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@tonycaction.bsky.social

www.tonyc.nyc NYC-based organization, practicing Theatre of the Oppressed with community forum theatre programs, creative advocacy, and trainings for groups and individuals. More stuff: https://linktr.ee/tonyc_action

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NYC - our Forum Theatre training with Julian Boal is on November 1-2. Early bird registration for $300 closes today!

www.tonyc.nyc/events

30.09.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A half-selfie of a Black woman wearing a cap and glasses, in front of a red wall that has the following text: "We believe in a just and safe world where power and possibility are not limited by gender, race, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or age. We believe that equity and inclusion are the cornerstones of a true democracy in which the worth and dignity of every person are valued."

A half-selfie of a Black woman wearing a cap and glasses, in front of a red wall that has the following text: "We believe in a just and safe world where power and possibility are not limited by gender, race, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or age. We believe that equity and inclusion are the cornerstones of a true democracy in which the worth and dignity of every person are valued."

Stopped by @msfoundation.bsky.social today! (That's a half-selfie by our Director of Strategy & Learning, Liz Morgan!)

29.09.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fighting for Change, One Performance at a Time: Theatre of the Oppressed NYC’s FIGHT-RAISER II In a year marked by funding cuts and rising urgency, the longtime institution stages its second fight-night of theatre and activism.

Our upcoming FIGHT-RAISER II is in Playbill
playbill.com/article/situ...

Tix & Online Auction: givebutter.com/c/fight2025

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Teatro, activismo y transformaciΓ³n social - Ateneo Maliciosa JANASANSKRITI (https://janasanskriti.org.in/) representa la experiencia mΓ‘s grande de teatro del oprimido en el mundo, donde las tΓ©cnicas que nacieron en los 60 en Brasil se mezclan con la tradiciΓ³n y...

Este viernes 26 de septiembre a las 18.30 en el @ateneomaliciosa.net tendremos a Sanjoy y Sima, los fundadores de Jana Sanskriti Centre for Theatre of the Oppressed, compartiendo su testimonio tan potente sobre Teatro, activismo y transformaciΓ³n social Β‘Vente!
ateneomaliciosa.net/event/teatro...

25.09.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Two spot available for tomorrow (Saturday!)

19.09.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fall list of trainings & events - updates and registrations coming in our newsletter www.tonyc.nyc/newsletter

08.09.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fall 2025 Events + Early Bird Extended

Here's what was in the email: www.tonyc.nyc/fall_2025_ev...

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Photo of books - Jacques ranciere the ignorant schoolmaster, Maxine Greene the dialectic of freedom, Paulo friere pedagogy of the oppressed, Mike rose why school, bell hooks teaching to transgress, paul Lockhart a mathematicians lament, Dewey experience and education Ivan illicj deschooling society

Photo of books - Jacques ranciere the ignorant schoolmaster, Maxine Greene the dialectic of freedom, Paulo friere pedagogy of the oppressed, Mike rose why school, bell hooks teaching to transgress, paul Lockhart a mathematicians lament, Dewey experience and education Ivan illicj deschooling society

Books I’m drawing in to frame my own thinking and we’ll read little bits from them to spark their thinking… here we go!

25.08.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

tell your NYC friends to sign up for the newsletter

03.09.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anti-Criminalization Communiversity in NYC: August-November 2025 β€” Interrupting Criminalization Interrupting Criminalization and Women Building Up have partnered up to offer an anti-criminalization β€œCommuniversity” series of workshops and classes, taking place in person in Brooklyn, starting mid...

Communiversities are ways to strengthen and to build local bonds. We believe that these are key ingredients for local organizing.

If you are based in NYC, we encourage you to check out the classes and workshops we're offering this fall and sign up for one if you can. We'll highlight a few below ⬇️

13.08.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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FIGHT-RAISER II: Tactics & Theatrics Join Theatre of the Oppressed NYC and a line-up of radicals, raconteurs, and revolutionaries for an evening spent training to change the world.

Hey New Yorkers - Tickets our live for FIGHT-RAISER II: Tactics and Theatrics, our fall benefit. Early bird tickets are available through 9/3. Get all that gala goodness without the gala prices!

givebutter.com/c/fight2025/

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People's Charter for People Power - with Katy Rubin and Oli Whittington of Our House When people have experienced ways to bring Power to those with Wisdom and Wisdom to those with Power, then they’ll work together to make it a reality at a larger scale.

Our 'democracy' is not fit for purposeβ€”IF that purpose is the continuation of complex life on earth.

We need a new House of the People to accrue power to those with wisdom and enact governance of, for and by the people and the planet.

accidentalgods.life/peoples-char

#AccidentalGods #Podcast

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Communiversity Catalog: Theatre of the Oppressed Starter Kit β€” Interrupting Criminalization

There's a Theatre of the Oppressed workshop on September 20 at @interruptcrim.bsky.social Communiversity, facilitated by @codenimm.bsky.social

www.interruptingcriminalization.com/communiversi...

31.07.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What will you do not if but when ICE shows up in your neighborhood?

Β ROLE PLAY OUR RIGHTS is a restorative justice based, theater-of-the-oppressed-style workshop where youth + community members rehearse real-life scenariosβ€”and build real skills.

Book us now:
πŸ‘‰ bit.ly/roleplayrights-workshop

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We made this shift with year of support via @usworker.coop‬ ! as well as discussions with other groups in this model.

And we're also getting questions from other non-profits about how this works!

31.07.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Training Deadline + Staff Announcement

To read about some of the big decisions our worker-members had to make this year... check out www.tonyc.nyc/feb2025

31.07.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Now we have a group of staff (most) who have opted into worker-membership. This week, that group is making decisions about our fall programs, because we have limited budget but some new invitations, changes to mission/values, and when the administrative staff return to full-time hours.

31.07.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Last year, Theatre of the Oppressed NYC shifted to become a worker self-directed non-profit! (that's as close as a 501c3 can be to a worker-owned cooperative, considering that we have no owners, but we also legally have a board).

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Communiversity Catalog: Theatre of the Oppressed Starter Kit β€” Interrupting Criminalization

There's a Theatre of the Oppressed workshop on September 20 at @interruptcrim.bsky.social Communiversity, facilitated by @codenimm.bsky.social

www.interruptingcriminalization.com/communiversi...

31.07.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This July, #WeTheCivic is flipping the script on patriotism. Here’s how you can join:
β€”Download a visual from our #WeTheCivic graphics collection: www.wethecivic.org/our-voices-a...
β€”Share how an organization is strengthening democracy in your community
β€”Tag #WeTheCivic on socials

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A yellow banner, with letters in purple and red that say "FIGHT-RAISER II: TACTICS & THEATRICS. October 2, 2025 at 6pm - The People's Forum"

A yellow banner, with letters in purple and red that say "FIGHT-RAISER II: TACTICS & THEATRICS. October 2, 2025 at 6pm - The People's Forum"

We're looking for organizations to sponsor our fall fundraising event, and businesses excited to donate items or services! Information and a link to the album from last year is at www.tonyc.nyc/fight2025

28.07.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Augusto Boal’s Copernican Revolution in Reverse Fifty years after the publication of TΓ©cnicas Latino-americanas de teatro popular, we revisit Augusto Boal’s vision of a β€˜Copernican revolution in reverse’ to reclaim the Global South as the centre of...

thetricontinental.org/augusto-boal...

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Here's another cool looking progressive group that's ditched Twitter! Check 'em out and give 'em a follow, especially if you're in NYC!

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Join our mailing list

Thank you for the follows - we have our newsletter coming out tomorrow and you can sign up here: www.tonyc.nyc/newsletter

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Rehearsing for the Revolution: Theater as a Tool of Democratic Imagination - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly Theatre of the Oppressed empowers people to advocate for themselves and could revitalize democratic practice at the local level.

We shut down our handle over there in April.

People can read about us here! nonprofitquarterly.org/rehearsing-f...

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Rehearsing for the Revolution: Theater as a Tool of Democratic Imagination - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly Theatre of the Oppressed empowers people to advocate for themselves and could revitalize democratic practice at the local level.

Everyone is an actor, activist, policymaker... nonprofitquarterly.org/rehearsing-f...

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"These artists came to understand that art which sees audience members merely as passive observers could itself be as oppressive as landlords or bosses handing down racist, classist, or sexist rules and laws." πŸ‘€

Read more about Theatre of the Oppressedβ€”link in first comment πŸ‘‡

02.07.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Written by Liz Morgan and @katyrubin.bsky.social !

07.07.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rehearsing for the Revolution: Theater as a Tool of Democratic Imagination - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly Theatre of the Oppressed empowers people to advocate for themselves and could revitalize democratic practice at the local level.

New article in @npquarterly.bsky.social from me and Liz Morgan of @tonycaction.bsky.social - on essential tools for democratic imagination and creative dissent in this moment! πŸ‘‡
nonprofitquarterly.org/rehearsing-f...

03.07.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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