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Since 1996, we have trained more than 6,000 youth and community organizers, educators, and activists in radical political education and essential organizing skills. Training for Trainers builds upon SOUL's many years of training, curriculum, and facilitation experience, to develop the capacity of organizations to train their own staff, members, & leaders.
"Education is the property of no one. It belongs to the people as a whole. And if education is not given to the people, they will have to take it." - Che Guevara
SOUL Training for Trainers
8:30am - 4pm
September 13th, 14th & 15th 2010
Downtown Oakland
Pre-registration Required
SOUL Training for Trainers is a 3-day training designed for experienced facilitators and organizers who want to improve skills, and for newer facilitators who want to develop them. Participants will be trained in popular education and facilitation using SOUL's most widely-used introductory political education curriculum. Topics covered will include:
- Facilitation & the role of the facilitator
- Understanding popular education
- The workshop process
- Tailoring curriculum to specific needs
- Workshop preparation
- Facilitation do's and don'ts
- Types of workshop activities
- Troubleshooting difficult participants
- Tools for facilitators
- Dealing with difficult situations
- Working with a co-trainer
- Deconstructing difficult topics
- Curriculum development and documentation
- Workshop evaluation
- Challenges to facilitating political education
- Hands-on facilitation practice
Each participant will receive SOUL's Political Education Workshop Manual & Training for Trainers Manual,
as well as a light breakfast & lunch for all three days. This training is limited to 25 people, and cost is
determined on a sliding scale from $200-$690 based on organizational budgets or individual income. People of
color, working class people, women, and queer people are especially encouraged to apply. If you have any
questions, or would like to apply, please email t4t@schoolofunityandliberation.org.
Applications are available at the link above and are due
August 9th, 2010. Please apply early to ensure a space! Training site is wheelchair accessible.
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