This training is useful in creating a common understanding of what base-building is, why basebuilding 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:

- Explore base building within a movement-building context.

- Clarify the kind of base our organizations need and how to get it.

- Look at levels of engagement within our own organizations.

- Build skills for doing good one-on-one recruitment.

This final version of the "Detroit 101" workshop is part of the US Social Forum Workshop Series developed by SOUL (School of Unity & Liberation) in conjunction with POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights) and Causa Justa::Just Cause (CJJC) in the San Francisco Bay Area. This Workshop Series is designed to support organizations in developing unique curriculum to prepare delegations to attend the US Social Forum 2010 in Detroit.

Contained within here are the full workshop outline to understand the broad history and context of Detroit along with a popular education activity—"Who Wants to Be A Millionaire: Detroit Edition"—with complete instructions and multimedia presentation. Also included are "Quick Facts" on the topic and a list of research resources for further study or information.

The other workshops in this series are:

• History of the World Social Forum/US Social Forum
• Detroit 101
• Converging C rises: Economy, Ecology, Empire
• Standing with the People of the World
• Neoliberalism in Our Communities
• In It to Win It: Our Movement and Strategies.*

You can find them here on Build the Wheel.*

* "In It to Win It..." coming soon!

This workshop is part of the US Social Forum Workshop Series developed by SOUL (School of Unity & Liberation) in conjunction with POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights) and Causa Justa::Just Cause (CJJC) in the San Francisco Bay Area. This Workshop Series is designed to support organizations in developing unique curriculum to prepare delegations to attend the US Social Forum 2010 in Detroit.

Contained here are an outline of a workshop developed by POWER to explore the history of the Social Forum and an accompanying digital slideshow in Apple Keynote and PowerPoint.

The other workshops in this series are:

• History of the World Social Forum/US Social Forum
• Detroit 101
• Converging Crises: Economy, Ecology, Empire
• Standing with the People of the World
• Neoliberalism in Our Communities
• In It to Win It: Our Movement and Strategies.*

You can find them here on Build the Wheel.*

* "In It to Win It.. ." coming soon!

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

Objectives:

• To develop understanding of direct service, self-help, advocacy and direct-action organizing and the distinctions between them.

• To introduce some basic concepts of direct-action organizing

   

Time: takes 3 hour with a break, 2 1/2 hours without a break   

Contents & Methods:

Introduction: (10 minutes) This session deals with four different approaches to social change. There are lots of other ways to work for changes in our communities, but we choose to focus on these four. All four are needed. People should to be clear about the differences so they can know which to use to solve the problems they are facing.

This session will deal with four approaches to social change (you can substitute different ones for self-help or community development but we encourage you to review direct service, advocacy and direct action organizing:

• Direct Service

• Self Help (or Community Development or some other model appropriate to the group trained)

• Advocacy

• Direct-Action Organizing

This workshop is part of the US Social Forum Workshop Series developed by SOUL (School of Unity & Liberation) in conjunction with POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights) and Causa Justa::Just Cause (CJJC) in the San Francisco Bay Area. This Workshop Series is designed to support organizations in developing unique curriculum to prepare delegations to attend the US Social Forum 2010 in Detroit.

Contained within is an outline of a workshop to understand the role of the U.S. in exacerbating the Economic Crisis, explore the concept of Internationalism, and deepen the commitment of conscious communities within the U.S. to stand in International Solidarity along with the global community in the struggle for liberation. In addition, an Apple Keynote presentation is included (PowerPoint to follow) along with one interactive quiz activity with complete instructions and printable assets.

The other workshops in this series are:

• History of the World Social Forum/US Social Forum
• Detroit 101
• Converging Crises: Economy, Ecology, Empire
• Standing with the People of the World
• Neoliberalism in Our Communities
• In It to Win It: Our Movement and Strategies.*

You can find them here on Build the Wheel.*

* "In It to Win It..." coming soon!

Written by EMERJ for Mobilize the Immigrant Vote MOVE 2008PurposeThe issue of reproductive justice is important for our communities to discuss for numerous reasons. It is one of the major issues facing our families and communities today. We also know that it has historically been used as a wedge issue to divide us. This training will help us understand how issues immigrants face are tied to and overlap with issues of reproductive justice and what we can do about it. It is appropriate for all levels of volunteers, members, and staff.Goals

• Define what reproductive justice is and its connection to immigrant rights
• Identify some of the reproductive justice issues that their communities are facing
• Analyze the issues or campaigns that they are working on through a Reproductive Justice Lens

Written for Mobilize the Immigrant Vote by Amos Lim of API Equality, A Project of Chinese for Affirmative Action, San Francisco, CA; Claudia Gomez-Arteaga of Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action; adapted from materials provided by the School of Unity and Liberation and M. Hickey and V. Varko; edited by the Bay Area Immigrant Rights CoalitionPurposeTo better understand issues facing the LGBT community and how they connect to greater struggles for social justice. Appropriate for all levels of members/volunteers/community members.Goals

• Understand how fear and ignorance of the LGBT community has been used to create wedge issues which divide communities with common interests from allying together.
• Inform voters and help show how civil protections extended to the LGBT community can further and support the struggles faced within the immigrant community.