T.O. Action Strategy Lab
The current administration is expecting our public outrage to build, and may be stoking it to justify an escalation of repression... So what “out of the box” tactics and creative strategies that no one can predict or manipulate can we devise together?
This strategic planning lab will share how to use Forum and Image theatre to unpack the battle of the story we are in, devise scenarios from selected points of intervention, and then experiment with different tactics (with realistic-as-possible contexts) to co-create other possibilities – all the while building shared analysis and documenting conditions to work towards, risks to attend to, and strategies to try out in real life.
Facilitated by Levana Saxon and Tatiana Chaterji
Rainbow of Desire
“Heal to Organize, Organize to Heal”: in this workshop, we will connect the dots between the emotional and deeply personal experiences of being in the world to systemic, societal, historical, and political structures. The sequence of parsing out “rainbow rays” of any given situation allow us to shape the different parts of ourselves in relation to each other, re-conceptualize and dialogue with them, ultimately transforming their presence in our psychic and actual lives, including how we show up in our families, communities, protest communities, and beyond.
Facilitated by Tatiana Chaterji and Levana Saxon
Those of you who have attended our trainings at CIIS or Cal State East Bay, Conflict Embodiment Labs, or Somatics & Conflict Processing Skills For the People will be able to expand their knowledge into the practical application of this method.
T.O. and Participatory Action Research
10:30 am - 4:00 pm, Oakland CA
Expand your approach to inquiry, research, assessments and planning with methods that spark connection and create the conditions for authentic sharing. This in-person workshop will include the Coliberate curriculum and tools for using Image Theatre for collective problem identification and research design and Forum Theatre for collecting data.
Facilitated by Levana Saxon and Tatiana Chaterji
Moving Through Conflict with Love for the People
As pressure builds on our communities and survival, we offer a space to deepen our collective capacity to move through conflict with love and courage. A two-part workshop on somatic practice and conflict transformation.
Beyond Mandated Reporting
Consider personal and collective obligations in caring for child welfare. We will address incidental harms from involving the state.
Beyond Restraining Orders
How can we protect and care for loved ones experiencing abuse outside of the limited and harmful parameters of criminal-legal response?
Conflict Embodiment Lab
Come play, put the critic away! Find what you already know about moving through conflict through embodied, physical exercises.
Beyond HR Reporting: Another Way is Possible!
How can we challenge policing systems within nonprofits and build organizational cultures that support true accountability?
Beyond Victims' Rights
This workshop challenges the foundation of our criminal-legal system while also inviting deeper critique of its alternatives.
Taller de Teatro del Oprimido
Si quieres experimentar y vivir la tradición latinoamericana de protesta del teatro del oprimido, inscribete a este taller. El Teatro del oprimido difiere de otros tipos de teatro politico en cuanto a que no enseña ni propone soluciones, sino que su trabajo es dirigido por el protagonismo de las personas y de las historias que se encuentran en el centro de la injusticia.
Beyond Restraining Orders
What are viable alternatives to the harmful consequences of relying on the mechanisms of family law to keep survivors safe?
Beyond HR Reporting
How can we build liberatory organizational systems that center survivors rather than reproducing power hierarchies in the legal domain?
Beyond Mandated Reporting
Learn the legal requirements for reporting harm against children while integrating critical analysis of the criminal legal system.
Conflict Embodiment Lab
Experiment with theater-based tools and physicality to move through conflict and harm. No prior experience required; all abilities welcome!
Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop: Rainbow of Desire
Day-long intensive experiential training in Rainbow of Desire from the tradition of Theatre of the Oppressed
Orígenes y Principios Fundamentales de la Justicia Restaurativa (Día 3)
El papel de la justicia restaurativa en el proceso de sanación del trauma
Orígenes y Principios Fundamentales de la Justicia Restaurativa (Día 2)
La importancia de la práctica de la justicia restaurativa en las escuelas, comunidades y prisión
Orígenes y Principios Fundamentales de la Justicia Restaurativa (Día 1)
Introducción a la justicia restaurativa: orígenes, herramientas y prácticas (primer taller)