Join fellow activists along with NCIA’s Andy Benson and other speakers at the first National Community Activists Conference on 23 February 2012.
The conference runs from10am to 4pm at University of Central Lancashire in Preston. Find out more on the NatCAN website: http://nationalcan.ning.com/events/national-community-activists-conference
Guest Speakers include:
- Margaret Leadwith – author of Community Development: A Critical Approach
- Tim Gee – author of Counterpower
- David Malone – author of The Debt Generation
- Andy Benson – National Coalition for Independent Action
Check out this article for a thoughtful analysis of what activists can do:
Building to Win: Reaching Beyond the International Anti-Capitalist Elite
http://brightgreenscotland.org/index.php/2011/12/building-to-win-reaching-beyond-the-international-anti-capitalist-elite/
It gives a whistlestop tour of the role of community action, ponders the tactics of big campaigning charities and highlights emergent voices from the Occupy movement and elsewhere.