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Rebel Responders Online Outreach Handbook (Troll Patrol)
We are not here to fight, but achieve XR's demands (Tell the Truth, Act Now, Beyond Politics). We use honesty and wit, de-escalating arguments and distracting people from causing misinformation and public harm. The goal of this document is to list common ne...
Informed Dissent Resources
There is no such thing as an 'unarrestable offence'. This is something we should all know when participating in a protest. But, as we also know knowledge is power. Being well equipped with the knowledge of your rights and duties in regards to yourself and othe...
Building Local Groups
Resources on starting up new Local Groups, organising in Local Groups and growing your groups.
Rebel Next Steps Pack
This pack is for rebels who have read the Rebel Starter Pack, agree with what we stand for and now want to get more involved with XR UK. It is designed to be a resource for rebels to dip into and come back to as needed, covering all the key parts of how XR wor...
Integrator Handbook
This is an Onboarding Tool for Integrators from any Working Group (WG) or Local Group (LG). In this handbook, you should find the resources you need to Welcome new and existing Rebels to your team or LG. If the Rebel is brand new, be sure to give them the ...
Art Blockers UK
Resources and guidance on how to make XR prints, woodblocks flags, banners!
Arts Contacts
XR Art and Creative groups range from Design, Art Blockers, Paint The Streets to Theatre, 3D Makers, Red Rebel Brigade and more! Contact details for there are listed in this document. If you're after resources such as posters and stencils, please check for the...
Guidelines & Booklets - Art
Art and creative guidance in all its XR glory.
How to Develop Talks, Trainings and Workshops for XR
This handbook has been written by a group - Rebel Curriculum - which exists to support rebels who are developing or revising talks, trainings, and workshops (referred to as training from now on) for XR UK.
UK Communities Circle: People's Assemblies
In late 2020 and early 2021, the UK Communities team hosted a monthly People's Assembly on the 3rd Wednesday of every month. This book holds summaries from each. Bringing together the questions asked, key points from the feedback and any actions which will be ...
Online Tools for Communicating with Other Rebels
This book describes the tools you can use to communicate and collaborate with other rebels. In particular it focuses on Mattermost, UK Forums and UK Cloud, as well as the Hub that links them all together. If there is any information missing from these pages...
Paint The Streets
Resources and info, poster designs, stencils, subvertising, murals and more.
Design
Design Programme (fonts, logos, woodblock images, icons), Colours, Artwork
Rebel's Art for XR
This is a space for art which was created for XR to use as they wish within actions or as part of campaigns. Not to be used for money-making - like all XR art.
Building Teams
Self-Organising System, mandates, healthy teams and meetings. Resources for you and your team. From starting off, to resolving issues to the best practices we have for building and maintaining healthy teams.
Affinity Groups - building, joining and support
An AG is a group of people who support each other to take part in nonviolent direct action (NVDA)
Do Or Die - Workshop Recipe
Action Network for XR
Email lists (via Action Network software) for local, regional, national groups and also for campaign groups. All lists form part of the network of email lists which means that new sign-ups anywhere on the system also join the UK list. This book contains doc...
Rebellion Academy
Online Training resources for Rebels to do in their own time, at their own pace.
Risk Management - learn to use it
How to plan for everything that can go wrong, ensuring your circle or project's mandate remains secure and achievable. š
3. Engaging Communities
Engaging communities involves putting energy into understanding who is in your area, what their needs might be, and how you and local networks could support them. It is the act of reaching out to people, be they similar or different, of building connections an...
4. Community Assemblies
Community Assemblies are a structured and democratic way for a group of people to share ideas and feelings, discuss problems and generate solutions collectively. Assemblies are organised in such a way as to ensure that no one person dominates, and that all voi...
5. Community Organising
Community organising is about finding ways to put your ideas into action. It is about learning from the work of other community organisers, learning about the tools that exist to help empower communities to take action, and learning about how to create lasting...
Preparing for new rebels
Recruiting new rebels
Welcoming new rebels
Patches
Printed onto cloth and then pinned wherever suits that Rebel!
Graphic Design Resources
The principles of graphic design to produce XR's destinctive look, and artwork to use. See also the Global Media Library page for artwork samples.
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Paint The Streets - Info Pack
This is a live doc! To find the most up-to-date Paint The Streets (PTS) info doc please find it linked in the very first page of this book. Use the Toolkit version for ease of browsing.
XR Cymru Posters
Bilingual posters for XR Cymru asking people to support both CEE Bill and Six Principles campaigns.
Art Blockers
XR Art Blockers have developed these facilities to help you provide prints for your actions !
Hub Admin Guides
Badges
Print onto A4 (eco-friendly!) sticker paper.
Block Artwork
Artwork for printing, painting and woodblocks.
Flag Templates
Artwork for printing flags.
Paris '68 Redux
Paris '68 Redux reinterprets the work of the āAtelier Poplulaireā. The āAPā were groups of students, union members and everyone coming together (in Paris May, 1968), work-shopping ideas, then voting on which ones to mass produce, printing tons and going straig...
Extra Information
Contributing - The Technical Side
Editing, Markdown, images, links etc
XR Arts ~ Action Design
See the original doc here: Please copy and paste this link into a browswer - https://docs.google.com/document/d/11YiCM_fRetPE2TQOE_dffr3WEdGzfEX4mZkKRsnnp-4/edit
Rebel Starter Pack Printable PDF
The Rebel Starter Pack may be your very first link to Extinction Rebellion. It covers some of the XR basics and a few tips about where to start. Link to printable PDF Link to black and white printable PDF Produced by: UK Pathways Team (last updated Feb 2023...
Connections & Forging new Relationships
The strength of any community depends on good relationships built on trust, cooperation, caring and resilience. Extinction Rebellion recognises that discrimination and lack of awareness operate systemically to divide us, whether that discimination is based o...
Visioning
Hopes & Dreams XR principle and value number one declares that we have a shared vision for change. This asks all rebels and activators to reach for their wildest dreams for the impossible? restoration and repair of our relationships, our humanity and Ear...
Ongoing Rebellion
We recognise that although some rebels will need to rest and recuperate after a large Rebellion or surge of actions, others are energised by Rebellion and are itching to dive into more! It is also true that rebels will work through the Post-Rebellion process ...
Why XR?
These two short videos (not in the pdf version) explain where Extinction Rebellion came from and why people have joined since. 1. A mixture of people and their reasons for joining XR: Why we joined XR 2. How extinction Rebellion Started: How XR Started &g...
Looking After Your Rebels
As events of an action or series of actions settle, we normally make time to come together for celebration, sharing appreciation for what we did, what we saw each other do, and what weād like to honour. In post-rebellion regenerative care, our purpose is to...
What do we want to achieve?
We have three demands. Included here are some additional videos (not included in the printable pdf). 1. TELL THE TRUTH All institutions must communicate the danger we are in. We are facing an unprecedented global emergency. Life on Earth is in crisis: scie...
What do we use to guide us?
We have ten Principles and Values Anyone who follows these core principles and values can take action in our name. (This text includes the longer version of these, the printable page below the shorter version.) 1. We have a shared vision of change: creatin...
Climate grief & anxiety
The crisis we find ourselves in can cause us very real and painful emotions such as grief, hopelessness and anxiety. Telephone Active Listening Extinction Rebellion has a Trained Emotional Support Network (TESN). You can make a request to speak with a trai...
How you can learn more
Rebellion Academy is a website for both new and existing rebels who want to know more about how to get involved. Once you have created an account you have access to: ā¢ more information about XR ā¢ a quiz to find out what type of rebel you are ā¢ online train...
How our online meetings work
Many of our online meetings use Zoom. You don't need an account to join a meeting, just: Open an internet browser. Go to zoom.us/join Enter your meeting ID (provided by the organiser) Click Join This video shows how to set up Zoom if you haven't used ...
How you can get involved
Extinction Rebellion is made of people from various backgrounds, ethnicities, communities and identities. Here are some different ways of connecting with people within the UK: Take part in actions See our events calendar for details of coming actions...
Welcoming New Rebels
When welcoming new rebels there are several key things that help do: ā¢ Plan ā Have a plan for some welcoming events to direct new rebels to and nominate welcomers. ā¢ Say hello ā Be welcoming, friendly and honest. ā¢ Meet them ā We thrive on connection. Set...
What is the Climate and Ecological Emergency?
Our video 'Heading for Extinction and What to Do About It' explains the emergency (50mins). To watch, click here (November 2022) with Bors Hulesch Please see this page for support with climate grief and anxiety >> NEXT PAGE: What do we want to achieve...
How we organise
We work in small groups using a self-organising system (SOS). Some groups operate at a UK-wide level, others at a regional/national level and others again at a local level. We are also creating a network of affinity groups: small groups of people who work ...
Getting New Rebels Involved
Event organisation Offline events We have had plenty of feedback from local rebels saying that whenever they could get together far away from any zooms and screens in a park or big garden, it gave an energy boost to their group. Going to a sociable offlin...
How to Host a House Meeting
What do you feel about the Climate Crisis? And what does it mean to you to be part of Extinction Rebellion? Then, thereās how do your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues feel, too? Sometimes, it can be hard to have a conversation about all this because...
Street Outreach During the Rebellion and at Actions
When Nonviolent Civil Disobedience has been most effective, it has taken place on a foundation of connected and organised communities. Actions are our primary way to get into the public eye but our actions alone are not enough. We need to use these actions...
Talking about the Crisis on the Street
Part of our job as rebels is to Tell the Truth so engaging with the general public during a Rebellion is vital, and those passers by might be a bit annoyed with you/Extinction Rebellion, so be prepared! What are your aims: Listen to them, find out what they ...
What you need to know
Get Connected Watch and share the video about our next rebellion! Coming to the rebellion? Let us know by filling in this form! Join the Rebellion Telegram broadcast! There is also a Manchester Rebellion Broadcast and Cardiff Rebellion Broadcast! Are yo...