Get involved with human rights advocates around the world! Meet and interact with activists, educators, students, and other practitioners. Share ideas and seek feedback, join discussions and collaborate with colleagues.
The New Tactics community-based website is an expansion on the resources available through the New Tactics in Human Rights project. In addition to training exercises and tools for strategic thinking and planning, a workbook for practitioners, and materials from several workshops, the New Tactics website focuses on tactic case examples as short descriptions in the Tactics Database, and in-depth case studies as Tactical Notebooks, which provide a detailed look at how a tactic was implemented, and the challenges that were faced along the way.
New interactive features added to the website allow for members to network with each other and seek or give feedback on their activities as human rights advocates. By joining the New Tactics Community, you will gain at least three main ways of interacting with others. These include participation in the new dialogues area, professional networking with the member directory, and the ability to join groups. You will also have the opportunity to share (and receive feedback on) Tactics in progress. Membership in the website is free and open to anyone interested in sharing ideas relating to human rights as well collaborating with others in a respectful manner. Members will be able to work privately within the community or seek interaction with a broader audience.
Each member of the website will have the opportunity to post to a blog (an online journal or “soapbox”). This is a place to announce plans, campaigns or events as well as share reflections or opinions with the community. For example, some members shared thoughts and photos about events held in observance of the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (June 26th). The author may choose to share each blog post with the public, or select various audiences within the New Tactics community. Only members of the community will be able to post comments to blogs and other content.
The dialogues area is a collection of community member blogs and serves as a forum to ask questions and participate in dialogue about various issues surrounding human rights and advocacy. Members may participate in dialogues on the website or by “subscribing” to a topic as an email list.
Members of the New Tactics community may also organize themselves into groups based on any area of shared interest. For example, groups can be created for members in a geographical location, attending an event or workshop, or concerned with an issue. Members of a group may post blog entries or hold discussions privately, create a “tactical portfolio” for planning action, raise and address issues, and report to each other on events or presentations.
Additional benefits of membership include networking and updates. Members may network with each other by joining or creating new groups, and by creating short biographies of themselves, which are then listed in a members directory. Members may also receive email messages when new blog entries or discussion topics are posted to one of their groups.
Public users (who have not logged in as members) of the New Tactics website will be allowed to read blogs and discussions as indicated by the author, but will not be permitted to post comments or read items intended just for other community members. Public users will have no access to the members directory.
Users may login or register from any page on the New Tactics website (click on “Create new account”). New members will be asked to confirm their email address and will be sent a message containing information on logging in.
