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Immigration Movement Building Training
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Do you think you’re a leader?
Are you interested in organizing?
Do
you want to help fix our nation's broken immigration system?
Then join us at the
MOVEMENT BUILDING
TRAINING FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM!
| TRAINING DATES |
LOCATION | APPLICATION DEADLINE |
| Dec. 5th & 6th |
Phoenix, AZ |
CLOSED |
| Dec. 5th & 6th | Raleigh, NC |
CLOSED |
| Dec. 12th & 13th |
Las Vegas, NV |
CLOSED |
| Jan. 9th & 10th |
Los Angeles, CA** |
Click here to apply! Deadline: Jan. 4th |
| Jan. 9th & 10th |
Ithaca, NY** |
Click here to apply! Deadline: Jan. 4th |
| Jan. 9th & 10th |
Columbus, OH** |
Click here to apply! Deadline: Jan. 4th |
Click here to check out our video from our training in Colorado!
Click here to apply to the CA, NY or OH Trainings!
• Cost: A one-time $25 registration fee will cover the following:
Accommodations—Lodging for Saturday night
Food—Saturday breakfast through Sunday lunch
• Travel: Participants must make their own travel arrangements to and from the trainings
• Training time: Begins at 10 AM on Saturday and concludes at 6 PM on Sunday
The trainings are designed to:
• Teach basic organizing skills.
• Help participants learn to tell their own stories and speak in public.
• Train participants in the use of social media tools for outreach and organizing.
• Provide an insider’s overview of the immigration debate.
• Build leadership teams of five to six people in a geographic area.
• Conduct a brief action (e.g. public event, media activity) to give participants a chance to practice newly learned skills.
The ultimate goal of the trainings is to prepare a trained, enthusiastic leadership force to help win comprehensive and humane immigration reform in 2010!
Click here to apply to the CA, NY or OH Trainings!
Sponsors: The trainings are a collaboration between the Campaign for Community Change; the Center for Community Change and the Fair Immigrant Rights Movement (FIRM); Reform Immigration for America; United We Dream; the New Organizing Institute; and other allied organizations in each of the six host states.
A Tested Approach to Training New Leaders. The training approach we use was developed by Marshall Ganz, a professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. This model served as the basis for “Camp Obama,” a training program credited with creating the organizing base that was integral to the campaign’s success. It has since been used successfully to train volunteers for the Sierra Club, MoveOn, PowerShift, the Courage Campaign, and other organizations and movements.
