Sunday, July 31
4:00 to 6:00 PM Pacific
(7:00-9:00 PM Eastern)
Free — donations accepted
Nonviolent Conflict Response for Vote Count Observers
Ballot counting centers have become testing grounds for the promise of fair and transparent elections. Scrutineers is training volunteers around the U.S. to observe the processing and counting of votes. This crucial work takes place on election night and over the next days and weeks until elections are certified. Our online training: Nonviolent Conflict Response for Vote Count Observers is designed to prepare you for potential conflict while performing this important work.
Your commitment to watch the process is vital and deserves our support. While we can’t prepare for every possible situation you’ll see, we’d like you to feel confident in the face of the most likely situations. Join us for this two-hour live online training in Nonviolent Conflict Response for Vote Count Observers.
You’ll learn:
- Why your help observing the vote count is critical right now
- Tips and techniques to bring your best self into any heated situation
- Advance planning to keep yourself and others safe
About the Trainers
Rev. Osagyefo Sekou
With the Deep Abiding Love Project, Rev. Osagyefo Sekou has helped trained over ten thousand clergy and activists in militant nonviolent civil disobedience through the United States. He spent 6 weeks on the ground in Charlottesville, VA training clergy in response to the Unite the Right rally.
A leading public intellectual, Rev. Sekou written two collection of essays. Urbansouls: Meditations on Youth, Hip Hop, and Religion and Gods, Gays, and Guns: Essays on Religion and the Future of Democracy. He has written widely on the 2011 killing of Mark Duggan by British police and the subsequent London riots, and is the author of the forthcoming Riot Music: Race, Hip Hop and the Meaning of the London Riots 2011 (Hamilton Books).
Kristine Scott
In 2008, Kristine took an AmeriCorps job running a meal program for unhoused young people. Almost 50 hungry youth arrived on Kristine’s first night. What happened next was terrifying for a young, small town white woman. Her purse went missing, there were fights and screaming guests. Kristine vowed to never return. But then something unexpected happened. A 17-year-old guest instantly turned the chaos into quiet, polite behavior with a single phrase. This began Kristine’s journey of learning from those she served, people living in constant threat and conflict. Through their mentoring and hundreds of incidents, she began to see conflict as a place to deepen a connection and counter social inequity.
Kristine has since trained thousands of people how to respond not react, lean in and not lash out. She particularly enjoys working with women, who are naturally skilled at de-escalation after they debunk the false narratives around gender roles. In her free time, she hangs out with her backyard ducks and sculpts scrap metal.
To learn more about Kristine’s mission to create “conflict resolutionaries” wherever she goes, see https://www.seattleconflictresolution.com
Event FAQ:
Who can attend?
This training is open to the public. Both members and non-members of Scrutineers can register using the form below.
How long is the training?
This session is two hours long.
Will it be recorded?
Yes, the training will be recorded and will become part of our training library.
How can I prepare?
If you haven’t yet attended our introductory training, “How You Can Help Stop Election Sabotage,” we recommend you watch a video recording of that training first. However, this is not required!
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