Action Cycle

Power
Research Meetings
Action
Listening
100

This is the 1st step of the action cycle.

Listening

100

Power is the ability to _____.

Act

100
What 2 questions are we trying to answer through research meetings?

What is the specific change we want to make?

Who has the power to make that change?

100

Why is it important for actions to happen in public?

So we can hold people accountable.

100

This is the lifeblood of relational organizing, during which one person leads an intentional conversation with another person. 

What is a 1:1?

200

What is the 2nd step of the action cycle?

Issue Choosing

200

Power is organized _____, ______, and ______.

people, resources/money, stories/ideas.

200

Other than the "2 questions," what are our other goals in a research meeting?

Build relationship

Show power

200

Name 3 kinds of actions.

Pinning

Forum

Sit In

Rally

Protest

Letter Writing Campaign

Door Knocking

200
This is a planned event, during which a leader or organizer leads a conversation among a small group of people using specific, planned questions and everyone goes in a circling giving their response/experience.

What is a listening session?

300

What is the 3rd step of the action cycle?

research

300

Power respects and concedes to ______.

power

300

This is what you say in order to establish your authority on a subject, why you belong in the room, and why people should listen to you and take you seriously.

What is a credential?

300

Name 3 goals of an action.

Build power

Engage the community

Gain a commitment

Hold accountable

Control the narrative

Give voice to the people/Tell the story of your people

300

This is what you are trying to uncover during listening and reflects what a person cares most deeply about or what is most deeply impacting them.

What is self-interest?

400

What is the 4th step of the action cycle

action

400

Power isn't _____, it's _____.

given...taken

400

This is the person who facilitates the research meeting and holds the power of the group.

What is the chairperson?
400

Name the 4 teams we break into when planning an action.

Agenda

Logistics

Media

Turn Out

400

This is a good way to gather information but not a good way to build relationships.

Surveys

500

What is the 5th step of the action cycle & why does it matter?

Celebrate

Evaluate

Follow Up

500

Why do we need power?

to make change

500

This is where the chair of the meeting should sit.

What is the power seat?
500

Finish the principle: The action is in the _______.

Reaction

500

Why do we need relationships?

to build power

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