Core Organizer Training
The Core Organizer Training explores with participants the foundational skills to be effective organizers and create systematic change in a group or community, keeping nonviolence as a foundation.
This training will build knowledge and experience of core organizing skills in a hands-on, direct manner, while also drawing out the expertise that the individual already has within. The result is a training that is fully interactive and has direct application in each session.
Who should attend this Training?
Experienced and less-experienced organizers, activists, community leaders and others who want to learn what ‘community organizing’ is about.
Participants will:
- Gain foundational community organizer skills to be effective.
- Learn new tools for grassroots community organizing.
- Have more clarity of campaign planning and nonviolent direct action.
- Practicing Nonviolent Direct Action
- Identify elements of Campaign
- Learn to work with media.
- Gain confidence putting in practice their own knowledge for the organizer work.
- Develop team building.
What: Core Organizer Training. A maximum of 25 people will be trained in order for all to get individual support and for the maximum learning potential for the group.
Where: 1000 S. Cooper St Memphis TN 38104
When: Friday, March 21: 6-9pm
Saturday, March 22: 9am-6pm
Sunday, March 23: 1-6pm
************ No partial attendance allowed ************
Training Fees: See at the bottom
Sliding scale based on the individual’s income. If your organization is sending you to the training, use the organizational budget to determine the fee. It costs MSPJC $200 per person to do the training. Fee includes over 16 hours of training, simple snacks and lunch on Saturday, and follow up support from a network of the mid-south best organizers and activists.
Registration online or by phone is required for all trainings. Some scholarships may be available.
Donations for workshop scholarships gratefully accepted!
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For more information call 901-725-4990,
email to gio@midsouthpeace.org
United States
| If your annual income is: Less than $15,000 | $30.00 |
| If your annual income is: $15,000 - $25,000 | $50.00 |
| If your annual income is: $25,000 - $35,000 | $100.00 |
| If your annual income is: $35,000 - $45,000 | $150.00 |
| If your annual income is: $45,000 - $55,000 | $225.00 |
| If your annual income is is over: $55,000 | $300.00 |
| Other | $175.00 |
| Organizational budget over $65,000 | $375.00 |