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People's Movement Assemblies are popular education tools to help groups:

  • 1) Develop analyses of problems affecting their communities and the root causes of those problems,
  • 2) Articulate visions of alternatives to the prevailing social and economic order
  • 3) Develop strategies and commitments to help realize these visions


MODEL FOR ORGANIZING A PMA

The following outline is for a PMA that lasts about 3 hours. Timing can be adjusted for shorter or longer PMAs.

Facilitation: The following Guidelines for working together are helpful to keep in mind when working with diverse groups. Preparing facilitation team for your PMA is helpful to ensuring effective and productive conversations.

Part 1: Consciousness: Analysis of the way things are today at the root cause of our problems
Discuss (in small groups if applicable)
  • Identify basic elements of society and print on cards that are arranged by groups to show current priorities in your communities and workplaces (30 minutes)
  • The 'way things are' --list on post-it notes. Place notes on one wall and have groups report back. Compare similarities and differences, etc. (5 min.)
  • Answer questions on root causes of problems and report back (20 minutes discuss/ 5 minutes report back)

1. Who holds power? 2. How did they get that power? 3. What are the most profound impacts of their power on your communities and workplaces, in your campaigns and day-to-day work? 4. Why are the rich getting richer, the poor getting poorer, and the middle getting squeezed? 5. What role has white supremacy played in reinforcing the power and inequalities seen in our society [DATA]

Recommended- if the group has time, some sort of [ritual activity] to allow group to grieve, articulate and confront anger and hurt, purge...

PART 2: Vision


Resources for PMAs

{Synthesis of results}--Synthesis of conclusions from PMAs and integration into larger network of PMAs and resulting discussions/ conclusions.