[Iowa-dx] FW: ["Organizing Communities Across Boundaries"

[Hart, Holly J]

"ORGANIZING COMMUNITIES ACROSS BOUNDARIES"
An Organizing Teach-in sponsored by the Midwest Social
Forum
www.mwsocialforum.org

MARCH 28-30, 2008
Wonderland Camp and Conference Center
Camp Lake, Wisconsin (near Kenosha)


This weekend-long organizing teach-in will develop
collaborative relationships and  teach organizing
skills, strategies, and tactics needed to break out of
the "silos" that segment the social justice movement.

Workshops include:
*An Introduction to Community Organizing: The Basics
*Direct Action Training
*Developing Leaders for the Long Haul
*Money and Organizing in Social Movements
*Student Power! Democratizing Your Campus
*Antiracist Movement Building in the Era of
Neo-liberalism
*Developing Strategies for Organizing across
Communities for Immigrant Rights
*Building a Queer Left in the Midwest
*Conflict Resolution Training
*Hustling for Change: Youth Organizing
*Facilitation 101
*Strategic Campaign Planning

The Teach-in is a follow-up to the United States and
Midwest Social Forums for Midwest-based grassroots
organizations, activists and students. The event seeks
to strengthen regional organizing networks and their
interconnections and to provide valuable training in
certain key aspects of organizing. A primary focus
will be on the challenges of building broad-based
coalitions across race, gender, class, age, sexual
orientation, ability, issues, and other sources of
division within the movement. Organizers from novice
to veteran are welcome, with different workshops
geared to people with different levels of experience.

Take advantage of this rare opportunity to build
connections with other groups struggling for social
change and to learn from some of the top organizing
training groups in the country.

Training provided by, among others:
*Campaign against Violence
*Coalition of African, Arab, Asian, European and
Latino Immigrants of Illinois
*First Wave Spoken Word & Urban Arts Learning
Community
*Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
*Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution
*Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
*National Training and Information Center
*Ruckus Society
*Unidos Against Domestic Violence
*Urban Underground

Caucusing:
*Immigrant Rights
*Youth
*LGBTQ
*Environmental Justice
*College Students

Join trainers Isabel Andadon, Julie Andersen, DeAngelo
Bester, Rose Brewer, Adrienne Maree Brown, Kari
Carney, David Crowley, Muhibb Dyer, George Friday,
Taylour Johnson, Ashok Kumar, Lili Molina, Kwabena
Nixon, Carlos Rios, Aaron Schutz, Kim Wasserman and
others for a weekend of movement building and fun.

The Details:

MARCH 28-30, 2008

Wonderland Camp and Conference Center
Camp Lake, Wisconsin (near Kenosha)

Register now at www.mwsocialforum.org
Capacity is limited


More information on program and registration available
at www.mwsocialforum.org

Contact: info@mwsocialforum.org or 608-262-0854