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Training and Capacity Building

Community Voices Heard has a strong commitment to training and capacity building – with our members, with our constituents, with our staff, with interested activists and with other organizations working to build power for low-income people. Over the years, we have developed a series of curriculum based trainings and internship opportunities in an effort to share our experience with others that are interested in developing similar skills. Our trainings include: Organizing 101, Base-Building 101, Mobilization and Turnout: The Numbers Game, Identifying & Developing Leadership, Campaigns 101 & 102, Media & Messaging, Electoral Outreach 101, and more. In addition to running these trainings for members and staff, we are also often asked to conduct trainings for other organizations interested in building organizing arms or developing their existent organizing capacity. We have conducted trainings for groups as diverse as the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC), the Child Welfare Organizing Project (CWOP), the Red Hook Initiative, and Concerned Citizens for Family Preservation. We also regularly host organizers from other organizations – Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Metro Justice, and OVEC to name a few - that wish to shadow us and learn from us in the field. Staff has also taught organizing courses or classes at various colleges in the city including Columbia University, City College, and New York University. Additionally, we have trained over 30 organizers in our in-house internship, trainee, and canvasser training programs, many of whom have gone on to work as organizers and outreach workers with social justice organizations.

Media 101 Training

Submitted by mike on Fri, 2008-05-09 11:52.

Here are the documents that we use in order to give a Media 101 Training. We thank the SPIN Project for giving us the basis for much of this training. Below there is a PDF of the power point presentation we show while we give the training as well as an example of an article with a negative frame for public housing. Feel free to use these documents as a basis for media trainings you would like to hold with your organizations members.

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Media Training Members 2008.pdf2.91 MB
Framing Article.pdf451.93 KB
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Fundraising 101 Training

Submitted by mike on Fri, 2008-05-09 11:47.

These are the documents used by Community Voices Heard in order to give a Fundraising 101 Training. It includes a PDF of the power point, a packet of information to follow along with the power point, a sponsorship sheet, and a 1 page description of the organization. Feel free to use this information to create your own trainings and help your organization fundraise.

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Fundraising 101 Training.pdf74.35 KB
Fundraising 101 Training.doc81 KB
Sponsor Sheet.doc59 KB
CVH Background 2007.doc50.5 KB
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Building the Power to Create Change

Submitted by mike on Mon, 2007-08-27 18:48.

Tools for Radical Democracy: How to Organize for Power in Your Community(Jossey-Bass / Kim Klein's Chardon Press) is an essential resource for grassroots organizers and leaders, students of activism and advocacy, and anyone trying to increase the civic participation of ordinary people. Authors Joan Minieri and Paul Getsos share stories and tools from their nationally recognized and award-winning work of building a community-led organization, training community leaders, and conducting campaigns that changed public policy and delivered concrete results to tens of thousands of people.

This how-to manual includes:
- In-depth analysis of how to launch and win a campaign
- Tools, worksheets and guidelines for training people to lead their own campaigns and organizations
- Insights for using technology effectively, building more powerful alliances, and engaging in the social justice movement

http://www.toolsforradicaldemocracy.com/

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