Session X: Planning Next Steps

Session X

PLANNING NEXT STEPS

PURPOSE OF THIS SESSION: To wrap up the training session and plan what more must be done to organize people for effective nonviolent defense against coups.

MATERIALS NEEDED: (1) Flip-chart stand; (2) Pad of newsprint; (3) Magic markers.

ESTIMATES TIME: 1 to 3 hours, depending on how much specific future planning needs to be done

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? (Trainer and group)

  1. Trainer to group: “What have been the highlights of this training? What are the most important things you have learned?”
  2. Trainer writes summary of these on the newsprint.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO NEXT?

  1. Trainer to group
    1. We have gone through an enormous amount of material exercises, discussion and planning. We will leave with you all the newsprint pages with your ideas.
    2. However, one workshop is not sufficient to organize effective resistance to an attempted coup.
    3. What next steps need to be taken to organize such resistance?
  2. Group exercise
    1. Trainer makes list of all the “next steps” that the participants mention.
    2. If they do not mention the following, the trainer should be sure to list them:

i. What further training do we need? How can we offer training to others who were not able to be with us at this time?

ii. How will we organize among the various key sectors of society so that each will have a core group committed to preparing that sector for effective nonviolent resistance?

iii. How will we coordinate our efforts from here on?

iv. Who will take responsibility for specific tasks that need to be done, such as writing a Nonviolent Discipline?

v. (If the group is non-governmental) What support do we need from our government to make this effort successful? How can we obtain this support?

vi. What organizational structure do we need among ourselves to keep the planning moving forward? Steering Committee? Task Forces? Memberships? Leadership?

ORGANIZING FOR SPECIFIC NEXT STEPS (Trainer and group)

  1. What do we need to do next?
  2. Is there a core group from this training session that will take responsibility for next steps? Who should be on it? When and where should they meet?

PARTICIPANTS SHOULD NOT LEAVE THE WORKSHOP WITHOUT A DEFINITE PLAN FOR NEXT STEPS OR WITHOUT SPECIFIC PEOPLE HAVING TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY TO INITIATE THE NEXT STEPS.

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