2013 Institute

The 2013 James Lawson Institute

August 17-24, Nashville, Tennessee

 

Day 1 Saturday, August 17

Arrivals and Introduction

3:00pm onward – Participants check into rooms (Laskey Building)

5:00pm-6:30pm – Reception (Scarritt Hall, International Room) 6:30pm-7:30pm – Opening dinner (Bennett Hall, Raintree Room)

7:30pm-9:30pm – Watch Nashville segment of A Force More Powerful (Fondren Hall, Harambee Auditorium)

 

Day 2 Sunday, August 18

Listening to Participants Analyze the Current State of North American Activism and Organizing

7:30am-8:30am – Breakfast (Susie Gray Dining Hall)

8:30am-9:15am – Introduction to the James Lawson Institute – Hardy Merriman and Daryn Cambridge

9:15am-10:15am – Introductions of all participants and presenters

10:15am-10:30am – Break

10:30am-12:15pm – Exercise: Reflecting on Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Challenges of North American Organizing and Activism – Hardy Merriman introduces exercise

12:15pm-1:00pm – Lunch (Susie Gray Dining Hall)

1:00pm-3:00pm – Whole group reconvenes and shares results of their conversations about strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges – Tom Hastings and Paulina Gonzalez facilitate

3:00pm-3:15pm – Break

3:15pm-3:45pm – Whole group reconvenes and shares results of their conversations about strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges

3:45pm-4:30pm – Exercise: What Knowledge, Skills, Resources, or Actions would be Helpful? – Philippe Duhamel and Cynthia Boaz introduce exercise

4:30pm-5:30pm – Whole group reconvenes and shares results of their conversations about what knowledge, skills, resources or actions would be helpful – Philippe Duhamel and Cynthia Boaz facilitate

5:30pm-6:30pm – Dinner (Susie Gray Dining Hall)

7:00pm-8:30pm – Evening Program (Fondren Hall, Harambee Auditorium)

Screening of India and South Africa segments of A Force More Powerful

 

Day 3 Monday, August 19

Introduction to Nonviolent Civil Resistance, Its Dynamics, and Three Major Historical Cases of Civil Resistance in North America

7:30am-8:30am – Breakfast

8:45am-10:15am – Presentation: Nonviolent Civil Resistance in Historical Context – Mary King and Erica Chenoweth

10:15am-10:30am – Break

10:30am-12:00pm – Presentation: Dynamics of Civil Resistance – Jack DuVall

12:00pm-1:00pm – Lunch

1:00pm-2:15pm – Presentation: The Woman’s Suffrage Movement – Cynthia Boaz, Nadine Bloch as respondent

2:15pm-3:30pm – Presentation: The Nonviolent Direct Action of the US Civil Rights Movement – James Lawson

3:30pm-3:45pm – Break

3:45pm-5:00pm – Presentation: The United Farm Workers – 1965-1970 – Hardy Merriman

5:30pm-6:30pm – Dinner

7:00pm-end – Evening Program
Participant- or presenter-led breakout groups on topics related to civil resistance or organizing.

 

Day 4 Tuesday, August 20

Movement Formation, Movement Sustainability, Coalitions and Alliances

7:30am-8:30am – Breakfast

8:30am-10:00am – Presentation: Movement and Campaign Formation – Maciej Bartkowski and Ivan Marovic

10:00am-10:15am – Break

10:15am-11:45am – Presentation: Sustaining a Movement or Campaign – Hardy Merriman and Stephen Zunes

12:00pm-1:00pm – Lunch

1:00pm-2:00pm – Exercise: Analysis of Coalitions and Alliances – Paulina Gonzalez and Philippe Duhamel introduce exercise

2:00pm-3:00pm – Whole group reconvenes and shares results of their analysis of coalitions and alliances – Paulina Gonzalez and Philippe Duhamel facilitate

3:00pm-3:15pm – Break

3:15pm-5:15pm – Panel Discussion about Movement Culture – Tom Hastings, Nadine Bloch, Paulina Gonzalez, Stephen Zunes

5:30pm-6:30pm – Dinner Open Evening

 

Day 5 Wednesday, August 21

Strategy, Tactics, and Planning

7:30am-8:30am – Breakfast

8:45am-9:45am – Presentation: Strategy and Principles of Effective Civil Resistance – Ivan Marovic

9:45am-11:30am – Presentation: Tactical Selection and Planning – Tom Hastings and Hardy Merriman

11:30am-12:30pm – Lunch

12:30pm-2:00pm – Exercise: Tactic Analysis – Nadine Bloch and Althea Middleton-Detzner introduce exercise

2:00pm-3:30pm – Whole group reconvenes and shares results of the tactic analysis exercise – Nadine Bloch and Althea Middleton-Detzner facilitates

3:30pm-3:45pm – Break

3:45pm-5:30pm – Breakout sessions
Participant- or presenter-led breakout groups on topics related to civil resistance or organizing.

5:30pm-6:30pm – Dinner

7:00pm-end – Evening Program
Participant- or presenter-led breakout groups on topics related to civil resistance or organizing.

 

Day 6 Thursday, August 22

Movement Language and Media

7:30am-8:30am – Breakfast

8:30am-8:45am – Opening exercise – Jack DuVall

8:45am-10:00am – Language and Meaning in Movements – Jack DuVall

10:00am-11:00am – Presentation: Public Narrative – Paulina Gonzalez

11:00am-11:15am – Break

11:15am-12:00pm – Exercise: Analysis of Movement and Campaign Language – Althea Middleton-Detzner and Tom Hastings introduce exercise

12:00pm-12:45pm – Lunch

1:00pm-1:45pm – Whole group reconvenes and shares results of their conversations – Althea Middleton-Detzner and Tom Hastings facilitate

1:45pm-2:45pm – Presentation: Movements and Media – Mary King

2:45pm-3:45pm – Facilitated Discussion: Self-Explanation and Self-Coverage – Ivan Marovic and Daryn Cambridge

3:45pm-4:00pm – Break

4:00pm-5:00pm – Exercise: Analysis of Self-Coverage and Conventional Media – Daryn Cambridge and Philippe Duhamel

5:00pm-5:30pm – Whole group reconvenes and shares lessons learned from self-coverage and conventional media analysis – Daryn Cambridge and Philippe Duhamel

5:30pm-6:30pm – Dinner

7:00pm-close – Evening Presentation – James Lawson

 

Day 7 Friday, August 23

Repression, Radical Flanks, and Maintaining Nonviolent Discipline

7:30am-8:30am – Breakfast

8:30am-10:00am – Presentation: Managing Repression – Erica Chenoweth

10:00am-10:45am – Exercise: Analyzing the Impact of Repression – Erica Chenoweth and Ivan Marovic introduce exercise

10:45am-11:00am – Break

11:00am-12:00pm – Whole group reconvenes and shares lessons learned from repression exercise – Erica Chenoweth and Ivan Marovic facilitate

12:00pm-1:00pm – Lunch

1:00pm-2:30pm – Presentation: Radical Flanks and Maintaining Nonviolent Discipline – Erica Chenoweth and Stephen Zunes

2:30pm-3:30pm – Exercise: Addressing Radical Flanks and Maintaining Nonviolent Discipline – Tom Hastings and Philippe Duhamel introduce exercise

3:30pm-3:45pm – Break

3:45pm-5:00pm – Whole group reconvenes and shares results of their conversations about radical flanks and maintaining nonviolent discipline – Tom Hastings and Philippe Duhamel facilitate

5:00pm-5:30pm – Free Time

5:30pm-6:30pm – Dinner Open Evening

 

Day 8 Saturday, August 24

Reflection on Lessons Learned, Implications, and Next Steps

7:30am-8:30am – Breakfast

8:30am-10:15am — Exercise: Reflections on Lessons Learned, Implications, and Next Steps – Hardy Merriman and Althea Middleton-Detzner

10:15am-10:30am – Break

10:30am-12:00pm – Whole group reconvenes and shares results of their conversations about lessons learned, implications, and next steps – Hardy Merriman and Althea Middleton-Detzner

12:00pm-1:00pm – Lunch

1:00pm-3:00pm – Exercise: What New Knowledge, Organizations, Resources, Networks or Actions May be Helpful? – Hardy Merriman and Daryn Cambridge

3:00pm-3:15pm – Break

3:15pm-5:30pm – Whole group reconvenes and shares results of their conversation about what new knowledge, organizations, resources, networks, or actions may be helpful – Hardy Merriman and Daryn Cambridge

6:00pm-close – Closing dinner (Bennett Hall, Raintree Room)