Ever wanted to see your world change for the better, but not sure where to start? This series of free workshops will take the mystery out of change-making, by examining the patterns of social movements around the world. You are welcome to join any or all of the series.

We’ll present one tool per workshop, followed by discussion of how you can apply them. These workshops will be extremely useful to anyone working for social change, whether by helping people, animals, or Nature.

Presenter Dan Lewis has 35 years advocacy experience. These are the tools he uses daily.

8 STAGES OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS - workshop #1

All social movements go through stages—from business as usual, through ripening conditions, to movement take-off and ultimately achieving alternatives. Figuring out what stage your movement is at allows you to choose tactics most likely to succeed at that stage. Bill Moyer, author of Doing Democracy, mapped all this out back in the 1980s and even came to Tofino to offer a workshop—right before the rainforest movement achieved movement take-off! Presenter Dan Lewis was mentored by Bill himself.

Next workshops:
October 11th 2023: 4 Roles of Advocates
October 25th 2023: Spectrum of Allies
November 8th 2023: Beautiful Trouble