Four Weeks of Power: Organizing Skills Training Series

Join us for this introductory organizing training program that covers the basics of grassroots organizing skills, with a focus on base building, leadership development, and building strong committees. You will learn best practices in holding one-to-ones, conducting outreach, building strong local committees, and developing leadership, so they can build a broader, stronger base of parents taking action to defend and transform public schools. **Please make sure you sign up for all four sessions! Each session builds on the content from the previous sessions.** ## Week 1: Community organizing to meet the political moment Our first session grounds us in the political moment we’re in, unmasking the billionaires and autocrats driving the austerity agenda, and why we need to lean into organizing in this divisive political moment. We know the power of organizing in the face of authoritarianism; and so this session will provide an introduction to community organizing in the context of the rising authoritarianism we’re seeing in real time. ## Week 2: The basics of base-building Our second week will focus on the key skills needed to successfully grow a base of committed parents, educators and students that can take action to defend public education. We’ll cover the rigor, time and discipline needed to do effective outreach in order to build a crew to meet this moment, understanding what motivates your base to take risks and move into action. ## Week 3: One-to-ones – building deep relationships as an organizer This session will anchor us in the deep relational work that organizers lead to bring community members together for a common cause. We'll deep dive into one-to-one conversations and best practices to engage people regularly and connect with them. ## Week 4: Building a powerful team to take action This session will do a deep dive on how to build and sustain a local team of leaders that vibe together and relate well, in order to build towards mutual accountability and suppo