Protest Training

On September 10, 2020, Ohio Voice’s Charlie Stewart hosted an informative panel discussion with Alana Garrett-Ferguson (New Voices for Reproductive Justice), Hana Ortiz-Sanchez (Black Abolitionist Collective of Ohio), and Prince Shakur (Black Queer & Intersectional Collective). https://youtu.be/6roq0WFsDDc FIND OUR PANELISTS ONLINE Hana Ortiz-Sanchez Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmony.yz/ Black Abolitionist Collective of Ohio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BACO614/ Columbus Freedom […]

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On August 13, 2020, Kevin Truitt from the Ohio Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild gave a talk covering the NLG’s legal observer program. The purpose of this program is to document, monitor, and observe law enforcement at local political demonstrations, rallies, marches, and protests and hold them accountable. NLG legal observers work to support

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On July 30, 2020, Alwiyah Shariff (Ohio Voice) and Tessa Xuan (OPAWL – Ohio Progressive Asian Women’s Leadership) led this training on the theory and application of social movement ecology (SME). SME lays a framework for organizations with different theories of change to recognize each other’s strengths and weaknesses and work together to produce large-scale

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On July 8, 2020, two members of the Central Ohio Street Medic Collective led this training on how to prepare for a protest, proper gear to carry, protecting oneself and others from chemical weapons, police crowd control tactics and what to do for proper after care. Central Ohio Street Medic Collective is a collective of

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On June 11, 2020, street medic Atticus Garden gave an enlightening talk on police brutality tactics many of us have experienced in protest during the summer of 2020 following the murder of George Floyd. This talk included useful tips we can use to prepare for a protest, care for oneself and others when hurt, and

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