challenging people and more.<br>
Location: Community Church, 565 Boylston Street, Boston<br>
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Saturday December 10th – 6pm :: [MOVIE] We Interrupt this Empire<br>
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A film documenting the mass coordinated direct action in San Francisco afterthe start of the Iraq war.<br>
Location: Community Church, 565 Boylston Street, Boston<br>
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Saturday December 17th – 10am to 5pm :: Non-Violent Direct Action:
History, Street Tactics, Planning, Strategy, Legal, Affinity Groups and
More! Full day training<br>
Location: Community Church, 565 Boylston Street, Boston<br>
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Saturday December 17th – 5:30pm :: [MOVIE] This is WhatDemocracy Looks Like<br>
In 1999 mass demonstrations and coordinated direct actions in Seattle,
WA shutdown the WTO ministerial meeting and spring boarded the US
anti-globalizationmovement.<br>
Location: Community Church, 565 Boylston Street, Boston<br>
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Sunday December 18th – 12pm – 5pm :: Direct Action Strategy and Action Planning – Digging a little deeper.<br>
Location: TBA<br>
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Monday December 19th – 6:30pm :: [MOVIE] The Take 6:30A film by Avi
Lewis and Naomi Klien, The Take is a film about thirty unemployed
auto-parts workers who walkinto their idle factory, roll out sleeping
mats and refuse to leave.<br>
Location: Community Church, 565 Boylston Street, Boston<br>
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Sign up:<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:bostonactiontrainings@riseup.net" target="_blank">bostonactiontrainings@riseup.net</a><br>
Phone: <a href="tel:%28617%29%20971-8753" value="+16179718753" target="_blank">(617) 971-8753</a><br>
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Web: <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/NVDAtraining_____________________________________________" target="_blank">www.tinyurl.com/NVDAtraining__</a>