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Beyond the Choir

building power for change

About Me

Check out our new antiwar strategy pamphlet.
"I find the strategy pamphlet of Beyond the Choir both bold and practical. It gets to the heart of the problem, and proposes sensible approaches."
-Howard Zinn
Beyond the Choir is an analysis, strategy and training project serving groups and campaigns struggling for social and economic justice, peace and the environment. We are a collective of organizers, trainers and designers who seek to spread tools, skills and strategies to build movements strong enough to realize the change we imagine.
We offer a range of strategy and skills workshops to social change organizations. We also offer design work to the groups we train.
We produce, and publish on our website, solution-oriented analysis pieces focusing on how to get from where we are (point A) to where we want to be (point B). Some of these articles are excerpts from a book-in-progress examining internal and external obstacles and barriers to successful movements for positive change. We invite feedback and stories at the end of each of these pieces.
Check out our website: beyondthechoir.org

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Get FREE copies of "Building a Successful Antiwar Movement"

"I find the strategy pamphlet of Beyond the Choir both bold and practical. It gets to the heart of the problem, and proposes sensible approaches."-Howard ZinnNew strategy pamphlet available -FREE ind...
Posted by Beyond the Choir on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:54:00 PST

Building a Successful Antiwar Movement - NEW Strategy Pamphlet

Download full pamphlet as a PDF (1MB) or order copies.First part is below. Read the full series at beyondthechoir.org:(1) Three Roles of an Antiwar Core(2) Speak the Truth, Tell a Story(3) Articulati...
Posted by Beyond the Choir on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:32:00 PST

Ending the War

Ending the Warby Matthew SmuckerPublished January 9, 2007 in The Lancaster VoiceFarewell to AmbivalenceFrom the start of the Iraq War until now, many peace-loving people have been ambivalent about "br...
Posted by Beyond the Choir on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:54:00 PST

What Prevents Radicals from Acting Strategically?

by Matthew Smucker, in collaboration with Madeline GardnerRitual & EngagementIt's August and I'm back in San Francisco. I love this city. It's been over three years since my last visit - an extended...
Posted by Beyond the Choir on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 04:32:00 PST

The Story of the Righteous Few

by Matthew SmuckerNote: This essay has been incorporated into another essay, ">What Prevents Radicals from Acting Strategically? Click here to read the new essay.Our narratives - the stories we tell ...
Posted by Beyond the Choir on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:41:00 PST