My organizing team has been planning a forest defense action and we keep cycling through the same conversation about whether to tell people it might involve arrest. Some of us think transparency is essential for informed consent, others worry it will scare people away when we need numbers, and we can't seem to land anywhere that feels right to everyone.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group is discovering that their different relationships to risk and consent are making it impossible to find an approach that honors everyone's values about how to involve others in potentially dangerous action.
“Where Are You with Environmental activism and civil disobedience?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.