Join our New Tactics dialogue on using humor!

Join us for this online dialogue featuring Tactics That Tickle: Laughing All the Way to the Win from March 24 to 30, 2010.  Yes, we are working to change serious problems, but that doesn’t mean this work should not use humor as a tool to accomplish our objective!  Humor is a powerful nonviolent tactic that has the ability to prevent and counter activist burnout, engage more supporters, and increase the chance of getting media attention.  It can give you an opportunity to put your opponent in a dilemma – no matter what he does, he has lost.  In this dialogue, practitioners will share advice and resources on using humor, and many examples to inspire you. 

“Because, after all, isn't laughing the best way to show teeth that bite?” – Philippe Duhamel

Our featured resource practitioners leading this dialogue include:

• Srdja Popovic - a leader of the Otpor! movement in Serbia
• Annie Sloman - Community Cultural Development and International Development Practioner based in Timor Leste & Indonesia
• James Fehon - volunteer, activist and committee member with Amnesty Int'l in Australia
• Marco Ceglie - messaging, viral strategy, meme activist and consultant with Billionaires for Wealthcare and Agit-Pop Communications
• Bruce Hartford of the Civil Rights Movement Veterans
• L.M. Bogad - Associate Professor, University of California at Davis and author, performer, and activist
• Kathleen Cameroon of the Art Action Union in Australia
• Pavel Marozau of the Third Way, Belarus
• Oliver MacColl - GetUp! Manager Offline Campaigns, Australia
• Juan Ravell and others of El Chigüire Bipolar, Venzuela

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