TACTICS, STRATEGY & NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION TRAINING

A playful, powerful, hands-on movement laboratory

Before we take the streets for a citywide day of action, we’re kicking things off with a two-hour interactive training at GAIA HQ that’s equal parts movement school, strategy game, and collective imagination experiment.

This is not a lecture.
This is learn-by-doing.

Together, we’ll break into small affinity groups and participate in a live, gamified campaign simulation where Los Angeles has been taken over by a Big Orange Bad Guy, masked federal agents are disappearing “undesirables,” and corporations are making a killing off the whole thing.

Your job?
Figure out how to take the system down. Nonviolently, creatively, and strategically.

WHAT YOU’LL ACTUALLY DO

Learn the difference between strategy and tactics (and why movements fail when they confuse the two)
Power-map corporations, oligarchs, financiers, media, and state actors
Practice nonviolent direct action tactics from disruption to divestment campaigns
Design actions inside affinity groups and see how power actually responds
Adapt when backlash hits and escalate collectively toward real leverage
Measure success beyond vibes, clicks, or crowd size

All of this happens through a fast-paced, playful training game where every group gets to act, adapt, and collaborate toward a shared strategy.

WHO’S JOINING US

This training is being facilitated by experienced organizers and movement builders from around the country, including:

Jolly Good Ginger
Da Woke Farmer
Chelsea Gods
plus a whole crew of seasoned activists who’ve run campaigns, shut down corporations, and survived the backlash.

These are people who’ve won fights, made mistakes, learned the hard way. And are excited to train with you.

WHY THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN

Because:

• You’ll be making decisions, not taking notes

• You’ll be working in teams, not sitting silently

• You’ll be laughing, plotting, role-playing, and building together

• And you’ll leave with real skills you can use that same day in the streets

This training is designed to be accessible for first-timers and deeply satisfying for experienced organizers.

WHY IT MATTERS

We believe movements win when people:

• Understand power

• Act collectively

• Stay nonviolent and disciplined

• And know how to turn pressure into change

This training is how we practice that together.

Come for the fun.
Stay for the skills.
Leave ready to move power.