Advanced Facilitation 3-Day TrainingMonday, February 26th - Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 In person. Washington, DC. Post-training virtual LAC: Thursday, March 21st, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST To apply visit: Advanced Training Series “I will create more opportunities for members to be artistic, creative, and visually engaged. I will make sure that ice breakers become a necessary and important piece of group process, and I will incorporate consistent rituals and group agreements to build community and spark trust. I will do a much better job of putting time and intricacy into my meetings to create stronger, engaging, and strategic spaces. I feel I have added a bunch of tools to my toolbox.” Our communities and organizations will be powerless without cohesive and well-developed bases that share a rooted analysis and have built the trust and discipline to react and plan as a united group. Well designed, consistent gathering places, and the reflective and skilled facilitation of them, are irreplaceable steps in developing this type of constituency. However, these essential skills are often overlooked as expendable "soft" components of organizing. Far from being a luxury, effective meetings and skilled facilitation are vital in building a sense of common identity and cohesion necessary to transform a group of individuals into a constituency that can envision change and take the necessary risks to attain it. These ensuing "relationships of action" drive movement-based organizing work. In our in person Advanced Facilitation Training (AFT) you will learn and practice how to:
MM's training approach is also grounded in somatics, expressive arts, story-sharing, popular theater, and ritual practices that engage participant's bodies and minds so that they can more fully experience the training content and deepen their growth. There will be an additional 2.5 hour virtual post-training Learning and Action Circle (LAC) to ensure the learning and integration of the materials. 18 content hours + 2.5 hr LAC + workbook and specialized resources. To apply visit: Advanced Training Series Space is limited. For more information on our Advanced Trainings or to bring an Advanced Training to your organization, connect with us. Movement Matters is based in Washington, DC. We work regionally with various communities and with national partners. Community Organizing & Popular Education InstituteMonday, May 1st - Friday, May 5th, 2023 Pre-Institute Virtual LAC: Thursday, April 13th, 2023 Post-Institute Virtual LAC: Thursday, May 25th, 2023 To apply visit: Organizing Institutes The application process is now open for our weeklong, in-person Community Organizing and Popular Education Institute. Based on Movement Matters' unique field-developed curriculum and nationally recognized training and facilitation style, the Organizing Institute provides an instructive, challenging learning and action space that deepens participants' vision, skills, and capacity. “My experience at the Movement Matters Organizing Institute was transformative. The Institute’s facilitators are engaging, and use creative methods to guide participants through the essentials of community organizing and power building. The strategic planning and relationship building techniques I learned at the Institute are effective, and I continue to utilize them in my organizing work today.” There will be additional 2.5 hour virtual pre-Institute and post-Institute Learning and Action Circles (LACs) to ensure the learning and integration of the materials. MM's training approach is also grounded in somatics, expressive arts, story-sharing, and ritual practices that engage participant's bodies and minds so that they can more fully experience the training content. To apply visit: Organizing Institutes This weeklong, in-person training will take place in Washington, DC. Space is limited.
For more information on our 2023 Organizing Institute or to bring an Organizing Institute to your city or region, connect with us. Movement Matters is based in Washington, DC. We work regionally with various communities and with national partners. Transforming Vision, Power, and Leadership: |
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