Workshop Recap:
The Storyteller as Activist
On Tuesday, July 29th, Elaine Blanchard shared her gifts, skills, and passion with participants of the workshop, The Storyteller as Activist, as she revealed how the effectiveness of storytelling is in the listening and connection we make with others. Activists have stories to tell, stories rooted in a need for justice. As Elaine says, “As we become a community of storytellers, we improve our relationships and construct a safer place for all of us to call home.”
We are very thankful for this collaboration. Stay tuned for future workshops with Elaine. You can learn more about her and her work here.
Upcoming Workshop, September 11th
Founding and Funding Your Grassroots Group
Led by former MSPJC Director, Jacob Flowers
I want to register!
In this workshop you will have the opportunity to learn the process, skills and actions you can use to establish and financially sustain your grassroots organization. The session will begin with an in-depth look at the mission, vision and values from which you are organizing, and end with concrete actions that you can take to fund your work sustainably over the long term.
Join us to learn how you can found and fund your organizing group to be successful from the beginning.
Date: Thursday, September 11th
Time: 6pm – 8pm (please be on time)
Location: 450 Mulberry St., Links Education Center,
National Civil Rights Museum
Wheelchair accessible
Cost: $20-$45 Sliding scale.
Registration online or by phone is required to attend. Minimum 10 and maximum 25 participants. Some scholarships may be available. Request a scholarship application by email or phone. Donations for workshop scholarships gratefully accepted!
New Workshop. Coming September 18th
Privilege and Oppression Awareness
In this workshop participants will have the opportunity for recognizing privilege and oppression in themselves, in a safe space, as a first step to combat them.
I want to register!
Date: Thursday, September 18th
Time: 6pm – 8:30pm (please be on time)
Location: 450 Mulberry St., Links Education Center,
National Civil Rights Museum
Wheelchair accessible
Cost: $20-$45 Sliding scale.
Register here!
Registration online or by phone is required to attend. Limited to the first 8 people who register. Some scholarships may be available. Request a scholarship application by email or phone. Donations for workshop scholarships gratefully accepted!
New Workshop. Coming September 30th
The Labor Liberation Workshop
In this workshop we’ll explore the complexities of the labor movement in intersection with people’s diverse identities as workers and how they identify their personal histories and lives with the history of labor movement.
Who can attend this workshop? Workers, students, union members, and anyone who wants to learn about the labor movement! It’s for Everyone who would like to learn about their identity as a worker and how they can identify as a part of the labor workshop.
REGISTER HERE!
Date: Tuesday, September 30
Time: 6p.m. – 8p.m. Please, be on time.
Location: 450 Mulberry St Memphis TN 38103 Links Education Center, National Civil Rights Museum. Wheelchair accessible
*Minimum 12, maximum 20 participants who register.
Cost: $20-$45 Sliding scale.
Registration online or by phone is required to attend.
REGISTER NOW
Some scholarships may be available. Please request a scholarship application by email or phone.
Donations for workshop scholarships gratefully accepted!
For more information on anything happening with G.O.T. Power, MSPJC Training Department, please contact Training Director Gio López at gio@midsouthpeace.org or call the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center at 725-4990.
G.O.T. Power, Mid-South Peace and Justice Center’s training program, is committed to building our community’s capacity building skills in grassroots organizing, providing support to people doing community work and offering oppression awareness and liberation education.