2. A Target
3. A Demand
Who was more likely to engage in verbal confrontations with masters, females or males?
Females
ex. "She can do it because she's rich."
2. Traditional community organizing
2. Being "loud"
3. Use humor
What are 3 important principles in using direct action?
1. Clarifying the purpose
2. Choreographing the Action
3. Integrating Action with the overall campaign
What were the 2 things female slaves were exploited for by slave owners?
1. Their physical strength
2. Their ability to bear children
2. Provide more rights and amnesty to undocumented immigrants
1. Role of organizer and role of community leader are distinct
2. People power is a matter of having overwhelming numbers
3. Issue campaigns should be focused on a specific, individual decision maker
4. Organization should be more concerned with winning concrete improvements for its members than on defending any particular ideology
5. Mode of organizing should be 24/7
2. Site of military conflict
According to “ready, set, action” what does direct action mean?
Direct Action can be defined as to having face to face interaction between your constituency and individual target
What was the cycle that shaped the lives of slaves?
Planting, weeding, and harvesting
2. Became convenient way to deem black mothers "unfit"
3. "Worthy women": did not leave children but earned money
4. How many directors should you have in a campaign and what are their roles?
You should have 2 directors. Director 1 needs to stand next to the spokesperson to her back her up. Director 2 stands toward the back of the group to lead chanting and disruptions
What was the main reason female slaves did not run away?
They did not want to leave their family behind
Perception and fear held by some lawmakers regarding immigrants and federal assistance
Immigrants are welfare burdens and amnesty would lead to more strain on funds
1. Community organizing overemphasizes intervention in the public sphere
2. It doesn’t allow organizers to balance work and family
3. It focuses on narrow self-interest as the primary motivator
4. Relies on conflict and militaristic tactics
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What are the 3 steps if we don’t want to let the threat of danger stop us from taking direct action
1. How real is the threat
2. Make a contingency plan in case threat is carried out
3. With the group knowing all potential consequences, you all must agree whether to take action or not
Did female slaves prefer to work in the field or the house? Why or why not?
They preferred to work in the field because often times the punishments were way more severe and harsher when working in the house.