George Lakey and Judy Wicks
George Lakey has been active in direct action campaigns for six decades. Recently retired from Swarthmore College, he has facilitated 1,500 workshops on five continents and led activist projects on local, national and international levels – most recently with Earth Quaker Action Team. Among many other books and articles, he is author of “Strategizing for a Living Revolution” in David Solnit’s book Globalize Liberation (City Lights, 2004). His 2016 book is "Viking Economics," and in December 2018 Melville House released "How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning."
Judy Wicks is internationally known for using her White Dog Café to invent just and sustainable food practices and to promote social movements. Her book is "Good Morning, Beautiful Business."
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