Ruckus Society
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| Non Profit | |
| Industry | Activism |
| Founded | 1995, Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon |
| Headquarters | Oakland, California |
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Key people
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Mike Roselle (co-founder), Twilly Cannon (co-founder), John Sellers, Adrienne Maree Brown, Megan Swoboda, Sharon Lungo, Diana Pei Wu |
| Products | Strategic nonviolent direct action, Internet activism, civil disobedience |
| Revenue | $250,000 |
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Number of employees
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3 |
| Website | ruckus.org |
The Ruckus Society is a nonprofit organization that sponsors skill-sharing and non-violent direct action training, strategy & consultation for activists and organizers from frontline and impacted communities working on social justice, human rights, migrant rights, workers rights and environmental justice. It was founded by Mike Roselle and Twilly Cannon.
The Ruckus Society's mission is to provide training in classic nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience tactics in the context of community-driven campaigns, including creative resistance, urban rappelling, media & communications, and blockades with and without gear.
The organization designs custom trainings and camps based on the specific needs and campaigns of the activists, and uses popular education techniques to allow participants to discover the direct action knowledge they already possess.
The Ruckus Society has co-sponsored projects including the Not Your Soldier Project (NYS), a counter-recruitment effort with the War Resisters League, and the Indigenous Peoples' Power Project (IP3), bringing together indigenous youth organizers from all over the country.
In 2006, Ruckus teamed up with Working Assets for an Election Protection project. Together with Global Exchange and Rainforest Action Network, they worked against Ford Motor Company and later other auto-manufacturers.
The Ruckus Society is a member of numerous coalitions efforts, and have performed actions for Wal-Mart Watch and others. The group has provided training to Greenpeace, Patagonia, Inc., the California Faculty Association, United Students Against Sweatshops, Students for Bhopal, Student/Farmworker Alliance, the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, Students for a Free Tibet and Detroit Summer.
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