NEW TACTICS – TACTICAL MAPPING TO ADDRESS THE U.S. USE OF TORTURE
The ancient Chinese military strategist, Sun Tzu, once said that good strategy is founded upon three spheres of knowledge, that of yourself, your adversary, and your terrain. When representatives from 13 U.S. human rights organizations gathered in St. Paul, Minnesota from November 28th to 30th for a meeting on New Tactics’ Tactical Mapping project, they worked to visualize the terrain of human rights work, focused specifically on combating the U.S. use of torture.
"I was very impressed with the tactical mapping process," said meeting attendee Mary Fabri of the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs (NCTTP). "I found it insightful, challenging, and innovative. It stimulated my creative juices."
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RESOURCES:
A guide for creating a tactical map using the example of "A Tactical Map of the Issue of Torture".
Tactical mapping can be used to think about:
- What key relationships need to be affected to move your issue and strategy forward?
- What tactics are currently at play or available?
- How do these tactics affect the context, organizations, key relationships, etc., you want to target?
- What key institutions, social groups or relationships are unaffected by current tactics?
- What tactics might be used to engage the areas currently unaffected?
- Can potential allies be identified for building a more comprehensive and effective strategy?
[Using_the_tactical_map_WDA.pdf]
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Justice Initiative Fellows Program at CentralEuropeanUniversity (2007 – 2009 session) - Application Deadline: Friday, January 5, 2007
The Open Society Justice Initiative, an operational program of the Open Society Institute (OSI), joins with Central European University (CEU) to announce the Justice Initiative Fellows Program for 2007-2009. Applicants from the following regions and countries are eligible: Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Africa, East- and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Central/South America. Applicants must be nominated by a non-governmental organization concerned with human rights. The applicant must demonstrate a strong commitment to human rights, and have a university degree and a high degree of proficiency in English. For more information about this program please visit http://www.justiceinitiative.org and http://www.ceu.hu/legal/osji_prog.html
2007 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship - Application Deadline: 10 January 2007
By submitting your entry and taking part in this competition, your project will be exposed to a number of funders that are interested in social innovations. Twelve finalists will have the opportunity to attend the "2007 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship" in Oxford, England in March 2007. If you become a finalist of this competition you could win USD 5000 for your innovation work. For more information, see www.skollfoundation.org/skollcentre/skoll_forum.asp
CIVICUS is inviting bids from interested organizations to partner with CIVICUS in hosting the 9th World Assembly, a global meeting of civil society leaders and activists, concerned business leaders, government representatives, donors and media. For more information, see www.civicus.org/new/media/WorldAssemblyCall-HostEng.doc or www.civicus.org/new/media/WorldAssemblyCall-HostEng.pdf
International Guest Program at the International Center for Tolerance Education - Application Deadline: January 29, 2007
Applications for the 2007/08 International Guest Program at the International Center for Tolerance Education (ICTE) is now available. The Program offers human rights leaders and social change activists a stay of three months in New York to work on specific projects, do research, engage in networking, and/or further develop their professional skills and capacity. More information about the Program and ICTE can be found at www.seedsoftolerance.org.
2007 N-TEN Non-profit Technology Conference: 4-6 April 2007, Washington, USA
Each year the Non-profit Technology Conference brings together over 1,000 people for three days of connecting, learning, educating, and fun. The title for 2007 is "Reinventing Politics: Creating Social Change From the Ground Up". The N-TEN (Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network) conference will address common issues faced by non-profit leaders, programme staff, development professionals, information technology staff and technology support providers. For more information, see www.nten.org/ntc
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