George Lakey je uznávaným sociálním aktivistou a organizátorem, jehož celoživotní práce se soustředí na nenásilné přímé akce a budování radikálně demokratických organizací. Své rozsáhlé zkušenosti z terénu, získané vedením tisíců workshopů napříč kontinenty pro rozmanité skupiny od horníků po mnichy, promítá do své pedagogické činnosti a psaní. Lakeyho dílo se zabývá klíčovými tématy jako je sociální spravedlnost, nenásilný odpor a organizace pro společenskou změnu. Jeho knihy, přeložené do několika jazyků, jsou považovány za zásadní zdroje pro aktivisty a organizátory usilující o hluboké společenské proměny.
Unlike in other books on group facilitation, the author emphasises critical issues related to diversity, as well as authenticity and emotions. Step by step, this groundbreaking book describes how to design effective learning experiences and shows what it takes to facilitate them. Ultimately, it brings all the elements of the author s direct education approach together.
"From his first arrest in the Civil Rights era to his most recent during a climate justice march at the age of 83, George Lakey has committed his life to a mission of building a better world through movements for justice. Lakey draws readers into the center of history-making events, telling often serious stories with playfulness and intimacy. In this memoir, he describes the personal, political, and theoretical-coming out as bisexual to his Quaker community while known as a church leader and family man, protesting against the war in Vietnam by delivering medical supplies through the naval blockade in the South China Sea, and applying his academic study of nonviolent resistance to creative tactics in direct action campaigns. From strategies he learned as a young man facing violence in the streets to risking his life as an unarmed bodyguard for Sri Lankan human rights lawyers, Lakey recounts his experience living out the tension between commitment to family and mission. Drawing strength from his community to fight cancer, survive painful parenting struggles, and create networks to help prevent activist burnout, this book shows readers how to find hope in even the darkest times through strategic, joyful activism"-- Provided by publisher