[SRCAction] Fwd: New Years Resolution: Train & Organize!

[Rev. Joan Javier-Duval]

Some of you may be interested in these trainings on grassroots organizing
that will be happening right in our church building beginning next week.
More details at the links below.

*Rev. Joan Javier-Duval* | *Minister*
Unitarian Church of Montpelier
ucm.revjoan at gmail.com | 802-223-7861 x1 | Facebook
<http://www.facebook.com/joaniemj> | Twitter <http://twitter.com/RevJoanUU>

*"We are each other's harvest; **we are each other's business; we are each
other's magnitude and bond." --Gwendolyn Brooks*

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Henry <henrydoit at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 2:48 PM
Subject: New Years Resolution: Train & Organize!
To:


Come and train with us, tell your friends, and please forward to your
lists.


~ The Vermont Climate Union and the VT Poor People’s Campaign Present ~

Grassroots Organizer

Training

Workshops start January and go through February, 2018

(and maybe beyond)

@ The Unitarian Church of Montpelier ~ 130 Main St  in Montpelier

Organizers, Activists, and Volunteers, ages 16-100+, are invited to a
series of workshops to develop core organizing skills and increase our
capacity to work for Justice in Vermont. All are welcome to come to one or
many classes. These workshops offer instruction in a variety of needed
skills and services common to grassroots organizing and social change
efforts, and our coordinating team will work with participants to apply the
skills learned in collaborative organizing environments.

We will offer classes on Tuesday and Thursday Nights from 6-8 at The UU,
Starting Tuesday January 16th. Please review our Calendar  as there are
number of events at other times and locations. View the CALENDAR Here
<https://www.poorpeoplescampaignvt.org/calender/?view=calendar&month=January-2018>
and take a look at our Course List, below.

We now offer Graduate and Undergraduate credits!

More Info Below

Registration Link
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTVPtCWHoPDGq-s-IGvx750i3nrSJtVRj7riP68LV6S53cVw/viewform?usp=sf_link>

Course List

   -

   Grassroots Organizing - From Individual Outrage to Collective Action -
   Andrew Tripp, Center for Popular Democracy
   <https://populardemocracy.org/>
   -

   Digital Organizing & The Internet 101 - Julia Wilk, VT Device Clinic
   <http://www.vermontdeviceclinic.com>
   -

   Making Better Meetings: Facilitation & Decision-Making - Nico Amador,
   Training for Change / ACLU <https://www.acluvt.org/>
   -

   Civil Disobedience & Direct Action - The Switchboard Trainers Network
   -

   The Law and Systemic Change
   <https://www.facebook.com/events/2013370515597495/>: A workshop for
   lawyers and activists centering the Poor People’s Campaign - The
   National Lawyers Guild ( Jan. 6th @ UVM, CLE Credits available, all welcome)
   -

   Tenants and Homeless Know Your Rights - Sandy Baird, National Lawyers
   Guild
   -

   Building a Just Economy for the Poor People's Campaign - Gwendolyn
   Hallsmith, Vermonters for a New Economy (This class will be offered in
   Cabot and livestreamed online)
   -

   Legislating Change: Advocating for Justice in the VT Statehouse - Pat
   Flood, 350VT; Mark Hughes, Justice for All; Karen Topper, Green Mountain
   Self Advocates.
   -

   Cantastoria & Street Theater Education: Jabari Jones and Lyndsay Love,
   Bread and Puppet Theater
   -

   Stay Tuned for our Direct Action & Civil Disobedience, Migra Watch,
   Poetry, and other workshops, as well *Spring Arts Production intensive*,
   co-hosted by Bread and Puppet Theater and The Make Collective (think
   Puppets, Banners, Dance, Theater, and Action)


Paid registration and donations are optional, though appreciated.

Some events are already scheduled outside of Montpelier, and many of our
classes can be provided, pending interest, in other areas as well. Don’t
hesitate to contact us.

This program explicitly supports The New Poor People’s Campaign, The Racial
Justice Omnibus Legislation, Health Care is a Human Right, & The Ban New
Fossil Fuel Infrastructure bill (soon to be introduced). Organizers,
volunteers, and supporters of these and other campaigns are invited to
participate in training to help them make the most of opportunities to
coordinate and organize together.

We hope this will contribute to further silo breakdown and movement growth,
and a successful organizing community.

graduate and undergraduate credits for participation in our workshops and
on-the-job organizer training!! Please tell your high-school aged youth and
other folks looking for accredited learning opportunities.

Get in touch for info on this and to discuss VSAC grant funding to support
our continued learning together! You don’t need money, experience, or to be
in a program to be involved. Grassroots Organizer Training is open to all
levels of experience.

Please Register Here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTVPtCWHoPDGq-s-IGvx750i3nrSJtVRj7riP68LV6S53cVw/viewform?usp=sf_link>
so we can make sure we have adequate space!


Registration, course lists, trainer bios, and other resources are available
at poorpeoplescampaignvt.org
<https://www.poorpeoplescampaignvt.org/calender/?view=calendar&month=January-2018>

Please get in touch with us at vtclimateunion at gmail.com for more
information. *If your group would like to endorse please *

*send your logo to the email above. *

Thanks.
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