The goal of the training series is to bring people together, grow & strengthen their local networks, and get ready to mobilize to demand democracy in this new challenging environment. We’ll be joining the trainings online with breakout sessions in-person.

This training is a flexible tool that can help build for specific events as well as build existing and new local groups of people who can take action together.

Make connections, learn skills, share resources and ideas, make some art, prepare for upcoming events, and be better equipped to fight for our democracy and our community!

The live online training series schedule:

Thurs. April 24 – 4th Training: Harnessing Our Power to End Political Violence and Repression

Thurs. May 1 – 5th Training: Mutual Aid & Structures for Stronger Local Organizing

Thurs. May 8 – 6th Training: De-escalation & Advanced Strategic organizing skills

Thurs. May 15 – 7th Training: Advanced Organizing Skills

~ Who Is This Training For? ~

This training is for people who love our country and understand the threat of autocracy before us, and want to do something about it. If you’re moderate politically – this is your place! You are welcome and important here. If you’re a pro-democracy conservative – this is your place! You are welcome and important in these trainings. If you’re progressive, this training is for you.

~ Why Trainings? ~

Trainings are critical for our movement because they:

• Engage and recruit more people into the freedom and democracy movement
• Educate and onboard new activists
• Energize large numbers of people for mobilizing and create space for local organizing and planning
• Elevate: train higher skill activists and new and younger movement  leadership

~ Trainings Will Include ~

• Music
• An icebreaker
• Asks for local leaders to help you prepare for action
• Outreach mini training and goal setting (e.g. text 5 ppl and get 1 commit to come to your next meeting, recruit one neighbor to attend etc)
• One digital hygiene tip
• One core 1.5- 2 hour training module
• Breakouts for in-person and online to plan and participate in activities

Training calls will not include lengthy one way communications about the ongoing attacks on democracy and communities. That’s a space other orgs and collaboratives we believe can and will fill.

National Partners include:  Public Citizen, League of Women Voters US, CREW, DC Peace Team, Grow Democracy DC, Lift Our Vote, Peace Action,  People For the American Way, This Land