Tactical Dialogues

Got a question? Got an idea? Need some advice? Want to connect with other people doing human rights work? The New Tactics dialogues area is a collection of featured dialogues and community member blogs, and is the right place for all of those things. Join an ongoing discussion. Start a new one. Agree. Disagree. This is a forum that will help you discover and shape ideas for your work.

Featured dialogues are hosted monthly and focus on a particular tactic or issue-area. These dialogues are led by featured resource practitioners with experience to share. Add updates to past dialogues. Share experiences and ask questions in current dialogues. Save the dates of future dialogues.

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Featured Online Dialogues
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Domesticating International Human Rights Law

Join New Tactics for an on-line Tactical Dialogue on Domesticating International Human Rights Law from October 27 to November 2, 2010. 

 Not open yet 27 Oct 2010 - 2 Nov 2010
Self-Care for Activists: Sustaining Your Most Valuable Resource

Join us for an online Tactical Dialogue on Self-Care for Activists: Sustaining Your Most Valuable Resource from September 22 to 28, 2010. 

 Not open yet 22 Sep 2010 - 28 Sep 2010
Empowering Citizens to Fight Corruption

Join New Tactics and Shaazka Beyerle of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) for an online dialogue on Empowering Citizens to Fight Corruption from August 25 to 31, 2010 to fight corruption on all levels.

Not open yet 25 Aug 2010 - 31 Aug 2010
Staying Safe: Security Resources for Human Rights Defenders

It's not too late to add your comments to this important online dialogue on Staying Safe: Security Resources for Human Rights Defenders.  Human rights work is powerful and necessary; it is important identify strategies and methods for protection of these defenders.

116 21 Jul 2010 - 27 Jul 2010
Using Radio to Empower and Engage Communities

Vintage Radio

It's not too late to add your comments to our tactical dialogue on Using Radio to Empower and Engage Communities.  This dialogue brought together human rights practitioners using community radio to empower communities, shortwave radio to reach communities limited by government-run media and radio stations, and other innovative uses of audio to share critical information.

78 26 May 2010 - 1 Jun 2010
Engaging youth in non-violent alternatives to militarism

December 18 campaign

It's not too late to add your comments to our dialogue on the topic 'Engaging youth in non-violent alternatives to militarism'. This tactical dialogue is a space for those working with and interested in engaging youth in non-violent alternatives to militarism to share their stories, challenges, resources and ideas.

 101 21 Apr 2010 - 27 Apr 2010
Tactics That Tickle: Laughing All the Way to the Win

Cartoon by LushenkoYes, we are working to change serious problems, but that doesn’t mean this work should not use humor as a tool to accomplish our objective!  Humor is a powerful nonviolent tactic that has the ability to prevent and counter activist burnout, engage more supporters, and increase the chance of getting media attention. In this dialogue, practitioners shared advice and resources on using humor, and many examples to inspire you. 

149 24 Mar 2010 - 30 Mar 2010
Using Budgets for Monitoring This featured dialogue on 'Using Budgets for Monitoring' took place from February 24 to March 2, 2010. It's not too late to add new comments! 85 24 Feb 2010 - 2 Mar 2010
Documenting Violations: Choosing the Right Approach There are options on ways to collect, store and share your human rights data safely and effectively. This dialogue will feature practitioners that have developed database systems to document human rights violations, organizations on the ground documenting violations, and those that are training practitioners on how to choose the right approach and system for their documentation. 155 27 Jan 2010 - 2 Feb 2010
Training Law Enforcement for Prevention of Ill-Treatment and Torture This dialogue featured law enforcement professionals, torture prevention organizations and torture treatment and rehabilitation programs from around the world sharing effective ways of bridging the challenges law enforcement face and citizens they serve 165 18 Nov 2009 - 24 Nov 2009