Curricula

Creative Visuals for Actions

by Ruckus Society

Creative, bold visuals make a great center piece for every direct action. They do much more than make your actions look good. They unify your group, amplify your message, invite people to have a personal interaction with your work, and provide
a visual story through symbols that clarify the issue. If you integrate art into your campaign strategy and actions, you can make change irresistible.

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Campaigns and Organizing Resource List

by Movement Strategy Center

List of organizations providing trainings, technical assistance, fellowships, and curriculum to support community organizing.

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Southern Empowerment Project: Introduction to Organizing

by Southern Empowerment Project

Topic: Goals of Organizing Training: An Introductory or Refresher Course

Who:Training to be used for new organizers, for members of community groups, refresher courses in community organizing, and wherever understanding community can be useful to leadership development.

Goal: To make sure that participants understand what direct-action organizing is and how it differs from other types of social change.

Objectives: To identify six basic goals of organizing and a list of organizing skills associated with each goal.

 

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CFJ Grassroots Organizing 101

by Californians for Justice

Goals:     

  • To learn about grassroots organizing and all its elements.
  • To learn the importance of grassroots organizing and why we need to do it.
  • To learn that we all play a part in grassroots organizing towards self-determination, sustainment and empowerment

 

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AEJ Tactics Intensive Workshop

by Alliance for Educational Justice

Goals:

A. Know the use of tactics as part of a larger strategy to win a campaign

B. Understandtacticsescalation

C. Identify various kinds of tactics and considerations for when to use different kinds of tactics

 

The Alliance for Educational Justice (AEJ) is a new national alliance of youth organizing and intergenerational groups working for educational justice.  http://www.allianceforeducationaljustice.org/

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Praxis Project Advocacy Curriculum

by The Praxis Project

Making a Difference Toolkit:

  • Getting to know the community
  • Taking the community pulse
  • Cutting your issue: from issue to initiative
  • Identifying support
  • Mobilizing community support
  • Power and oppression
  • Using the media
  • When you need a policy

Praxis Project: is a national, nonprofit organization that builds partnerships with local groups to influence policymaking to address the underlying, systemic causes of community problems.

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CFJ Campaign Workshops

by Californians for Justice

Audience: High School Youth

Time frame: 2 hours

Workshop topics:

  • Direct Action
  • Campaign Strategy Terms
  • Policy Campaigns
  • Developing Campaign Strategies
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CFJ Campaign Tools

by Californians for Justice

Set of campaign planning tools and worksheets:

  • Campaign Planning Chart
  • Campaign Strategy Chart
  • Campaign Next Steps Chart
  • Demand Research Guide
  • Escalating Tactics Guide
  • Action Evaluation Form
  • Campaing Analysis Worksheet
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CFJ Power Mapping

by Californians for Justice

Based on SCOPE's power mapping tool.  Includes 2 hour youth workshop as well as instructions for creating a powermap, handouts, and sample powermaps.

 

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Western States Base Building 101

by Western States

Summary:

This training is useful in creating a common understanding of what base-building is, why base- building is important, and how organizers can successfully build the base of their organization. This training is geared toward new and emerging organizers and leaders.

Goals:

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