- Ruckus Society
Infobox_Company | company_name = The Ruckus Society
company_
company_type = Non Profit
company_slogan = "actions speak louder than words"
foundation = 1995,Mount Hood National Forest ,Oregon
location = Oakland, CA
key_people =Mike Roselle (co-founder), John Sellers, Adrienne Maree Brown
industry = Activism
products = strategic nonviolent direct action,Internet activism ,civil disobedience
revenue = $600,000
num_employees = 5 [http://www.ruckus.org/article.php?id=60]
homepage = [http://www.ruckus.org/ www.ruckus.org]The Ruckus Society is an organization that sponsors skill-sharing and
direct action training camps for activists from impacted communities working on social justice, human rights and environmental justice. Ruckus was founded byMike Roselle and co-founded withTwilly Cannon andJR Roof to specialize in environmentalactivism andGuerrilla communication .The Ruckus Society has created and inspired untold amounts of direct actions around the country. Ruckus co-sponsors the [http://www.notyoursoldier.org Not Your Soldier Project] (NYS), a
counter-recruitment effort with theWar Resisters League , and the [http://www.ruckus.org/article.php?list=type&type=42 Indigenous Peoples' Power Project] (IP3), bringing together indigenous youth organizers from all over the country. In 2006, Ruckus teamed up withWorking Assets for an Election Protection project [http://www.workingassets.com/election_protection.cfm] . Together withGlobal Exchange andRainforest Action Network , they worked againstFord Motor Company and later other auto-manufacturers [http://freedomfromoil.com/] . The Ruckus Society is a member of numerous coalitions efforts, and have performed actions forWal-Mart Watch and others. The group has provided training toGreenpeace , Patagonia, Inc., theCalifornia Faculty Association ,United Students Against Sweatshops ,Students for Bhopal ,Student Farmworker Alliance , theSilicon Valley Toxics Coalition ,Students for a Free Tibet ,Detroit Summer and more.John Sellers was the executive director of the organization for 8 years, through the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle in 1999, the creation of [http://www.ruckus.org/article.php?list=type&type=42 IP3] and [http://www.notyoursoldier.org NYS] and his own $2 million bail. Adrienne Maree Brown came on as executive director in 2006, the first woman of color to lead the organization.
External links
* [http://ruckus.org/ The Ruckus Society]
* [http://www.notyoursoldier.org Not Your Soldier]
* [http://www.quarantinewalmart.com Quarantine Wal-mart]
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