Are you new to community organizing? Or looking to brush up on your base-building skills? Is your nonprofit looking to integrate organizing strategies?

The New York Capacity Building Collaborative is offering a two-part Community Organizing 101 workshop on December 13th, 2021 from 10am - 1pm and on December 15th, from 2pm - 5pm.  

This workshop will support participants to explore organizing as a strategy for change by scrutinizing power structures and principles of community organizing. In addition, participants will explore the role of an organizer and be introduced to fundamental base-building and leadership development practices. 

Eligibility and Expectations

This two-day community organizing training aims to:

• Introduce grassroots organizing core principles and components.

• Explore concepts of power and the role of community organizing as a strategy to build people power in addition to assessing the role of the organizer.

• Look at the concepts of narrative to aid in base-building and leadership development.

• Build community among participants to support the NYC organizing ecosystem.

Who should apply: This workshop is well suited for new organizers or organizations interested in adopting or strengthening their existing organizing work. The content is best suited for organizations that have a constituency and base to engage through organizing campaigns. Each organization accepted can have a total of two people participate.

This training is available to grantees of the Andrus Family Fund, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Cricket Island Foundation, Daphne Foundation, Korean American Community Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Foundation, New York Women's Foundation, NYC Fund for Girls and Young Women of Color, North Star Fund, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Scherman Foundation, and Stonewall Community Foundation.

Training Details

Facilitator: Krystal Portalatin is an independent consultant with 15 years of experience working for and with social justice grassroots community-based organizations. Her time working at several social justice organizations and her experiences as a youth organizer has laid the foundation that informed her values, practices, anti-oppression framework, and popular education tools. Krystal focuses on providing expertise and support to groups in the following areas: fundraising strategy development, grassroots fundraising frameworks and strategies, organizational development, and facilitation. Krystal works with a team of individuals who also have a background in working with grassroots organizing groups committed to racial justice. They hold expertise in nonprofit finance and bookkeeping, operations, and transformative justice frameworks and structures.

When:

• Session 1: Monday, December 13th, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

• Session 2: Wednesday, December 15th, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Where: Via Zoom
Application deadline: Wednesday, December 1st.

¿Es la primera vez que organiza en la comunidad? ¿O quiere repasar sus habilidades para desarrollar una base? ¿Su organización sin fines de lucro está buscando integrar estrategias de organización?

New York Capacity Building Collaborative ofrece un taller introductorio sobre cómo organizar en la comunidad en dos partes, el 13 de diciembre de 2021, de 10 a. m. a 1 p. m., y el 15 de diciembre, de 2 p. m. a 5 p. m. 

Este taller ayudará a los participantes a explorar la organización como estrategia de cambio mediante el análisis de las estructuras de poder y los principios de la organización comunitaria. Además, les participantes explorarán el papel de un organizador y se les introducirá a prácticas fundamentales de construcción de base y desarrollo de liderazgo. 

Requisitos y expectativas

Esta capacitación de dos días sobre la organización comunitaria tiene como objetivo

• Introducir los principios y componentes básicos de la organización de base.

• Explorar los conceptos de poder y el papel de la organización comunitaria como estrategia para construir el poder popular, además de evaluar el papel del organizador.

• Examinar los conceptos de la narrativa para ayudar a la construcción de la base y el desarrollo del liderazgo.

• Crear una comunidad entre los participantes para apoyar el ecosistema organizativo de la ciudad de Nueva York.

A quién va dirigido: Este taller es adecuado para nueves organizadores o las organizaciones interesadas en adoptar o reforzar su actual trabajo de organización. El contenido es el más adecuado para las organizaciones que tienen una base y un grupo de apoyo para participar a través de campañas de organización. Cada organización aceptada puede tener un total de dos personas que participen.

Esta capacitación está disponible para les beneficiaries de la Andrus Family Fund, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Cricket Island Foundation, Daphne Foundation, Korean American Community Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Foundation, New York Women's Foundation, NYC Fund for Girls and Young Women of Color, North Star Fund, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Scherman Foundation y Stonewall Community Foundation.

Detalles de la capacitación

Facilitadora: Krystal Portalatin es una consultora independiente con 15 años de experiencia trabajando para y con organizaciones comunitarias de base de justicia social. Su tiempo de trabajo en varias organizaciones de justicia social y sus experiencias como organizadora de jóvenes han sentado las bases que informaron sus valores, prácticas, marco de trabajo contra la opresión y herramientas de educación popular. Krystal se centra en proporcionar experiencia y apoyo a grupos en las siguientes áreas: desarrollo de estrategias de recaudación de fondos, marcos y estrategias de recaudación de fondos de base, desarrollo organizativo y facilitación. Krystal trabaja con un equipo de personas que también tienen experiencia en trabajar con grupos organizadores de base comprometides con la justicia racial. Tienen experiencia en finanzas y contabilidad sin fines de lucro, operaciones y marcos y estructuras de justicia transformadora.

Cuándo:

• Sesión 1: Lunes, 13 de diciembre, 10:00 a. m. – 1:00 p. m.

• Sesión 2: Miércoles, 15 de diciembre, 2:00 p. m. – 5 p. m.

Dónde: A través de Zoom 
Fecha límite para solicitar: Miércoles, 1 de diciembre. 

Mayor de Blasio is ending his tenure as Mayor, two-thirds of the City Council are termed out, the City general election is on November 2nd, State elections are next year, and all branches of State government are now under Democratic control. Now is an ideal time to determine effective strategies for influencing New York City policy decisions and how to best position citywide advocacy efforts within the state and federal political contexts. City Hall 101 and City Hall 201 is an interactive two-day workshop series that will explore how New York City government works and prepare you to advocate for your community.

City Hall 101: Advocacy is for Everyone! will provide lessons from and strategies for successfully influencing the Mayoral Administration and City Council leadership. You will learn who has decision making power, how to manage relationships with key players, how the budget and laws are passed, and how federal policy changes are impacting the City and State.

City Hall 201: Advocacy in Action builds on City Hall 101 and will focus on how to develop a successful campaign. You will gain practical skills and knowledge on building coalitions and mobilizing community members, communicating key messages and framing solutions, and increasing power and cultivating relationships with policymakers.
 
Eligibility and Expectations

This two-day advocacy training aims to:

• Improve your knowledge of New York City’s legislative and budget processes.

• Strengthen your ability to cultivate relationships and influence decisions of key policymakers.

• Enhance your capacity to develop and implement a campaign.

• Improve your coalition building, community organizing, messaging, and power analysis skills.

• Provide opportunities to strategize advocacy efforts that support your community.

Who should apply: Community organizers and advocates, especially those who are familiar with New York City’s legislative and budget processes.

This training is free to grantees of the Andrus Family Fund, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Cricket Island Foundation, Daphne Foundation, Korean American Community Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Foundation, New York Women's Foundation, NYC Fund for Girls and Young Women of Color, North Star Fund, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Scherman Foundation, and Stonewall Community Foundation.

Training Details

Facilitators: Wayne Ho and Emily Miles will facilitate the training. Wayne is the President & CEO of the Chinese-American Planning Council, the nation’s largest Asian American social services agency. Emily is the Executive Director of the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. Both have extensive experience and success in implementing advocacy campaigns in New York.

When:

• Session 1: City Hall 101: Advocacy is for Everyone!, Tuesday, November 16th, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

• Session 2: City Hall 201: Advocacy in Action, Wednesday, November 17th, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Where: Via Zoom
 
Application deadline: Monday, November 1st. The space in this workshop is limited, and only one representative from each organization will be selected

Serie de Talleres de Abogacía en el Ayuntamiento

El alcalde de Blasio termina su mandato como alcalde, dos tercios del concejo de la ciudad han terminado su mandato, las elecciones generales de la ciudad son el 2 de noviembre, las elecciones estatales son el próximo año, y todas las ramas del gobierno estatal están ahora bajo control demócrata. Ahora es un momento ideal para determinar estrategias eficaces para influir en las decisiones políticas de la ciudad de Nueva York y posicionar mejor los esfuerzos de defensa de la ciudad en los contextos políticos estatales y federales. Introducción al Ayuntamiento I e Introducción al Ayuntamiento II es una serie de talleres interactivos de dos días de duración que explorarán el funcionamiento del gobierno de la ciudad de Nueva York y le prepararán para abogar por su comunidad.

Introducción al Ayuntamiento I: ¡La abogacía es para todes! proporcionará lecciones y estrategias para influir con éxito en la administración del ayuntamiento y el liderazgo del concejo de la ciudad. Aprenderá quién tiene poder de decisión, cómo gestionar las relaciones con las partes principales, cómo se aprueban el presupuesto y las leyes, y cómo los cambios en la política federal están afectando a la ciudad y al estado.

Introducción al Ayuntamiento II: La abogacía en acción se basa en la Introducción al Ayuntamiento I y se centra en cómo desarrollar una campaña exitosa. Adquirirá habilidades y conocimientos prácticos sobre la creación de coaliciones y la movilización de les integrantes de la comunidad, la comunicación de discursos claves y la formulación de soluciones, así como el aumento del poder y el fomento de relaciones con les legisladores.

Elegibilidad y expectativas

Esta capacitación de abogacía de dos días tiene como objetivo:

• Mejorar su conocimiento de los procesos legislativos y presupuestarios de la ciudad de Nueva York.

• Fortalecer su capacidad para cultivar relaciones e influir en las decisiones de les principales legisladores.

• Aumentar su capacidad para desarrollar y ejecutar una campaña.

• Mejorar sus habilidades para la formación de coaliciones, organización de la comunidad, discurso y análisis del poder.

• Ofrecer oportunidades para elaborar estrategias de abogacía que apoyen a su comunidad.

 
Quién debe solicitar: Organizadores y defensores de la comunidad, especialmente aquelles que estén familiarizades con los procesos legislativos y presupuestarios de la ciudad de Nueva York.

Esta capacitación es gratuita para les beneficiaries del Andrus Family Fund, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Cricket Island Foundation, Daphne Foundation, Korean American Community Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Foundation, New York Women's Foundation, NYC Fund for Girls and Young Women of Color, North Star Fund, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Scherman Foundation y Stonewall Community Foundation.  

Detalles de la capacitación
 
Facilitadores: Wayne Ho y Emily Miles facilitarán la capacitación. Wayne es el presidente y director general del Chinese-American Planning Council (Consejo de Planificación China-estadounidense), la mayor agencia de servicios sociales asiático-estadounidense del país. Emily es la directora ejecutiva de la New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault (la Alianza de la ciudad de Nueva York contra la Agresión Sexual). Ambes tienen una amplia experiencia y éxito en la realización de campañas de abogacía en Nueva York.
 
Fecha:
Sesión 1: Introducción al Ayuntamiento I: La abogacía es para todes, martes 16 de noviembre, 9:30 - 12:30
Sesión 2: Introducción al Ayuntamiento II: La abogacía en acción, miércoles 17 de noviembre, 9:30 - 12:30

Lugar: A través de Zoom

Fecha límite para entregar la solicitud: Lunes, 1 de noviembre. El espacio en este taller es limitado y es sólo para un representante.

The NYC Capacity Building Collaborative is accepting applications for Comprehensive Succession Planning, a 2-part webinar-based training, with a limited number of optional, post-session 1-on-1 coaching hours.

Executive Director transitions may seem daunting and intimidating. Organizations hold fears and trepidations in time of transitions. Compounded by the stress of running an organization during a global pandemic, organizational transition may seem impossible. However, succession planning can be successful if planned diligently and with care, intention, resources, and a team. Join the NYC Capacity Building Collaborative for a 2-part training on comprehensive succession planning that addresses some of the challenges an organization may experience during this moment.

The first webinar, led by Zahida Pirani, organizational development consultant, will provide an overview of essential elements to successful succession planning. This includes: how to include succession planning as an integral part of organizational planning, how to tailor processes based on your organization’s unique needs and values, ensuring organizational stability and cohesion during leadership transition and how to create a holistic succession plan that accounts for board and staff turnover during an ED transition.

The second webinar, led by Cathy Dang, former Executive Director of CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities, will share the steps the organization took to ensure a successful and stable transition including building team leadership and buy-in, personnel infrastructure, finance and organizational infrastructure, and internal and external communications. Sasha Wijeyeratne, current Executive Director of CAAAV will also join as a guest speaker to discuss with Cathy how the transition process set up the organization and its new leadership to thrive a few years later, contributing to CAAAV’s significant growth post-transition.

TRAINING INFO

Webinar Part 1: Zahida Pirani will provide an overview of essential elements to successful succession planning

When: Thursday, August 26, 2021 , 10am-11:30am ET

Webinar Part 2: Cathy Dang will share a successful model in CAAAV’s ED transition and Sasha Wijeyeratne, CAAAV’s current Executive Director, joins as guest speaker.

When: Thursday, September 2nd , 10am-11:30am ET

Participants will be automatically registered for both sessions.

EXPECTATIONS and READINESS

Each organization should send one to two participants who hold roles with authority to develop and implement succession planning (e.g. board members, Executive Directors, Deputy Directors, or senior staff). Applicants must commit to participating for the full length of the webinars on both days, as well as discussing and implementing practices within their own organizations.

ELIGIBILITY

This training is free and designed for community-based nonprofit organizations including grantees of the Andrus Family Fund, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Cricket Island Foundation, Daphne Foundation, Korean American Community Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Foundation, New York Women's Foundation, NYC Fund for Girls and Young Women of Color, North Star Fund, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Scherman Foundation, and Stonewall Community Foundation.

In order to create a space where participants feel comfortable discussing organization-specific succession planning information, funders will not be eligible to participate in either webinar and participants will have the option to join the webinar anonymously via phone.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER

Registration opens July 19 and closes August 16. Space is limited. You will be notified by August 18th whether you have been accepted into the webinar training.

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CÓMO DESARROLLAR UN PLAN INTEGRAL DE SUCESIÓN

La NYC Capacity Building Collaborative está aceptando solicitudes para una capacitación de seminarios web de dos sesiones: Cómo Desarrollar un Plan Integral de Sucesión con la opción de un número limitado de horas de asesoramiento individual después de cada sesión. 

Las transiciones de dirección ejecutiva pueden parecer intimidantes y, cuando hay transiciones, las organizaciones tienen miedos e inquietudes. Aunado al estrés de dirigir una organización durante una pandemia global, las transiciones dentro de una organización pueden parecer imposibles. Sin embargo, los planes de sucesión pueden tener éxito si se planifican con diligencia y cuidado, con intención, recursos y un equipo. Participe con la NYC Capacity Building Collaborative en una capacitación de dos sesiones sobre cómo desarrollar un plan integral de sucesión que aborda algunos de los desafíos que una organización puede enfrentar durante este momento.

El primer seminario web, dirigido por Zahida Pirani, consultora de desarrollo de organizaciones, ofrecerá una visión general de los elementos básicos para una planificación de sucesión exitosa. Esto incluye: cómo incluir un plan de sucesión como parte integral de la planificación dentro de una organización, cómo adaptar los procesos en función de las necesidades y los valores propios de la organización, cómo garantizar la estabilidad y la cohesión de la organización durante la transición del liderazgo y cómo crear un plan integral de sucesión que tenga en cuenta la rotación de la junta directiva y del personal durante la transición de la dirección ejecutiva.

El segundo seminario web, dirigido por Cathy Dang, exdirectora ejecutiva de CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities, compartirá los pasos que dio la organización para garantizar una transición exitosa y estable, lo que incluyó la creación de un equipo de liderazgo y participación, la infraestructura de personal, la infraestructura financiera y de organización y la comunicación interna y externa. Sasha Wijeyeratne, directora ejecutiva actual de CAAAV, también se unirá como oradora invitada para hablar con Cathy sobre cómo el proceso de transición preparó a la organización y a la nueva dirección para prosperar unos años después, contribuyendo al importante crecimiento de CAAAV tras la transición.

DATOS SOBRE LA CAPACITACIÓN   

Seminario web sesión 1: Zahida Pirani ofrecerá una visión general de los elementos básicos para desarrollar un plan de sucesión exitoso.

Fecha y hora: jueves, 26 de agosto de 2021, 10 a. m. — 11:30 a. m. Hora del este

Seminario web sesión 2: Cathy Dang compartirá un modelo exitoso en la transición de la dirección ejecutiva de CAAAV y Sasha Wijeyeratne, directora ejecutiva actual de CAAAV, se une como oradora invitada.

Fecha y hora: jueves, 2 de septiembre, 10 a. m. - 11:30 a. m. Hora del este

Las personas que participen quedarán inscritas automáticamente en ambas sesiones.

EXPECTATIVAS y PREPARACIÓN

Cada organización deberá enviar a une o dos participantes que desempeñen funciones con autoridad para desarrollar e implementar planes de sucesión (por ejemplo, miembres del consejo de administración, la dirección ejecutiva, directores adjuntes o personal superior). Les solicitantes deben comprometerse a participar durante todo el seminario web en ambos días, así como a analizar e implementar prácticas dentro de sus propias organizaciones.

ELEGIBILIDAD

Esta capacitación es gratuita y ha sido diseñada para organizaciones comunitarias sin fines de lucro, incluidas las beneficiarias de Andrus Family Fund, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Cricket Island Foundation, Daphne Foundation, Korean American Community Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Foundation, New York Women's Foundation, NYC Fund for Girls and Young Women of Color, North Star Fund, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Scherman Foundation y Stonewall Community Foundation.

Con el fin de crear un espacio en el que les participantes tengan la comodidad de discutir información sobre el desarrollo de planes de sucesión específicos a su organización, les financiadores no podrán participar en ninguno de los dos seminarios web y les participantes tendrán la opción de unirse al seminario web de forma anónima por teléfono.

PLAZO DE INSCRIPCIÓN

Inscríbase antes del 16 de agosto.  Cupo limitado. Les solicitantes recibirán los detalles del seminario web antes del 18 de agosto.

Mayor de Blasio is about to finish his second term, municipal elections are next year, all branches of state government are now under Democratic control, and presidential elections are in early November. This is an ideal time to reflect on effective strategies that influence New York City political decisions and how to best position our municipal-level advocacy efforts within state and federal political contexts. City Hall 101 and City Hall 201 is a series of two-day interactive workshops that will explore how New York's government works and prepare you to advocate for your community.

City Hall 101: Advocacy is for Everyone! It will offer lessons and strategies to successfully influence the leadership of the Mayor's Office and City Council administration. You will learn about who has decision-making power, how to manage relationships with key people, how budgets are approved and laws are enacted, and how changes in federal policy impact the City and the State.

City Hall 201: Advocacy in Action builds on City Hall 101 and will focus on how to create a successful campaign. You will develop skills and practical knowledge to build coalitions and mobilize people in the community, communicate important messages and frame solutions, and increase power and cultivate relationships with legislators.

Eligibility and Expectations

This two-day advocacy training aims to:

• Improve your knowledge of New York City’s legislative and budget processes.

• Strengthen your ability to cultivate relationships and influence decisions of key policymakers.

• Enhance your capacity to develop and implement a campaign.

• Improve your coalition building, community organizing, messaging, and power analysis skills.

• Provide opportunities to strategize advocacy efforts that support your community.

Who should apply: Community organizers and advocates, especially those who are familiar with New York City’s legislative and budget processes.

This training is free to grantees of the Andrus Family Fund, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Cricket Island Foundation, Daphne Foundation, Korean American Community Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Foundation, New York Women's Foundation, NYC Fund for Girls and Young Women of Color, North Star Fund, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Scherman Foundation, and Stonewall Community Foundation.  

Training Details

Facilitators: Wayne Ho and Emily Miles will facilitate the training. Wayne is President and CEO of the Chinese-American Planning Council, the nation's largest Asian-American social services agency. Emily is Director of Programs and Policy for the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, an anti-poverty organization with a membership network of 200 community and faith agencies. These two individuals have vast experience and great success in implementing advocacy campaigns in New York.

When:

• Session 1: City Hall 101: Advocacy is for Everyone!, Monday, November 9th, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

• Session 2: City Hall 201: Advocacy in Action, Tuesday, November 10th, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Where: On Zoom

Application deadline: Monday, October 26th. The space in this workshop is limited, and only one representative from each organization may apply. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance into the training by Monday, November 2nd.

El alcalde de Blasio está a punto de terminar su segundo término, las elecciones municipales son el año que viene, todas las ramas del gobierno estatal ahora están bajo control demócrata y las elecciones presidenciales son a principios de noviembre. Este es un momento ideal para reflexionar sobre estrategias efectivas que influyan en las decisiones políticas de la ciudad de Nueva York y sobre cómo posicionar mejor nuestros esfuerzos de incidencia política a nivel municipal dentro de los contextos políticos estatales y federales. Ayuntamiento 101 y Ayuntamiento 201 es una serie de talleres interactivos de dos días que explorará cómo funciona el gobierno de Nueva York y te preparará para abogar por tu comunidad.

Ayuntamiento 101: ¡La incidencia política es para todas y todos! Ofrecerá lecciones y estrategias para influir con éxito en el liderazgo de la administración de la Alcaldía y el Concejo Municipal. Aprenderás sobre quiénes tienen poder para tomar decisiones, cómo manejar las relaciones con personas clave, cómo se aprueban presupuestos y se promulgan leyes, y cómo los cambios en la política federal impactan al Municipio y el Estado.

Ayuntamiento 201: La incidencia política en acción construye sobre Ayuntamiento 101 y se enfocará en cómo crear una campaña exitosa. Desarrollarás destrezas y conocimientos prácticos para crear coaliciones y movilizar a las personas de la comunidad, comunicar mensajes importantes y enmarcar soluciones, y aumentar el poder y cultivar relaciones con legisladores.

Elegibilidad y expectativas

Esta capacitación de dos días busca: 

• Mejorar tu conocimiento sobre los procesos legislativos y presupuestarios del Municipio de Nueva York.

• Fortalecer tu capacidad para cultivar relaciones e influir en las decisiones de legisladores clave.

• Mejorar tu capacidad para crear e implementar una campaña.

• Mejorar tus habilidades para forjar coaliciones, organizar a la comunidad, dar mensajes y analizar el poder.

• Brindar oportunidades para crear estrategias de esfuerzos de incidencia política que apoyen a tu comunidad.

Quiénes deben postularse: Organizadores y defensores de la comunidad, especialmente quienes ya tengan conocimiento sobre los procesos legislativos y presupuestarios del Municipio de Nueva York.

Esta capacitación no tiene ningún costo para las copartes de Andrus Family Fund, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Cricket Island Foundation, Daphne Foundation, Korean American Community Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Foundation, New York Women's Foundation, NYC Fund for Girls and Young Women of Color, North Star Fund, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Scherman Foundation y Stonewall Community Foundation.  

Detalles sobre la capacitación

Facilitación: Wayne Ho y Emily Miles facilitarán la capacitación. Wayne es presidente y director ejecutivo (CEO) de Chinese-American Planning Council, la agencia de servicios sociales asiáticoestadounidense más grande de la nación. Emily es directora de Programas y Política de Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, una organización antipobreza con una red de membresía de 200 agencias comunitarias y de fe. Estas dos personas cuentan con una vasta experiencia y mucho éxito en la implementación de campañas de incidencia política en Nueva York.

Cuándo:

• Sesión 1: Ayuntamiento 101: ¡La incidencia política es para todas y todos!, lunes, 9 de noviembre, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

• Sesión 2: Ayuntamiento 201: La incidencia política en acción, martes, 10 de noviembre, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Dónde: Por Zoom

Fecha límite para solicitar un cupo: lunes, 26 de octubre. El espacio de este taller es limitado y solamente se puede postular un representante por organización. Las y los candidatos recibirán notificación de su aceptación en la capacitación para el lunes, 2 de noviembre. Te informamos que la asistencia a ambas sesiones es requerida.

Habrá interpretación disponible para quienes la pidan.

Bad virtual meetings are more than just boring. In this training, we will look at how systems of oppression creep into our online meetings and learn facilitation strategies that lead to more equitable participation including group decision making, supporting groups in conflict, and naming, intervening, and addressing power dynamics when they arise.

Date and Time: October 14 at 2-4pm
 
The deadline to apply is October 2. Space is limited. Up to two people per organization may apply. Participants will be notified of acceptance by October 7.
 
AORTA Team (read more at aorta.coop):
 
Bex Kwan (they/she) is a Chinese queer/trans multimedia artist, organizer, social worker, and athlete who was born and raised in Singapore. Engaged in a lifelong process of undoing the effects of growing up in a Chinese supremacist culture, they are invested in creating loving movement spaces and consider deep friendship to be the basis of their work. As a facilitator, Bex has worked with grassroots organizers, co-operatives, non-profits, and universities on political education, anti-oppression practices, conflict mediation, and strategic planning.  They bring a wholehearted belief in a group’s potential for learning and change. Formerly an educator in pre-schools, they love to create environments that inspire play and new possibilities while remaining grounded in a pursuit of systemic and cultural transformation.
 
Jenna Peters-Golden (they/she) is an organizer, trainer, anti-Zionist Jewish rabble-rouser and artist. She is a white queer with class privilege, raised in southeastern Michigan and currently based in West Philadelphia. Jenna has focused much of her political work around prison abolition and transformative justice, Palestinian solidarity/anti-occupation work, and Indigenous solidarity. She spent 8 years as a core member of Philly Stands Up, a transformative justice collective. As a facilitator, Jenna loves to use art and storytelling as tools for staying grounded in political history and collective vision, in order to support groups generating new ways forward. She believes that all people and groups have the ability to grow and transform, and her belief in transformation is critical to her work.

Please note this training is free to grantees of the Andrus Family Fund, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Cricket Island Foundation, Daphne Foundation, Korean American Community Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Foundation, New York Women's Foundation, NYC Fund for Girls and Young Women of Color, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, North Star Fund, Scherman Foundation, Stonewall Community Foundation.

Have the events of the last few months brought existential questions about your role as an organization in this moment? Are you asking big questions about how to adapt your organizing plans in the midst of the pandemic and changing political conditions? Have you experienced rapid membership growth and participation that you are having trouble keeping up with? 

If the answer is yes to any of these questions then we hope that this webinar series can help! In a series of two workshops we will share some of the frameworks and lessons from international and historic movements on how existing organizations can relate to moments of mass protest and changing political conditions. We will offer tools on how to onboard new members at scale and how to put people into meaningful action when there is higher-than-usual engagement. This training is hosted by the Momentum Training Institute: a training program and community of practice on movement building. 

Webinars:

• Wednesday, October 7th (7pm - 8:30pm)

• Thursday, October 8th (7pm - 8:30pm)

Office Hours: October 12th (Mon) - 16th (Fri), 19th (Mon) - 21st (Wed); 8:00am - 11:00am

The deadline to apply is September 18. Space is limited. Up to two people per organization may apply. Participants will be notified of acceptance by September 25.

Given the current state of the economy and world, we feel it’s important to take the time to demystify the current economic context and focus on what our grantees need to know to make informed decisions to maintain financial health. In order to provide context and technical support around fundraising and fiscal management, we’ve engaged consultants from KPPS and Fun with Financials to provide a set of dynamic webinars with follow-up one-on-one technical assistance.

The first webinar, scheduled for August 27th from 1 – 2:30pm ET, will focus on separating the impact of the current market downturn and the economic downturn on the nonprofit sector.

Together, we’ll examine the impact of the downturns on different sources of revenue as well as explore the effects of increased community needs on the expense side of your budgets. The webinar will include grounding in fundamentals of budgeting that can reduce risks, mitigate uncertainty - all while planning for the long-term financial health of your organizations.

The second webinar, scheduled for September 21st from 1 - 2:30pm ET, will feature guest speakers from organizations with innovative grassroots fundraising strategies in the time of COVID and explore the logistics, best practices, and necessary culture shifts groups can consider when adopting or deepening their grassroots fundraising. 

Webinars will be recorded and made available upon request.

After the webinars, all participants will receive instructions on how to sign up for one-on-one technical assistance with both sets of consultants, so we’re able to explore your specific situation and questions together.

Please join us for this exciting program to help build your financial health!

Sign up by Monday, August 24th, 2020.

This training is free and available only to grantees of the Andrus Family Fund, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Cricket Island Foundation, Daphne Foundation, Korean American Community Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Foundation, New York Women's Foundation, NYC Fund for Girls and Young Women of Color, North Star Fund, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Scherman Foundation, and Stonewall Community Foundation.

About Krystal Portalatin

Krystal Portalatin is an independent consultant with 15 years of experience working for and with social justice grassroots community-based organizations.  Her time working at several social justice organizations and her experiences as a youth organizer has laid the foundation that informed her values, practices, anti-oppression framework, and popular education tools.  Krystal focuses on providing expertise and support to groups in the following areas:  fundraising strategy development, grassroots fundraising frameworks and strategies, organizational development, and facilitation. Krystal works with a team of individuals who also have a background in working with grassroots organizing groups committed to racial justice. They hold expertise in nonprofit finance and bookkeeping, operations, and transformative justice frameworks and structures.

About Fun with Financials

Fun with Financials teaches nonprofit organizations practices that support informed financial decisions. We also work with foundations to align philanthropic processes to support a culture shift toward financial health. We make nonprofit finance engaging while holding a larger vision of change. Fun with Financials also seeks to transform the culture of competition for resources into one of cooperation and solidarity. We do this by creating a shared language and understanding of financial health. Our work encourages honest, direct conversations about money that build trust - and we have a good time doing it. We also aim to build a financially strong and, therefore, politically independent social justice movement. We work together to replace fears associated with money with knowledge, and with strategies to sustain movements that can achieve our shared vision of a just and equitable society. Please visit us at www.funwithfinancials.net.

The NYC Capacity Building Collaborative is accepting applications for Creating Safer Workplaces, a 1.5-hour webinar. Rooted in traditions of transformative justice, prison abolition, and movements to end sexual violence led by women, femmes, and trans & queer BIPOC, this webinar will look at what is sexual harassment, why it happens in our organizations, and how we can respond.

We invite leaders and members of social justice organizations to explore options for anticipating and responding to sexual harassment from a transformative lens, while proactively shifting our organizations to create safer and more empowered workplaces.

Tuesday, October 8th from 1pm-2:30pm EST

When people in our movement spaces come forward with stories of sexual harassment, our organizations are often scrambling to figure out how to respond. People impacted by sexual harassment are doubly harmed when our organizations, funders, and communities fail to respond adequately. In Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, it makes sense to avoid bringing the criminal (in)justice system in to cases of sexual harm, but what do we do instead?

There is no magic guidebook to follow when sexual harassment happens, but we can learn important lessons from transformative justice, prison abolition, and movements to end sexual violence, all led by women, femmes, and trans & queer BIPOC. We can also build organizational cultures that understand and combat cultures of patriarchy and white supremacy, so that our organizations are safer, more empowering, and ready to address harassment if and when it happens.

In this webinar, we will learn from stories of social justice organizations responding to sexual harassment, provide tips and principles to apply when harm occurs, and discuss how to proactively shift the culture within our organizations to create more safe and empowered workplaces.

This webinar will be interactive, with the opportunity to engage and ask questions throughout, and we request that you find space in your day when you can resist multitasking. Please come prepared with thoughts about why this topic is important to you. You will also be asked to share what next steps you will take as a result of attending.

* This webinar does not meet the mandatory New York state training standards for sexual harassment education. If you are looking for information about how to complete that training, please check out this free resource from the NYC Human Rights Commission.

This webinar is a “sneak preview” to a Peer Learning Cohort on Creating Safer Workplaces offered through the NYC Collaborative. The Peer Learning Cohort will take place from January-July of 2020, and will bring together leaders from different grassroots organizations who would like to commit to a process of guided peer learning towards workplaces that are safer for all genders. Peer Learning Cohort applications will open in early October.

ELIGIBILITY

This webinar is designed for leaders that: 

• Come from organizations with a small staff (<15 employees)

• Use an anti-oppression lens

• Work with front-lines BIPOC communities

• Are working to center the leadership of womxn & gender non-conforming people

• Are willing to dedicate time and resources to addressing sexual harassment and gender-based oppression in the workplace

• Are leaders in building organizational culture, policies and practices, or in responding to incidents of harm that may occur.

• Have active concerns about sexual harassment or safety from gender-based violence at your workplace among members or staff.

The training is open to grantees of Andrus Family Fund, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Cricket Island Foundation, Daphne Foundation, Korean American Community Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Foundation, New York Women's Foundation, North Star Fund, NYC Fund for Girls and Young Women of Color, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Scherman Foundation, and Stonewall Community Foundation.

TRAINERS

Amanda Aguilar Shank is a queer, mixed, Salvadoran mom, organizer, writer, trainer, English/Spanish interpreter, and abolitionist living in Portland, Oregon. She believes in practicing social transformation grounded in the self and extending outwards.

Amanda has worked for 15 years in labor, non-profit, and community organizations in the US, Mexico and Central America. Most recently, they served as Deputy Director and Interim Executive Director at Freedom to Thrive, a national Black & brown network dedicated to ending criminalization of communities of color. At Freedom to Thrive, Amanda led international trainings of directly impacted organizers, and local decriminalization campaigns.

After experiencing sexual harassment as a younger organizer in the immigrant rights movement and seeking transformative solutions, Amanda realized the great need for organizations to plan for, preempt, and respond to instances of harm. They now consult with organizations on best practices for responding to sexual harassment, and creating safer organizations. Amanda has a forthcoming article in the January 2020 anthology Beyond Survival: Stories and Strategies from the Transformative Justice Movement, edited by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Ejeris Dixon.

Nathan Shara is a queer, South Asian therapist and community educator whose work focuses on trauma healing, transformative justice, and building loving and accountable power for liberatory struggle. Politicized through queer women of color feminism, Nathan has spent over 15 years engaged in grassroots anti-violence education and organizing-- including ongoing experimentation with community-based responses to harm and violence that do not rely on prisons or policing.
 
Nathan is a lead teacher and practitioner with the Bay-Area based organization generative somatics. He maintains a small practice as a trauma therapist working with survivors of intimate violence, as well as individuals who have perpetrated harm. Nathan’s essay “Facing Shame: From Saying Sorry to Doing Sorry” will be in the forthcoming January 2020 anthology Beyond Survival: Stories and Strategies from the Transformative Justice Movement, edited by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Ejeris Dixon.

DEADLINE TO APPLY

Friday, October 4th. Space is not limited. Participants will receive Zoom link to participate in the webinar on Monday, October 7th.

If you have questions, you can reach out to cori schmanke parrish at cori@northstarfund.org.