WHOA Workshops for Social Justice!

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Sign up for the Wellstone House of Organizing and Activism’s (WHOA) winter training series! We’ll be doing some hype political education and learning organizing skills together!

The last three sessions (as of now, but subject to change) will be in Willis 211 (The Wellstone Room).

You do not have to sign up to come, but sign ups help us prepare.

You can also sign up for a movement buddy— where we pair students interested in organizing together to share skills and build a relationship! We're doing this so that experienced organizers can pass skills down and so that interested organizers can learn and share ideas. Ideally, buddies would meet for a meal once a week, but once we pair you, we'll provide some support and suggestions for a good time, but it's up to you!

Additionally, we'll hold some Wellstone Organizing Office Hours (WOOH!) in the Wellstone Room in Willis 211 on Wednesdays when we don't have workshops so that we can collaborate, give each other support, and hang out.

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Do you organize with any groups in Northfield or on Campus?

Which sessions would you like to attend? (all are in Willis 211 and there will be dinner!)

Campaign and Action planning 101 (2nd Wed, Jan the 12th at 6pm): Do you want to change something? Have you wanted to organize a campaign for a better world—whether it be mutual aid for our communities, racial justice on campus, climate resilience in Minnesota, or anything else? Have you wanted to organize a protest or community canvass or disaster relief fundraiser? This workshop we’ll walk through the steps to a successful social movement campaign and action planning. For anyone interested in organizing at any experience level!

Race, Root Cause, and Political Economy with Tre Teller (3rd Sun, Jan 23rd at 4:30): What causes racial, social, and economic injustice? Join our friend Tre Teller from the Bloomington Anti-Racism Coalition to talk about racial and structural oppression and changemaking. The session weaves together race, labor, and the economy to explore the causes of racism and structural oppression. This session is so helpful for anyone who wants to understand intersectionality, capitalism, and oppression from the interpersonal to systemic level.

Direct Action! (5th Wed, Feb 2nd at 6:30 pm): From the resistance to the line 3 pipeline, to the uprisings for Black lives, and across the world as a response to social injustice, activists have used direct action to change their communities and stand up to corporations, lawmakers, and oppressors. In this workshop, we’ll explore how social movements use escalated protest and direct action to fight oppression and to build a better world along with going over our rights when dealing with the police.

Colonialism and Palestine with Carls Act (CANCELED): Join us and Carls Act for a session on Colonialism, Israel, Palestine, and building an anti-colonial future.

Examining Public Historical Narratives (8th Wednesday, February 23rd at 7:15 pm) More info coming!!

Just Transition Workshop with Helen Forsythe (9th Sun, March 6th at 5 pm): In this session, join Helen Forsythe from the Red Pine Revolutionary Collective and we will explore a broader movement framework to zoom out from specific projects and campaigns to deepen our connection to/understanding of deep and multifaceted movement ecosystems. Participants will walk away with an understanding of the just transition framework as a tool for mapping their own projects into broader movements, and applying this tool in seeing and understanding strengths and gaps of different movements they are a part of.

Would you like a movement buddy? (**as of 1/19, we have worked on pairs and won't be checking this response so message stovallm@ if you really want a movement buddy)

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If you want a movement buddy tell us a bit more! What skills do you bring to movements? What do you want to learn? Are there social issues that you would like to focus on? If you are BIPOC would you prefer to be paired with a BIPOC person? A woman with another woman?

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