Principles of social movements, civil disobedience, social change, transformation, leadership of movements.

1. Social Movements
Viv Grigg
wannabe social activist, with help from students
The Spirit of Creation moving through
common grace in the secular structures
of society to bring about paradigmatic
changes.
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2. Patchworks of Dissonance
Underlying
Malaise
Lazy
Dissonance
Passionate
Dissonance
We need
to do
something

3. From Dissonance to Flashpoint
D
• Underlying dissonance and malaise
F
• Flashpoint: Public ACTION by the oppressors that
focuses the Dissonance
GRRA
• Godly Rage and Righteous Anger
CA
• Chanelling the Anger to Concerted Action
The Tipping Points (Read Spirit of Christ chapter on
Grief/Anger)

4. Building Quiet Rage, Building
Momentum
Issue 1
Movement
Response 1
Cadre Forms
Issue 2
Cadre leads
response
Issue 3
Cadre has
respect to move
to larger issues.

5. Three Movement Leadership Roles
Man of Words
• The Philosopher (Rizal, Marx,
Martin Luther, Martin Luther King)
The Fanatic
• The Organizer
The
Institutionalizer
• The Administrator
Eric Hoffer, the True Believer

6. The Movement Tipping Point
Usually an
external
opposition, that
brings public
consensus
around the
movement goals
Early Leadership
The Tipping Point,
Tragedy, Opposition
National Movement

7. The Personal Turning Point
Events in the mid-40’s age
range
Early Leadership
The Turning Point, Event,
Global Conference, Tragedy
National Movement

8. From the Outside to the Inside
Movements start on the edges, and move to the center (one of
Pierson’s 8 movement theories in his History of Missions)
Engaging the pain of the periphery
Evolve a clear vision for a life to heal that pain
Symbolic acts (Gideon) (lead by Lord?)
Imprisonment
Forced into
conflict with
authorities
Information flow (Pierson)
Build your army
Work plan for
common
people (Assissi)
Why do the
Marxist’s sell
newspapers on
street corner?

9. From the Outside to the Inside
Movements start on the edges, and move to the center (one of
Pierson’s 8 movement theories in his History of Missions)
Keep your balance, your health, your marriage
Find your allies/ movements
Access those next to the King
(e.g. Tongan sacred turtle)

10. • Initial
movement• The season of
opposition
• The season of
Tragedy
•deep level
reflection in
context of
global
dialogue
• in family
The
season of
character
formation
The
season of
study
The season
of
experimenta
l leadership
The main
season
Movement Leader Timeline

11. Funding the Movement
• From your readings, at what points did funding make a
difference?
• Or were they only movements because the leaders knew how
to access funds?
• Did it matter where the funds came from, indigenous or from
the oppressors?
• How did they work out how to fund the multiplication among
the masses?
• To what were the funds largely directed?

12. Background Readings
Agoncillo, Teodoro A. (2002). The revolt of the masses: the story
of Bonifacio and the Katipunan. Quezon City. The University of
the Philippines Press.
Dobson. (201) What Works in Social Movements. The Citizen's
Handbook: A Guide to Building Community in
Vancouver. http://www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook August
2001.
Grigg, Viv (2010). Rage. The Spirit of Christ and Postmodern City.
Emeth Press.
Mandela, Nelson. (1994). Long Walk to Freedom. Abacus
Maathai, W. (2008). Unbowed: a memoir. London: Arrow.