A method is presented for using small groups to help concerned people experience their feelings about the nuclear threat and to encourage them to move from feelings of helplessness to some kind of action consistent with their beliefs. The author then shows how this method can be integrated with the kind of large, informational group meeting often held about nuclear issues.
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