In February, the NYC campus hosted 41 students,
staff, and faculty members from Pace University and
Wagner College for "Debating for Democracy on the
Road: An Activism Training with Beautiful Trouble,"
Project Pericles's day-long workshop that promotes
civic engagement on college campuses. Nadine Bloch
of Beautiful Trouble, an international network of artist-
activist trainers, led participants through a mix of skill-
building activities, presentations, and brainstorming
sessions. Bloch shared her personal experience with
creative and nonviolent cultural resistance, and with
her guidance, participants explored effective strategies
to apply to their own nonviolent advocacy campaigns.
They came away with a broad understanding of effective
strategies of resistance and how to build relationships
through action.
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Debating for Democracy on the Road:
An Activism Training with Beautiful Trouble
"I was really impressed by the tools
presented at the conference. I especially
appreciated the presentation about shifting
the Spectrum of Allies... Activism is about
using your power to make a change. We have
to be able to empower our participants."
—Shaniya Francis '22
