Animal Rebellion

Plant Based Future Talk
2021-03-15 19:00 - 20:15 (Europe/London) | Online

Negotiation Training for Activists
2021-03-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Online
If you don’t ask, you won’t get. Asking, demanding, protesting, lobbying for something, or for someone to do something, is a negotiation. It might just be ‘if you do this, then we’ll stop hassling you.’ Knowing how to negotiate is key to successful campaigning.
This session will cover the key frameworks to make you a better negotiator, campaigner and help you get what you want and animals and the planet need.

Spokespeople Training: Speech Writing
2021-03-15 13:00 - 14:30
“There is no set way to write and deliver a speech, but there are things we can think about to help make it powerful and engaging for our audience. This training will discuss structure, how to utilise research, incorporating Animal Rebellion’s messaging and using our own personal story.
The event is open to any level of public speaking/ speech writing/ spokespeople experience.
Register for this event here: The zoom registration is: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtce-qpz8sGNbL_vVH9d4wZsvB-bbTLQw4”

DNA Culture
2021-03-14 13:00 - 15:00, 2021-02-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Online
Culture underpins how we relate to one another both within our movement and wider society. Come explore how we can build an inclusive, resilient and empowering culture together at Animal Rebellion.

Witnessing Police Behaviour Training
2021-03-13 17:30 - 18:30, 2021-02-27 17:30 - 18:30, 2021-02-13 17:30 - 18:30 | Online
“NB: By coming to this training, it does NOT mean that you are a legal observer; you will be someone who has some very useful skills when witnessing forms of policing.
When at an action, the police also generally turn up. In this training, you will learn how to effectively monitor the following:
– Arrests
– Stop and Searches
We recognise that the police often (and generally do) use their powers in a discriminatory manner to target Black people, POC, LGBTQ+ and disabled people (to name a few), due to institutional racism, sexism, transphobia and ableism within the police force. By the end of this training, you will be able to monitor the police’s actions, whilst also trying to safeguard the person being subjected to the police behaviour.
This training is essential for all those looking to attend future actions.”

Action Design Training
2021-03-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Online
“Non-violent Direct Action is what Animal Rebellion is all about. In this two-hour long, interactive training you will learn how to design an effective action. We will go through the basic principles of great non-violent direct actions. You will have space to discuss good and bad action design examples and will be designing your own actions during group exercises.
Every part of Animal Rebellion needs to become a laboratory for disobedience and action design. If every person in every local group puts their mind to designing actions, imagine the possibilities!
We encourage rebels to attend an NVDA and DNA workshop by Animal Rebellion before joining this training. Please also note that this is an interactive session which will require active participation from those joining.

DNA Structure
2021-03-11 17:00 - 19:00 | Online
“This online workshop is an opportunity to explore Animal Rebellion UK’s structure of coordination and learn about how we make decisions.
What are the key principles, ways of working and challenges of our Self-Organising-System and how is it expanding as we continually grow? Discuss leadership, autonomy and the fundamental building blocks of trust and communication.”

Know Your Rights Training
2021-03-09 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-02-23 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-02-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Online
“A training aimed at encouraging safe protest and informing rebels of their rights.
Teaching rebels how to engage with the police, acknowledging the disproportionate policing of marginalised groups and the role of white, able bodied privilege.
Aiming to create a safer protest environment by empowering all UK rebels with the knowledge to understand the widespread discrimination within policing, their legal rights and to be aware of how to limit risk to themselves and others.
REBEL SAFE!”

Wellbeing Training
2021-03-08 18:30 - 20:00 | Online
This is a 2 hour online training which is intended as an introduction to Action Wellbeing support at Actions which we recommend attending if you are interested in taking on a Wellbeing role at actions. Action Wellbeing is an essential part of creating a regenerative action. It promotes the wellbeing of ourselves and others, strengthening connection and resilience. The training will explore some techniques including active listening, grounding and self soothing exercises, roles within Action Wellbeing, and what it might look like on the ground. You will also be sent a beautiful Action Wellbeing Handbook and you are welcome to get in touch with your trainer at any point if you want to discuss any further aspects of Action Wellbeing. *We aim to make all Animal Rebellion events as accessible as possible. Please reach out if you have any accessibility needs. Live BSL interpretation can be arranged on request.*

Strategy Update and Discussion
2021-03-05 18:30 - 20:00 | Online
“It’s a new month and a new season and you know what that means? An update from the UK strategy team! Come along to this talk to hear how we’ve grown the learnings from the UK strategy consultation into a rough plan for the year ahead. We’ll be talking COP, summer camp, council campaign and more with plenty of opportunity for discussion and questions.
If you missed the last workshop, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjBElvSbyU0&list=PLAmnKPyaTXGBqUEjtx46c00-8bcn4zs6M&index=5&ab_channel=AnimalRebellion
Register for this workshop here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvfuurqz4tHNCso3Vj59Sp3BStlX8FwUDp”

Strategy Update and Discussion
2021-03-05 18:30 - 20:00 | Online
“It’s a new month and a new season and you know what that means? An update from the UK strategy team! Come along to this talk to hear how we’ve grown the learnings from the UK strategy consultation into a rough plan for the year ahead. We’ll be talking COP, summer camp, council campaign and more with plenty of opportunity for discussion and questions.
If you missed the last workshop, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjBElvSbyU0&list=PLAmnKPyaTXGBqUEjtx46c00-8bcn4zs6M&index=5&ab_channel=AnimalRebellion

Strategy Update & Discussion
2021-03-05 18:30 - 20:00 | Online

Deescalation Training
2021-02-24 18:30 - 20:00 | Online
Learn the basics of De-escalation rooted in Nonviolent Communication. How might you de-escalate a tense situation with someone who disagrees with you but is in dialogue with you? How might you de-escalate with very angry or drunk people in protest situations? How might you authentically express your motivation for being involved in Animal Rebellion? Come and learn and expand into empathic connection with those who might disagree or want to disrupt you. This session is an Intro to NVC De-escalation skills, for use during Animal Rebellion actions and for use in other social change movements utilising NVDA to support these movements to cultivate a stronger culture of nonviolence. Skills learnt are of use in actions as well as in meetings and organising.

People's Assembly
2021-02-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
“People’s Assemblies are a way for a group of people to discuss issues or make decisions collectively, where all voices are heard and valued equally and no one person or group are able to dominate the process.
People’s Assemblies play a vital role in our decision making process, and even more so during the rebellion where we will need to hold impromptu assemblies depending on the situations we encounter.
In this assembly, we will be discussing the following question – ‘How do we best incorporate alternative & non-hierarchical systems into our daily lives?'”

DNA Strategy
2021-02-23 17:00 - 19:00 | Online
This online workshop is all about our core purpose as a movement, what our goals are and what tools we use to get there. Learn about the pillars of support, why we aim our actions towards the Government, how we shift hearts and minds of the public and the key principles of Civil Disobedience. There is an opportunity to explore these concepts together and discuss our 2020 strategy.

Police Liaison Training
2021-02-22 18:30 - 20:00 | Online
A short introduction covering the underlying strategy and practice of liaising with the police within the context of nonviolent civil disobedience at protest actions. If you are interested in getting involved in police liaison for your site or group in upcoming actions, this introduction will cover the basic dos and don’t , hows and whys of what has evolved into a strategic part of the rebellion. It will be a basic workshop lasting around 90 minutes.Ideally participants should have NVDA training, Know Your Rights training and some action experience.

DNA Story
2021-02-19 17:00 - 19:00 | Online
This online workshop is an opportunity to explore our personal and shared stories in Animal Rebellion. How do we frame our story as a movement? Why do we use certain words and concepts, yet avoid others? How does it reach out to people? What do we mean by our ‘shared vision of change’?

Introduction to Animal Rebellion
2021-02-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Want to know more about Animal Rebellion?⁠ ⁠Come to our introduction session where you can learn more about the movement and how you can get involved. We’ll chat about our principles & values, our demands, and a little taster of why we do things the way we do and how you can take part.

DNA Structure
2021-02-18 17:00 - 19:00 | Online
This online workshop is an opportunity to explore Animal Rebellion UK’s structure of coordination and learn about how we make decisions. What are the key principles, ways of working and challenges of our Self-Organising-System and how is it expanding as we continually grow? Discuss leadership, autonomy and the fundamental building blocks of trust and communication.

Plant-Based Future Talk
2021-02-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
It’s official, the climate is changing rapidly and we’re all feeling the heat. But what’s actually happening and what can we do about it? In this talk, Animal Rebellion summarises what has caused the climate emergency, what we can do about it and how to get involved.
Join us for this online talk and learn more about the climate breakdown, meet new people and ask any questions you have in the 20 minutes Q&A following the talk.
We may be facing dark times ahead but there’s always an opportunity for positive change. We come in peace, love and solidarity and invite you to join us in this rebellion!

Spokespeople Training Workshop
2021-02-13 11:00 - 13:00 | Online
Part of what makes Animal Rebellion amazing is the wonderful and diverse people who volunteer and by being a spokesperson, you represent this, our message and our values. We want you to be able to share your voice, so if you’re new to Animal Rebellion or you’ve been with us for a while, this training will be available for you to practice your speaking skills whether that is through speech or interviews. It only gets easier with practice!

Oppression, movement building and our relationships as activists (OMBRA)
2021-02-10 19:00 - 22:00 | Online
“Online – a Zoom link will be in your order confirmation email – please check your junk mail folder in case it ends up in there.
Note: We’ve experienced large numbers of people registering for this workshop and not turning up, this prevents others from registering and attending because the workshop is sold out. So we ask you to only register if you can attend, and cancel your ticket if you find you can’t make it.
Please arrive from 6.45pm so that we can help you with any issues you might have with Zoom. The workshop will start at 7pm.
Entry to the workshop will close shortly after 7pm (this is because later parts of the workshop build on earlier parts)
This workshop is interactive so it’s useful if each participant can log in on a separate device. Note that logging in using a mobile phone or tablet is possible, but not so good because you can’t see everyone in the group at the same time.
Places are limited so it would be helpful if you only register if you know you will be able to attend, and cancel your ticket if you realise that you can’t make it.
Workshop details
Oppression, movement building and our relationships as activists
We are members of XR looking at how movements can be divided when oppression goes unaddressed, offering practical tools to heal these divisions which affect our relationships as activists.
This workshop will address the importance of understanding the structural nature of oppressions (such as racism, sexism, classism, ableism, the oppression of young people, …), as well as doing personal healing work – both of which are necessary if we are to work together effectively in a united movement.
Facilitators
Karl & Alima
Practicalities
Please note:
Because we will be breaking out into pairs for timed ‘listening exchanges’ it will be very helpful if you can bring a timer to the workshop, e.g. you can use the timer app on a mobile phone (use a spare mobile if you are using your mobile for the Zoom call).
When you register a Zoom link will be sent in your order confirmation email, please check your junk mail folder in case the email ends up in there.
Accessibility
* This workshop is in English. We are looking to train people who can facilitate in other languages.
* We sadly do not have sign language interpretation but you’re welcome to bring your own – please can you let us know ahead of time so we can help them prepare before the workshop (ombraworkshop@gmail.com)
* If you have any accessibility needs please email us at ombraworkshop@gmail.com and we will try to accommodate you.”

Campaign Design Training
2021-02-07 17:00 - 19:00 | Online
In 2021 Animal Rebellion is entering into an exciting new phase with campaigns popping up left, right and centre. However, it can sometimes seem a little daunting to start a campaign in your area if its not something you’ve done before. This training will go over the basics of how to plan and implement a successful campaign. It will touch on campaign theory as well as going into examples of effective campaigns and how they won. This training is great for those working on the plant-based councils campaign or for anyone who wants to start to see real change in their area towards a better world.

Arts Space
2021-02-05 19:00 - 20:00
