aSALT COURSE for NUTURUNG ACTIVISTS

In Sep­tem­ber a once a month activists nur­ture course starts, last­ing a year. The pur­pose is to become more effec­tive in our change work, sus­tain­ing it through inner joy and self-aware­ness

the aSALT course (Spir­i­tu­al Activist Lead­er­ship Train­ing) val­ues under­ly­ing lov­ing con­nect­ed­ness and mean­ing beyond indi­vid­ual human life (spir­i­tu­al), activism in all its forms as effort to bring greater jus­tice into  the world, the lead­er­ship of all for all, train­ing as learn­ers and teach­ers togeth­er.

Our base will  be the Pales­tine muse­um in Bris­tol. We’ll have var­ied activ­i­ties includ­ing shared allot­ment work, shared food, body-work as we look  for a self-care/spir­i­tu­al prac­tice to sus­tain us, crit­i­cal think­ing, learn­ing about non­vi­o­lent the­o­ry and the grow­ing of social  change move­ments.

The course requires com­mit­ment and is designed to work along­side an exisit­ing engage­ment. There are things that won’t appeal to all: the phi­los­o­phy is def­i­nite­ly non­vi­o­lent (though not nec­es­sar­i­ly ‘legal’). The group will be diverse and include activists you dis­sagree with. There is a fee though there is also a bur­sary.

The course leader has not been a direct action activist often. He’s an active sup­port­er of Abol­ish Emp­ty Office Blocks, house peo­ple. He fell ill in Pales­tine as a human rights mon­i­tor (which part­ly inspired this course).He’s a men­tor and expe­ri­enced train­er

More details includ­ing con­tact details are on www.schumacherinstitute.org.uk/aSALT