5.01.01 strategies for nonviolent social change - how to

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By Betsy Leondar-Wright reviewing Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life and It Was Like a Fever: Storytelling in Protest and Politics.

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Good leadership creates opportunities for others to expand their potential to become leaders themselves.

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When we become so afraid of conflict that we stop challenging, we take power away from our organization.

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Small groups aren't the problem. They're the solution.

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Structurelessness is a way of masking power, usually most strongly advocated by the most powerful.

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We have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances, and Guantánamo Bay prison is beyond grievous.

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We approach our struggle in the spirit of hope, love, and magnanimity.

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The debate has to examine how environmental improvements to low-income communities lift up the economy, the safety, and the morale - not just locally, but regionally and nationally.

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Instead of addressing the issues that the women are protesting about, the government has responded by using brutal force and attacking anybody who engages in peaceful demonstrations and protests, even peaceful ones.

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Make the Road New York is admired for its consensus-based, collective decision-making, an intensive process that builds strong, trusting relationships, leadership, and shared agreement among members.