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Community Organizing Skills Training 2017!
Grassroots Organizer Training for Power, Mid-South Peace and Justice Center’s training program, is committed to building our community’s capacity through building skills in grassroots organizing, providing support to people doing community work and offering oppression awareness and liberation education.
Our method of education is Popular and Direct Education. Direct education means education that directly confronts and challenges the current system of injustice, which includes traditional education.
Rather than traditional education, which gives all the expertise to textbooks and teachers, Direct Education invites the expertise of the people themselves. Direct Education is about liberation and empowerment — going to the direct source of wisdom: the community itself!
Upcoming Workshops!
Registration opens on July 24th
• September 21, Privilege and Oppression Awareness, 6pm - 8:30pm
• October 19, Facilitation Skills when disruption happens, 6pm - 8:30pm
• November DTBD, Community Organizing Skills Training (14+hour training - Fri. Sat. & Sun.) Please if you are interested in participating in this training send an email to gio@midsouthpeace.org
Please contact us to get more information and schedule a training in your group or community. Fees are negotiable, scholarships are available and donations for scholarships are greatly appreciated.
Trainings can be designed specifically for established groups, organizations, campaigns, coalitions, etc. Comprehensive weekend workshops on specific organizing skill sets, issue or community-specific formats are available.
Trainings in Spanish are also available. All trainings are offered in English or Spanish as requested. We work and collaborate with bilingual trainers and facilitators.
For more information visit G.O.T.Power or email us at GotPower@midsouthpeace.org
31 Firestone Block Party!
YOU'RE INVITED! MBRU's hosting a block party to celebrate the return of bus service on the North side of the former 31 Crosstown. On August 5th, we'll be at the New Chicago CDC (1036 Firestone Ave) from 12 to 3 PM! Join us for food, music, and community as we celebrate new bus service from CHS to Manassas, improving our access to grocery stores, health care, jobs, family and education! Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/115293805761520/
We also got some more coverage of our victory in the Memphis Daily News! "We’re pleased that MATA has decided to restore part of the route,” said Justin Davis, secretary of the Memphis Bus Riders Union and organizing coordinator for the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center. “For us, it is very significant – not just for the bus riders in the city in general but also for the New Chicago neighborhood, considering that they have not had bus service that actually went into the neighborhood for several years now." View the full article here:https://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2017/jul/8/mata-eyes-greener-future-prepares-for-upcoming-service-changes/
PERL General Meeting & PR Training!
Join PERL, Thursday, July 27th for our monthly General Interest meeting! The general interest meetings are open to everyone interested in organizing (and strategizing) around improving the enforcement of rape laws in Memphis, -while also making the process more accessible, transparent, and all around easier for the victims of sexual assault. PERL welcomes (and loves) new opinions, insight, or perspectives on the issues with the current process and accessibility. For more information please check our website: http://enforcerapelaws.org/
PERL would also like to announce a Public Relations Training in which we are partnering with the University of Memphis:
Think that only big corporations need public relations? Think again! In this hands-on workshop, you will learn the basic concepts of public relations, how public relations can help activist causes, and the nuts and bolts of press release and op-ed writing. Each participant will leave with public relations knowledge and materials to take their activist messages to the next level.
Presented by University of Memphis professors Stephanie Madden, Ph.D. and Melissa Janoske, Ph D.
There is a suggested donation of $10 per person, but no one will be turned away for inability to pay. Lunch is included.
Please RSVP on the Facebook event page or email info@enforcerapelaws.org
In Solidarity,
The Staff of the Mid-South Peace & Justice Center
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"A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends, and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day."
- Aragorn
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