Non-violent Activist Group of the Month:
Act Up
What You Can Do: Simply learning about their organization will help you learn how non-violent peace activists are taking a direct action stand in helping to change the world. In addition, you might want to print out the booklet: "Civil Disobedience Training" manual.
It is excellent.
It is here:
http://www.actupny.org/documents/CDdocuments/ACTUP_CivilDisobedience.pdf As of this writing, it is 53 pages long, but well worth reading, and more importantly, sharing with others.
As you will see on the website known as "In The Fray" Act Up NY was chosen as one of the Top ten crusaders for social justice over the last 30 years.
http://inthefray.com/html/article.php?sid=110&mode=thread&order=0 Their website:
http://www.actupny.org Quote from the Actup NY website: "16 YEARS OF DIRECT ACTION. We advise and inform. We demonstrate. WE ARE NOT SILENT. Silence = Death."