From duke at pepp.org Mon Mar 20 12:45:19 2006 From: duke at pepp.org (Duke Schempp) Date: Mon Mar 20 12:45:22 2006 Subject: [Ufe] Still time to join this free training Message-ID: <1194.192.168.154.9.1142880319.squirrel@www.ipepp.org> Do You Want To Be an Organizer? Join PEPP for 3 Saturdays in April ********************************* People Escaping Poverty Project Presents Community Organizing: AN Effective Model for Community Change & Social Justice Invest in 3 Saturdays in April = Progress! ____________________________ Community Organizing: Effective Model for Community Change & Social Justice Course Dates: Saturdays, April 8, 22, 29, 2006 10am-4pm @ PEPP 116 12th St S Moorhead, MN This Intensive Training is designed to give participants real working knowledge and skills that focus on building powerful and effective organizations. This course will provide insight and training, which can be used to actionize communities to organize for change in public policies that will improve community conditions for all. We will provide *Child Care *Food *Supplies *Materials Why Community Organizing? PEPP believes that our community is ready to involve ordinary people in doing extraordinary things. As the political infrastructure shifts its responsibility away from our basic human rights, our communities have lost services, a voice, a priority. And we have lost power. Community Organizing brings attention to our community issues related to poverty, and through collective action, strategies and people, help insure that government programs are responsive to community needs. What are Community Organizers? Community Organizers develop leaders and assist people in being effective in their strategies for improving the community. Our community has many leaders; however, we have very few Organizers. Organizers develop relationships, do research, assist in developing strategies, assist leaders in acting in ways to achieve their vision, assist in developing organization and Organizers bring people together to make decision and act strategically on their self-interest. About PEPP Mission: PEPP?s mission is to strategically challenge the power dynamics of systems and institutions, by organizing powerful people and resources through intentional relationships. VISION: PEPP is building community, empowering people and uniting for power, justice and equality. PEPP is focusing on getting the community involved in creating long term solutions to alleviate poverty. We are doing this by developing the leadership of people who are low income and involving them in the process of community building and democracy. *************************************************************************** APPLICATION The course has limited space and we ask that interested individuals complete this application for consideration for participation in this course. Simply provide us with your contact information and respond to the questions in the center of this brochure. Drop off or Mail to PEPP by March 24, 2006 Candidates will be selected based on their interest in community change, connection to their community, and their passion for social justice. Thank you. Name:_______________________ Address:_____________________ City:________________________ State:___________ZIP:_________ Telephone:___________________ E-mail:______________________ Special Needs, Dietary Considerations, or other concerns ________________________ Application Questions Please respond to the following questions on an additional piece of paper and return to PEPP by the due date. We will review your responses and contact you with our selection of participants for this course. 1. After reading the course descriptions, tell us why you are interested in Community Organizing? 2. Do you have prior experience in Community Organizing? 3. Describe your community and how you are connected to it? 4. What sort of issues do you want your community to address? 5. What organization(s) are you involved with? Please explain your efforts with them. 6. This course will be held on Saturdays from 10am-4pm for 3 Saturdays in April. If selected, do we have your commitment to fully attend all 3 sessions of the course? Contact PEPP at 236-5434 for More Information Brochure attached as .pdf file) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Organizing Training.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 70523 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://ipepp.org/pipermail/justicecircle/attachments/20060227/d07ccd41/OrganizingTraining-0001.pdf