https://noacinfo.org/ A field magazine on peaceful public action: how neighbors organize, what earlier coalitions learned, and the everyday tools that carry a cause forward. en-us Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://noacinfo.org/history/what-a-regional-review-keeps-that-a-leaflet-loses/https://noacinfo.org/history/what-a-regional-review-keeps-that-a-leaflet-loses/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTHistoryA regional review holds decades of decisions about water, land, weather and work. Here is what a group can read in back volumes, and how to cite a page. https://noacinfo.org/public-action/filling-a-hall-without-a-marketing-budget/https://noacinfo.org/public-action/filling-a-hall-without-a-marketing-budget/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTPublic ActionA small company fills seats with shop notices, school and church lists, a free first rehearsal, and a door sheet that counts who came. https://noacinfo.org/organizing/working-with-a-family-service-agency/https://noacinfo.org/organizing/working-with-a-family-service-agency/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTOrganizingWhat a neighbourhood group agrees with a family service agency before a first joint meeting: who speaks, what stays out of the minutes, who keeps the record. https://noacinfo.org/history/what-back-issues-of-a-local-paper-still-answer/https://noacinfo.org/history/what-back-issues-of-a-local-paper-still-answer/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTHistoryA group can date its own history from twenty years of a small coastal paper: who chaired, which room, how an objection was filed, which names return. https://noacinfo.org/organizing/turn-a-neighbourhood-count-into-the-next-question/https://noacinfo.org/organizing/turn-a-neighbourhood-count-into-the-next-question/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTOrganizingHow to log community child wellbeing figures in the minutes, date every number, and turn one count into a question the council has to answer. https://noacinfo.org/history/what-a-county-museum-keeps-of-public-life/https://noacinfo.org/history/what-a-county-museum-keeps-of-public-life/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTHistoryA small county collection holds minutes, photographs and programmes from local gatherings. Here is how a group reads those papers and what to leave behind. https://noacinfo.org/public-action/check-the-venue-before-you-print-the-date/https://noacinfo.org/public-action/check-the-venue-before-you-print-the-date/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTPublic ActionWhat a group checks in a public building before announcing a date: the step-free entrance, the route from the street, the room capacity, and who to call when https://noacinfo.org/toolkit/read-the-story-before-the-group-repeats-it/https://noacinfo.org/toolkit/read-the-story-before-the-group-repeats-it/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTToolkitA neighbourhood group checks a press report before quoting it at a meeting: report, claim or press release, and how to name the difference in the minutes.