Workshops
Fundraising
How Much Do I Need and How Do I Get It: Basic budgeting for your organization establishing a general amount your organization will need to raise. This workshop also brainstorms a list of ways you can realistically raise that money.Planning Your First Fundraiser: How to set up a small event to get the drive started.
Grant Writing 101: How to use grants in a way that leaves your organization strong.
Campaigns
Campaign Strategy: short version and long version. Short version does a brainstorm list based on the Midwest Academy strategy chart. Long version does the brainstorm and establishes a campaign timeline.Creating a Power Map: An exercise in objectively determining power of your organization, allies, opponents and targets.
Organizing Skills
Human Rights as an Organizing Strategy: Human rights isn't just documents and the UN. It's a history of organizing to end racial discrimination and colonialism. This workshop shows how to tap into that history.All Power to the People: Community Organizing Approaches: The goals of the workshop are to define the difference between different types of community action, and to define direct action organizing.
Outreach Methods: Separate workshops on classic outreach methods including Setting up a canvas, 1 on 1 visits, and house visits.