George Lakey è un riconosciuto attivista sociale e organizzatore il cui lavoro di una vita si concentra sull'azione diretta nonviolenta e sulla costruzione di organizzazioni radicalmente democratiche. La sua vasta esperienza pratica, acquisita guidando migliaia di workshop in diversi continenti per gruppi eterogenei, dai minatori ai monaci, informa il suo insegnamento e la sua scrittura. Il lavoro di Lakey approfondisce temi critici come la giustizia sociale, la resistenza nonviolenta e l'organizzazione per il cambiamento sociale. I suoi libri, tradotti in più lingue, sono considerati risorse essenziali per attivisti e organizzatori che cercano una profonda trasformazione sociale.
Unlike in other books on group facilitation, the author emphasises critical issues related to diversity, as well as authenticity and emotions. Step by step, this groundbreaking book describes how to design effective learning experiences and shows what it takes to facilitate them. Ultimately, it brings all the elements of the author s direct education approach together.
"From his first arrest in the Civil Rights era to his most recent during a climate justice march at the age of 83, George Lakey has committed his life to a mission of building a better world through movements for justice. Lakey draws readers into the center of history-making events, telling often serious stories with playfulness and intimacy. In this memoir, he describes the personal, political, and theoretical-coming out as bisexual to his Quaker community while known as a church leader and family man, protesting against the war in Vietnam by delivering medical supplies through the naval blockade in the South China Sea, and applying his academic study of nonviolent resistance to creative tactics in direct action campaigns. From strategies he learned as a young man facing violence in the streets to risking his life as an unarmed bodyguard for Sri Lankan human rights lawyers, Lakey recounts his experience living out the tension between commitment to family and mission. Drawing strength from his community to fight cancer, survive painful parenting struggles, and create networks to help prevent activist burnout, this book shows readers how to find hope in even the darkest times through strategic, joyful activism"-- Provided by publisher
Strategies for Success With Diverse Adult Learners
This book defines principles and techniques for teaching adults in groups and includes illustrative stories from the experiences of the author. It deals with issues of diversity, as well as authenticity and emotions in group learning.