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.

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

The NYC Capacity Building Collaborative is pleased to host a workshop an anti-oppressive facilitation provided by members of the AORTA Cooperative.

When: Thursday, December 12 at 10:00am-6:00pm
Where: Midtown Manhattan

Deadline to apply: Monday, November 25. Space is limited. Applicants will be notified of acceptance into the training by Monday, December 2.

This workshop is free 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, The Fund for Girls and Young Women of Color, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Scherman Foundation, and Stonewall Community Foundation.

AORTA Team (read more at aorta.coop):

Bex Kwan is a 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.

Zhaleh Afshar is a mixed-race, able-bodied woman with Filipino and Iranian ancestors. She grew up in an upper-middle class household in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with parents who instilled in her a sense of civic responsibility early on through their own international development work. Zhaleh is passionate about racial and gender justice, queer liberation, progressive and inclusive Islam, and connecting local and international struggles for self-determination and decolonization.

Mayor de Blasio is now his second term, the City Council’s new leadership has been in charge for a year, all branches of State government are now under Democratic control, and the Presidential Administration has been in office for two years. Now is an ideal time to reflect on 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.

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.

Wayne Ho and Emily Miles will facilitate the training. Wayne is the President & CEO of the Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC), the nation’s largest Asian American social services agency. Emily is the Chief Program & Policy Officer of FPWA, a 95-year-old anti-poverty organization with a membership network of 200 community and faith-based agencies. Both have extensive experience and successes in implementing advocacy campaigns in New York.

Series Details

Who Should Attend: 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.  

When:

• Session 1: City Hall 101: Advocacy is for Everyone!, Monday, February 25th, 9 AM – 2 PM

• Session 2: City Hall 201: Advocacy in Action, Tuesday, February 26th, 9 AM – 2 PM

Where: Midtown

Deadline to register: Wednesday, February 13th. The space in this workshop is limited and will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis. Only one representative from each organization is invited to attend. Your registration will be confirmed by February 19th via email.

Mayor de Blasio is now his second term, the City Council’s new leadership has been in charge for a year, all branches of State government are now under Democratic control, and the Presidential Administration has been in office for two years. Now is an ideal time to reflect on 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.

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.

Wayne Ho and Emily Miles will facilitate the training. Wayne is the President & CEO of the Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC), the nation’s largest Asian American social services agency. Emily is the Chief Program & Policy Officer of FPWA, a 95-year-old anti-poverty organization with a membership network of 200 community and faith-based agencies. Both have extensive experience and successes in implementing advocacy campaigns in New York.

Series Details

Who Should Attend: 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.  

When:

• Session 1: City Hall 101: Advocacy is for Everyone!, Monday, February 25th, 9 AM – 2 PM

• Session 2: City Hall 201: Advocacy in Action, Tuesday, February 26th, 9 AM – 2 PM

Where: Midtown

Deadline to register: Wednesday, February 13th. The space in this workshop is limited and will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis. Only one representative from each organization is invited to attend. Your registration will be confirmed by February 19th via email.

Want to develop an effective communications strategy? Insight into how to craft dynamic message for the media? 

The New York City Capacity Building Collaborative (CBC), a collaborative of social justice foundations that collectively pool resources to build the capacity of grassroots community-based organizations, is accepting applications for a multi-session media training workshop. 

GOAL

Participants will leave the training with a basic to intermediate understanding of communications and media strategy and their role in advancing social change work. At the end of the training, participants will have a working knowledge of how to develop strong messages, integrate effective communications practices into their organization, and work successfully with and through the media.

Specifically, participants will:

§  Develop and/or hone media literacy skills through training on framing;

§  Identify audiences and develop profiles to assist in communications strategy and messaging;

§  Develop media messages and a pitch note, as well as communications leadership and spokesperson skills;

§  Assess their communications capacity and effectiveness of media strategy, if any;

§  Develop a basic understanding of how to work with the media, including types and definitions, best practices to communicate with and through the media;

§  Identify next steps for communications planning and/or capacity building; and

§  Receive actionable knowledge and guidance from seasoned journalists on pitching best practices

ACTIVITIES

• Two (2) required in-person trainings: 10am-2pm on Thursday, January 31st and Thursday, February 14th at locations in midtown Manhattan (lunch included)

• One (1) optional webinar (date in late February TBD)

• Personalized follow-up with the trainer

APPLICATION

• Deadline to apply: Friday, January 4, 2019

• Due to training design and limited space, only one attendee per organization may attend, for a total of 22 participants/organizations.

• Each attendee/organization must complete the application survey.

• Applicants will be notified of acceptance into the training by Friday, January 11, 2019.

Trainer

Alison R. Park of Urbanity, LLC has been developing media and communications strategies in the human services sector and gender justice movements for more than 15 years to help grassroots advocacy organizations and funders to connect to their audiences and build their power to communicate their vision of social justice forward. She began Urbanity as a vehicle to integrate communications; creative direction, art and culture; and change management (including training, capacity building and process facilitation) as a solution to the silos that so many of organizations and movements experience in internal alignment with strategic vision and external impact and reach. Alison centers her trainings for social justice organizations in Freire’s definition of praxis—“reflection and action upon the world in order to transform it,” engaging participants in an expansive learning process and using discussion, creative interaction and feedback to cultivate an environment where each participant’s current base of knowledge and power to communicate is acknowledged and integrated in new learning.  

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.  

Want to develop an effective communications strategy? Insight into how to craft dynamic message for the media? 

The New York City Capacity Building Collaborative (CBC), a collaborative of social justice foundations that collectively pool resources to build the capacity of grassroots community-based organizations, is accepting applications for a multi-session media training workshop. 

GOAL

Participants will leave the training with a basic to intermediate understanding of communications and media strategy and their role in advancing social change work. At the end of the training, participants will have a working knowledge of how to develop strong messages, integrate effective communications practices into their organization, and work successfully with and through the media.

Specifically, participants will:

§  Develop and/or hone media literacy skills through training on framing;

§  Identify audiences and develop profiles to assist in communications strategy and messaging;

§  Develop media messages and a pitch note, as well as communications leadership and spokesperson skills;

§  Assess their communications capacity and effectiveness of media strategy, if any;

§  Develop a basic understanding of how to work with the media, including types and definitions, best practices to communicate with and through the media;

§  Identify next steps for communications planning and/or capacity building; and

§  Receive actionable knowledge and guidance from seasoned journalists on pitching best practices

ACTIVITIES

• Two (2) required in-person trainings: 10am-2pm on Thursday, January 31st and Thursday, February 14th at locations in midtown Manhattan (lunch included)

• One (1) optional webinar (date in late February TBD)

• Personalized follow-up with the trainer

APPLICATION

• Deadline to apply: Friday, January 4, 2019

• Due to training design and limited space, only one attendee per organization may attend, for a total of 22 participants/organizations.

• Each attendee/organization must complete the application survey.

• Applicants will be notified of acceptance into the training by Friday, January 11, 2019.

Trainer

Alison R. Park of Urbanity, LLC has been developing media and communications strategies in the human services sector and gender justice movements for more than 15 years to help grassroots advocacy organizations and funders to connect to their audiences and build their power to communicate their vision of social justice forward. She began Urbanity as a vehicle to integrate communications; creative direction, art and culture; and change management (including training, capacity building and process facilitation) as a solution to the silos that so many of organizations and movements experience in internal alignment with strategic vision and external impact and reach. Alison centers her trainings for social justice organizations in Freire’s definition of praxis—“reflection and action upon the world in order to transform it,” engaging participants in an expansive learning process and using discussion, creative interaction and feedback to cultivate an environment where each participant’s current base of knowledge and power to communicate is acknowledged and integrated in new learning.  

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.  

The New York Capacity Building Collaborative is accepting applications for a one-day proposal writing workshop.  

Are you a nonprofit that has strong programs, outcomes, and dynamic stakeholders (staff, board, constituents, volunteers), but need additional support to tell your story or make your pitch? If so, this session on fundraising from foundations could help you. It will focus on creating a well-crafted template based on the NY/NJ Common Application Form that can be easily updated as new information is developed internally, so you will be poised to submit letters of inquiries and proposals to a cadre of new foundations.

Once a template is developed, replicating it for submission is easier and less time-consuming than creating individual proposals from scratch each time. This will allow your fundraising and executive staff to spend more time marketing your organizations to prospective grantmakers and developing closer and deeper relationships with funders.

The session will also focus on how to make a compelling ask using outcomes, goals, and strategies, and work on the executive summary of the proposal template. In a break-out session, you will receive constructive feedback on the executive summary, which is critical as it can make or break a submission. 
 
Trainer Info:

Utilizing almost sixteen years of experience in fundraising, Rovika Rajkishun’s expertise includes strategies for increasing revenues and diversifying funding streams, individual donor and board stewardship, and establishing and maintaining relationships with foundations and corporate grantors. She is currently the development director for the New York Immigration Coalition. She also teaches as part of the Robin Hood Foundation's Grant Readiness Training Program (G.R.I.T). She is on the board of directors of Girls for Gender Equity and Wild Earth; and is a board member of Community Board 7. Rovika has a bachelor of arts in comparative religion from Barnard College. For the last 16 years, she has lived in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, with her husband. They have two sons.

Who Should Attend:

This session is ideal for the staff member that works the most closely with foundations.

Dates and Times:

• One-Day Training: Tuesday, December 11, 9:30am – 4:30pm

• One-hour follow-up sessions: January 10th, 2019 or January 11th, 2019

Location: Midtown

Who is eligible to attend:

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.  

Deadline to apply: Wednesday, November 21st. Space is limited. Applicants will be notified of acceptance into the training by Tuesday, November 27th.

Is your organization looking for revenue streams that engage, build, and deepen your base of volunteers, members, and board members as donors and fundraisers? Does your organization want to raise dollars that are free from restriction? Does your organization want to increase the capacity of the organization to do fundraising?

The NYC Funders Capacity Building Collaborative is offering a grassroots fundraising training series titled: From Theory to Practice – Engaging in Grassroots Fundraising Strategies that Work for your Organization and Communities. The series will engage participants to explore the values and principles of grassroots fundraising through a social justice lens. From exploring the impacts of capitalism and class on our ability to fundraise to devising fundraising strategies that empower and engage organizational stakeholders (members, board, volunteers).

This series builds off the work of traditional individual donor engagement strategies while exploring the learnings and teachings of various grassroots groups and individual’s innovative applications of these strategies. This will allow participants to think more broadly and expand on the ways we think of raising dollars for our work that is relevant to the communities we serve. Participants will also explore and utilize practical fundraising skills training to help ensure the success of their chosen fundraising strategies. Each organization that is accepted into the training will be expected to plan and execute a grassroots fundraising event or campaign before the end of the series.

ELIGIBILITY & EXPECTATIONS

This training is suited for groups who 1) are currently engaging in or want and have the capacity to implement grassroots fundraising strategies into their work, and 2) have committed organization stakeholders to engage in grassroots fundraising. This could be your members, volunteers, or board members. Each organization accepted into the training is expected to create and implement an end of year fundraising grassroots fundraising strategy. The training curriculum creates space for groups to plan and implement their grassroots fundraising activity.

TRAINING INFO

Dates & Times: There will be six day-long (10am–4pm) sessions on 9/18, 10/9, 10/23, 11/13, 12/11 and 1/15

Location: Midtown

DEADLINE TO APPLY

No later than August 22nd, 2018. Accepted organizations will be notified via email the week of August 27th, 2018. There should be one application per organization applying.

The NYC Capacity Building Collaborative is accepting applications for Healing Justice, a 2-day training, with optional follow-up group coaching hours.  

Doing the daily work of social change can expose us to trauma and lead to burnout, which is only magnified when leaders hail from low-income, people of color communities. This workshop will help participants understand an empowering framework around trauma, their personal leadership, and vision in order to build strategies dedicated to promoting the healing and resilience of community organizers and community workers. Through the 2-day training, participants will reflect and engage in activities geared towards how to implement healing-centered strategies in their personal lives and in the structures, processes, and culture of their organizations. Finally, participants will self-organize in a community of peers to advance internal work and have opportunities to continue to receive and offer support to this cohort of organizations in order to sustain individual wellness practices.

TRAINING INFO    
                                                                                
Dates and Times: Monday, July 9th, 10am-5pm & Monday, September 17th, 10am-5pm
Location: Midtown

EXPECTATIONS and READINESS

Each organization should send two participants who serve at different staff levels, where one is seen as a leader in the organization with the authority to advance and implement internal organizational changes. Applicants must commit to participating for the full length of the workshops on both days, as well as to discussing and implementing practices within their own organizations.

ELIGIBILITY

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, Scherman Foundation, and Stonewall Community Foundation.  

DEADLINE TO APPLY

Friday, June 29th. Space is limited. Applicants will be notified of acceptance into the training by Tuesday, July 3rd.

For the second year, the New York Capacity Building Collaborative is partnering with The Management Center to provide practical management skills training designed for social justice leaders.

On September 12-13, The Management Center will lead a two-day “Managing with an Equity and Inclusion Lens” training. We have space for 30 people, and we’d like to invite you and your colleagues to apply! This training will teach a system of best practices based on those we’ve seen differentiate high-performing, equitable organizations— from aligning on clear, inclusive expectations on projects and broad responsibilities to effectively seeking and sharing feedback across lines of power, as well as hiring and developing a strong team. The overall aim is to provide knowledge and tools to help organizations turn good intentions into outstanding and lasting results—through effective, equitable management.

The training will consist of group activities, role-plays, a PowerPoint presentation, individual and small group work, and audience participation. Participants will have time to apply, practice, and translate the tools to their specific work contexts, and get input on core challenges from the trainer and their peers.

ELIGIBILITY & EXPECTATIONS

You should apply if:

• You directly supervise staff, interns or consultants in some capacity, or
• You consistently manage others on significant projects or campaigns (even if you’re not directly supervising)
• You’re eager to learn new tools, frameworks, and practices to support your management
• You’re open to thinking critically and newly about your individual and organizational practices on managing with an equity and inclusion lens

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 INFO

Dates & Times: Wednesday, September 12th & Thursday, September 13th, 9:30am - 5:30pm
Location: Midtown
This training will be conducted by The Management Center. 

DEADLINE TO APPLY

No later than August 31st, 2018. Due to space limitations, we can’t guarantee that everyone who applies will be accepted, but we’ll do our best. Applicants will be notified of selection by September 7th.

For the second year, the New York Capacity Building Collaborative is partnering with The Management Center to provide practical management skills training designed for social justice leaders.

On September 12-13, The Management Center will lead a two-day “Managing with an Equity and Inclusion Lens” training. We have space for 30 people, and we’d like to invite you and your colleagues to apply! This training will teach a system of best practices based on those we’ve seen differentiate high-performing, equitable organizations— from aligning on clear, inclusive expectations on projects and broad responsibilities to effectively seeking and sharing feedback across lines of power, as well as hiring and developing a strong team. The overall aim is to provide knowledge and tools to help organizations turn good intentions into outstanding and lasting results—through effective, equitable management.

The training will consist of group activities, role-plays, a PowerPoint presentation, individual and small group work, and audience participation. Participants will have time to apply, practice, and translate the tools to their specific work contexts, and get input on core challenges from the trainer and their peers.

ELIGIBILITY & EXPECTATIONS

You should apply if:

• You directly supervise staff, interns or consultants in some capacity, or
• You consistently manage others on significant projects or campaigns (even if you’re not directly supervising)
• You’re eager to learn new tools, frameworks, and practices to support your management
• You’re open to thinking critically and newly about your individual and organizational practices on managing with an equity and inclusion lens

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 INFO

Dates & Times: Wednesday, September 12th & Thursday, September 13th, 9:30am - 5:30pm
Location: Midtown
This training will be conducted by The Management Center. 

DEADLINE TO APPLY

No later than August 31st, 2018. Due to space limitations, we can’t guarantee that everyone who applies will be accepted, but we’ll do our best. Applicants will be notified of selection by September 7th.

The NYC Capacity Building Collaborative is accepting applications for For the Win, a 1.5 day training, with optional follow-up coaching hours, designed to create space for organizers to learn about and reflect on campaign development and implementation.  

Navigating legislative sessions or different bureaucratic offices and regulations, deciding which organizations to be in coalition with, assessing what is winnable and what is part of the long game-- there are many pieces to campaigns that organizers have to consider. When done right, campaigns shift the balance of power, change the dominant discourse, and have concrete impacts that improve people’s lives. Fortunately, NYC has a long history of people and organizations engaged in these kinds of campaigns that we can learn and draw from.
                                               
This training is an opportunity to sharpen the skill sets that already exist in our movements, to demystify the campaign development and evaluation process for staff and organizations for whom this work represents a shift in approach, and to apply these learnings to our current context. Our goal is for participants to utilize this space to collectively workshop their challenges and questions around campaign work in order to deepen their skills and to foster movement relationships.

TRAINING INFO             
                                                                                
Dates and Times: July 25th, 9:30am-4pm & July 26th, 9:30am-2pm
Location: Midtown

EXPECTATIONS and READINESS

This training is open to three representatives from your organization, one of whom must be a staffer with decision-making power on campaigns within your organization, and the other two – if not all – have roles in implementing the campaign. Applicants must commit to participating for the full length of the trainings on both days.

ELIGIBILITY

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, Scherman Foundation, and Stonewall Community Foundation.  

DEADLINE TO APPLY

Friday, July 13th. Space is limited. Applicants will be notified of acceptance into the training by Wednesday, July 18th.

The NYC Capacity Building Collaborative is accepting applications for For the Win, a 1.5 day training, with optional follow-up coaching hours, designed to create space for organizers to learn about and reflect on campaign development and implementation.  

Navigating legislative sessions or different bureaucratic offices and regulations, deciding which organizations to be in coalition with, assessing what is winnable and what is part of the long game-- there are many pieces to campaigns that organizers have to consider. When done right, campaigns shift the balance of power, change the dominant discourse, and have concrete impacts that improve people’s lives. Fortunately, NYC has a long history of people and organizations engaged in these kinds of campaigns that we can learn and draw from.
                                               
This training is an opportunity to sharpen the skill sets that already exist in our movements, to demystify the campaign development and evaluation process for staff and organizations for whom this work represents a shift in approach, and to apply these learnings to our current context. Our goal is for participants to utilize this space to collectively workshop their challenges and questions around campaign work in order to deepen their skills and to foster movement relationships.

TRAINING INFO             
                                                                                
Dates and Times: July 25th, 9:30am-4pm & July 26th, 9:30am-2pm
Location: Midtown

EXPECTATIONS and READINESS

This training is open to three representatives from your organization, one of whom must be a staffer with decision-making power on campaigns within your organization, and the other two – if not all – have roles in implementing the campaign. Applicants must commit to participating for the full length of the trainings on both days.

ELIGIBILITY

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, Scherman Foundation, and Stonewall Community Foundation.  

DEADLINE TO APPLY

Friday, July 13th. Space is limited. Applicants will be notified of acceptance into the training by Wednesday, July 18th.