This week-long training is designed as a “training of trainers,” laying a strong foundation for resisters who may lead and help train and coordinate others in non-violent direct actions. The training is led by veteran trainer and activist Joanne Sheehan who was one of those who trained the Clamshell Alliance prior to the 1977 occupations of the Seabrook nuclear power station. Joanne Sheehan has been on the staff of War Resisters League’s New England Office in Norwich, CT since co-founding it in 1985. Active with War Resister’s International (WRI) since 1983, she served as WRI Chair from 1998 to 2006. Joanne has been the Chair of the Voluntown Peace Trust (formerly the Community for Nonviolent Action) since 2012. She is also a Resistance Studies Fellow at UMass Amherst.

This training is open to WFC guests and others in the local area. The training is free. Please register in advance since space is limited.