Are you an organizer, artist or cultural worker who wants tools for building power with communities through strategic and creative arts actions? Join the Ruckus Network, in collaboration with NY activists, artist and cultural workers for a Training for Trainers, Aug. 15-17 in Brooklyn, NY

Direct action has been central to every social change in history, and is critical now for creating a just future for people and the planet. But not all actions are created equal. Check out the Ruckus Action Framework for our Theory of Change and guidelines to creating Transformative Direct Action movements that will help us reach collective liberation.

Announcing Ruckus's 2014 Action Camp: "It Takes Roots to Weather the Storm" August 29-September 1, 2014 - New York Applications due August 8th!

Stop Hate! End 287g and SB1070! Ruckus has been supporting the fight against racist anti-immigration laws across the U.S. with community trainings, a national Action Camp, and hard-hitting actions like this banner-hang from a downtown Phoenix construction crane July 28th, 2010. Photo by Anita Sarkeesian.

Want to bring Ruckus trainings to your town, school, or group? Fill out a brief training request online, and we'll hook you up with some of our skilled action trainers across the country to craft a curriculum that fits your needs!

Gain hands-on direct action tactical skills and strategy at our training camps, skillshares, or bring our trainers to your group! Shown here: participants at the May 2008 Tactics Summit camp practice setting up a tripod and blockade for the direct action role play. Photo credit: copyright 2008 Justin Warren / jsight.com

Our IP3 project has been training indigenous activists in direct action skills since 2004, and supporting communities in their human rights struggles to protect sacred land from resource extraction and other self-determination issues. Shown here: Klamath River tribes members in their winning campaign against Warren Buffet's dams.

Check out Ruckus's Action Toolbox for manuals and other resources on direct action planning and tactics. Our Balloon Banner Action Manual will guide you step-by-step through how to deploy a banner such as this one! Shown here: Ruckus's "Dam Home Depot" action for International Rivers at Home Depot's Shareholders meeting in Atlanta, May 2009.

We know that the most effective actions are strategic and creative. We support communities in taking actions appropriate to their situations, at various levels - from high tech framing actions such as this iconic banner drop at the Seattle WTO shutdown in 1999, to street theatre, blockades, and visionary community takeovers. Photo credit: Dang Ngo