This is a 30 hour series of nonviolent direct action trainings geared towards youth of color in Providence to learn the skills they need to participate and organize nonviolent direct actions including these topics: Protest Safety and Security Culture, Basic First Aid and Street Medicine, Jail Support and Community Care, Copwatch and Know Your Rights.

After each content workshop, youth participants will partner with local artists in a creative workshop to design social media content and disseminate the skills they learned to other youth who may not have access to this knowledge. Meals will be provided for all in-person trainings and workshops. Youth who complete the series of trainings and content creation workshops will receive a $900 stipend for their full participation.

• Youth with creative skills including but not limited to: storytelling, drawing, graphic art, acting, design, filmmaking, film editing, audio production, song writing, rapping, beat making, social media content creation, etc.

• Youth who can commit at least 6 hours a week

• We will prioritize BIPOC youth from Providence, Central Falls, and Pawtucket but all youth in RI are encouraged to apply.

• Interested youth should fill out a short application form and trainers will follow up.

Facilitators will vary based on topic as well as teaching artists from Black Earth Lab who will facilitate the content creation process.

• Because young people will lead the revolution

• Because young people have always been active and engaged with politics

• Because young people have to fight against ageism and respectability politics telling them what they should/shouldn’t do to use their voice for change

• Because much of the existing NVDA knowledge/tactical strategies are held by older folx

• Because existing forms of disseminating NVDA knowledge/tactical strategies is outdated and not youth-friendly