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| Workshops for Friday, August 3 |
Funding Our Independence: Raising Money in Communities of Color
Oppressed communities CAN fund and own their social justice organizations! Learn how in this hands-on, participatory training. We'll connect fundraising, program work and political goals and find solutions to the particular challenges we face as fundraisers of color, and in fundraising within communities of color. This workshop is reserved for people of color.
—Priscilla Hung |
Campaign Strategy: The Essential Pieces
In today's climate campaigns must not only influence institutions but also reshape dominant culture. This workshop covers the basics of running issue campaigns and provides framing tools. Plan your own action and hear how Sisters in Action's political framework has come to influence overall campaigns and solutions for change.
—Teri Clark, Shanice Mayes & Tyonna Rounds |
Taking Action During Election Season
Worried your non-profit’s work might be crossing the line on electoral action? Are your board members nervous about your work during election season? Gain understanding of the federal laws governing nonprofit 501(c)(3) lobbying, and learn what election activities are permissible under the federal tax code, the functions of 501(c)(3)s, 501(c)(4)s, and PACs, and the federal rules governing how these types of organizations work together.
—Eric Gorovitz |
Doing it Our Way: Perspectives on Urban Indian Community Organizing
This workshop shares the story and lessons learned of the Portland Native American Youth and Elders Council, a successful, three-year old community organizing group. Areas of focus include: challenges and opportunities of culturally-specific organizing, intergenerational organizing, urban Native American/Alaska Native community building issues, and participatory and culturally validated research. This is a ½ day, afternoon workshop.
—Native American Youth and Family Center |
Taking Your Major Donor Program to the Next Level
This workshop, designed for the more experienced fundraiser, will help you raise more money from your major donors and members. We will talk about how to broaden your base of prospects, how to structure your major donor work for success, getting major donors to agree to visit, asking for larger gifts, donor cultivation, and involving the board in major donor fundraising. Come with questions and be ready to practice!
—Valerie Reuther |
Training Techniques and Tools
Design effective training programs by learning how to assess participants' needs, recognize and respond to different learning styles, develop training exercises, use media and gauge your effectiveness while training. This workshop is designed for people who have experience facilitating groups and want to improve their skills.
—Thalia Zepatos, Moof Mayeda |
Familia, Comunidad, y la Sexualidad: ¿Qué significa para Latinas?
Como líderes Latinas, tenemos un poder tremendo para realizar cambio en nuestras organizaciones, comunidades, y familias sobre la justicia reproductiva y la sexualidad. En este taller vamos a explorar el sentido de la justicia reproductiva en nuestras comunidades, capacitarnos en ser procuradoras de nuestras familias y comunidades, y aprender del trabajo dinámico y actual en California. Únanse para una sesión de diálogo y capacitación
—Rocio Cordoba & Gabriela Valle |
Media Making for Activism (Two Day Workshop)
This two-day training covers both the impact of media and its application as a powerful tool for groups to document, investigate, and educate their communities on vital issues. Power analysis, media literacy and production techniques will be covered. Participants will get hands-on experience creating a media piece on an issue that arises within the workshop dialogue. Registration for both Friday and Saturday sessions is required.
—Video Machete |
Naming and Framing Racial Justice
Gain an overview of how to frame race effectively within our organizing. Learn how to identify and present the racial dimensions of issues for maximum impact with decision makers, media, and your base. Workshop includes lots of practice talking about racial justice, framing campaigns and identifying ways to reframe the opposition's "colorblindness."
—Kalpana Krishnamurthy |
Movement-Building Basics: Root Causes and Vision
This workshop focuses on a range of strategy skills and steps to building alliances that are fundamental to movement building. We'll also analyze the root causes of the problems we're trying to solve and best practices for preventing and dealing with conflict, finishing with an analysis of rightwing education movements. This workshop is repeated on Saturday.
—Sujin Lee & Kristen Zimmerman |
Theater of Liberation
This highly interactive workshop will explore our social change issues in a deeper, more organic way. We will use "Theater of the Oppressed," a form of popular theater of, by, and for people engaged in the struggle for liberation, and other techniques groups can use as tools in their social justice work. Acting experience is not required.
—Lupita Patterson |
Intro to Social Change Organizing
So what's community organizing all about? This workshop will focus on defining power, using campaign strategy charts and other core concepts of community organizing. Those new to organizing will build their understanding and experience to strengthen their organization's work. This workshop is repeated on Sunday.
—Ann Caton, Cathy Howell |
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Raising Dollars, Making Change: Grassroots Development Strategies
Your organization is volunteer-run with little or no staff and you have money to raise. Sound familiar? Explore the pros and cons of different grassroots fundraising strategies and then gather step-by-step advice on how to implement some of the most effective strategies, including house parties, small events and friends and family campaigns. Learn to get over the fear of asking, build your case for giving, and identify whom to ask for money and how.
—Valerie Reuther |
Construyendo el Poder Comunitario por la Base: Métodos de Organización y Liderazgo
En este taller aprenderemos sobre los métodos fundamentales de lo que es el Trabajo de Base y como construir el poder organizativo para transformaciones sociales y políticas. Utilizaremos el planeamiento como método de formación y promoción del liderazgo a través de distribución e implementación de tareas.
—Lucilene Lira & Maria Tona Sanchez |
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Multicultural Movement Building: What it Really Takes
Cultural and linguistic barriers keep many immigrant/refugee communities from developing the strategic alliances necessary to create a strong cross-cultural movement for justice. But hope is on the horizon. This workshop is designed for immigrant and refugee leaders to examine the link between race and migration, explore case studies of multi-cultural organizing successes, and acquire specific skills on what takes to build a multi-ethnic immigrant and refugee movement.
—Kayse Jama & Eric Ward |
Fighting the War - At Home and Abroad
Anti-war actions are happening all across the region, from small town vigils to marches in state capitols. Rural Organizing Project uses a multi-issue analysis with specific campaigns on fair taxation; a functional safety net; and race, class and gender equality under a banner to "Dismantle the War at Home and Abroad." Come strategize on tactics that keep organizations both responsive to the headlines and focused on their missions.
—Amy Dudley & Marcy Westerling |
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Eyes on the Prez! Taking Advantage in '08
Those who care about public policy can take advantage of the extra attention generated by Presidential elections to profile their causes, find and engage new volunteers, and ensure that their own members understand the issues being debated. We'll cover what organizations can do to prepare for the ‘o8 elections, including voter registration, mobilization, education and media work that will build stronger groups.
—Moof Mayeda, Kelley Weigel, Thalia Zepatos |
La Educación Popular y los Derechos Humanos de los Inmigrantes
Compartiremos como hemos utilizado la educación popular en los procesos organizativos de la comunidad inmigrante en los E.E.U.U., particularmente en el Noroeste. Por medio de métodos y técnicas participativas se identificarán los fundamentos de la educación popular. Los participantes en los talleres comenzaremos reafirmando nuestra identidad humana, que nacemos con derechos y libertades iguales e inalienables.
— Pedro Sosa |
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Broadening the Movement for Reproductive Justice
Three organizations with expertise in service provision, communications and community organizing have joined forces to create a workshop that will build shared language, analysis and practice that will build the reproductive justice movement. Explore the lessons learned working on the ground with a diverse set of communities that are directly affected by issues of reproductive justice.
—Aspen Baker, Eveline Shen & Aimée Thorne-Thomsen |
Media Making for Activism (Day Two)
This two-day training covers both the impact of media and its application as a powerful tool for groups to document, investigate, and educate their communities on vital issues. Power analysis, media literacy and production techniques will be covered. Participants will get hands-on experience creating a media piece on an issue that arises within the workshop dialogue. Registration for both Friday and Saturday sessions is required.
—Video Machete |
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Youth-Led Social Change Organizing
Trainers will share their base-building, outreach and recruitment strategies for youth organizing—from tried-and-true techniques to school based models and new technology based strategies. They’ll also share their holistic youth development model, built on strategies for meaningful engagement, participation, ownership and sustained involvement in youth-led organizations.
—Californians for Justice |
It Takes a Village: Building Fundraising Teams and Campaigns
Know that you can't do all the fundraising yourself but not sure how to get others to help you? Trying to maximize your board's involvement in fundraising? We will look at different models and methods for forming a fundraising team, using them most effectively on a fundraising campaign, and including them in your development planning process. Figure out what will work for your organization and what you need to get started.
—Rona Fernandez & Priscilla Hung
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Geek Out! Taking Organizing Online
Can technology really help organizing work? YES! We'll review the key technologies that no organizer should be without, and share what we've learned over the past decade of strengthening community organizing with the power of technology. We will also look at how you can be a technology visionary to help your organization adopt technology, and close with time to learn hands-on techniques for using the internet effectively.
—Christine Hill & Arif Mamdani |
Art, Culture and Theater for a Change!
Art, culture and theater are essential to telling our stories, winning public support, keeping us hopeful, having fun, and powerfully communicating from our hearts. Participants will learn hands-on skills, including how to make simple art, puppets, theater and creative ideas for demonstrations.
—David Solnit |
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Movement-Building Basics: Root Causes and Vision (Repeat Workshop)
This workshop focuses on a range of strategy skills and steps to building alliances that are fundamental to movement building. We'll also analyze the root causes of the problems we're trying to solve and best practices for preventing and dealing with conflict, finishing with an analysis of rightwing education movements. This workshop is repeated on Saturday.
—Sujin Lee & Kristen Zimmerman
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Beyond Diversity: Dismantling Racism
This workshop focuses on analyzing personal, cultural and institutional racism with trainers who have been working within their own organizations to move a racial justice agenda. Participants will receive tools and resources to take home for supporting anti-racist organizational development and racial justice organizing.
—Aubrey Harrison, Jessica Lee & Kenya Pierce |
Teatro de la Liberación
Este taller será sumamente interactivo. Nos permitirá explorar en una manera más profunda y orgánica los asuntos que nos interesen. Usaremos la técnica del teatro del oprimido así como otras técnicas teatrales. No se requiere experiencia de interpretación para asistir a este taller.
—Lupita Patterson |
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Margins to Center: Movement Building from the Intersections
Hierarchies and inequalities of sexuality, race, gender, nation, ability, class and age within progressive movements can weaken our strategies, water down our political goals, and even exclude those most affected by oppression and injustice from participating. This highly interactive workshop will explore the transformative power of grounding our organizing strategies and political visions in the lived experiences, perspectives, and leadership of people most affected by interlocking systems of oppression.
—Alisa Bierria & Emily Thuma |
Best Practices for Boards
Boards of Directors can be complicated and difficult to motivate beyond monthly meetings, but they don’t have to be. We’ll determine the best role for your board based on your organizational needs and cover the basic responsibilities of board members. We’ll also give participants the practical tools necessary to assess their boards, develop a recruitment plan, and get the board to start raising money.
—Valerie Reuther |
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Advanced Community Organizing: Power Analysis
Learn about Power Analysis, an interactive and analytical tool for political education and how it can help grassroots organizations understand the way power is exercised in their communities. Explore how to develop more strategic campaign plans that alter power relationships and win progressive change.
—Strategic Concepts In Organizing And Policy Education (SCOPE) |
Preparing for the Chill: Resisting ICE Raids
Communities targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are responding in strategic ways to lessen the devastation caused by employer raids and deportation of those without documentation. We will share stories of how communities have responded and suggest steps to be in solidarity with those affected as well as prepare for the possibility of an ICE raid in your town. Simultaneous translation will be provided. This is a ½ day morning workshop.
—Amalia Anderson & Romeo Sosa |
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Running Effective Meetings
Designed for grassroots leaders who chair committee or board meetings, this workshop will help you develop skills to make meetings effective and fun. Learn to develop an agenda, increase turn-out for meetings, encourage discussion and keep people focused. This is a ½ day, morning workshop.
—Eveline Shen |
Intro to Social Change Organizing (Repeat Workshop)
So what's community organizing all about? This workshop will focus on defining power, using campaign strategy charts and other core concepts of community organizing. Those new to organizing will build their understanding and experience to strengthen their organization's work. This workshop is repeated on Sunday.
—Ann Caton, Cathy Howell |
At the Intersections: The Youth Movement for Reproductive Justice
Whether it's about comprehensive sexuality education, policies that support young parents, or building the leadership of young people, the reproductive justice movement is moving an agenda at the intersections of age, gender, sexual orientation, race, class and ability. This workshop will use examples of the exciting work that young people are doing to move a reproductive justice agenda so that together we can build our capacity to take ACTION!
—Maria Nakae, Dana Ginn Paredes
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Today We March, Tomorrow We Vote: Mobilizing Voters in Immigrant Communities
Working from the Latino community experience, this session will help communities answer the question "Why vote?" and make sure that energy expended on voting helps to build lasting power for the community. We will look at how to work with social service organizations and others connected to potential voters and strategies unique to working in immigrant and refugee communities.
—Cathy Han Montoya |
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