Hey all,
for those of you who know or havce heard of Sharon Martinas this is her last year organizing the workshop. Next year will be the younger generation. I encourage you all to check this out though while Sharon's on board. If you're seriously interested or know someone who is send me a tribe message and we can arrange a time to chat. (I've been through CWS and am one of the organizers so can answer amny Qs.)
AN INTRODUCTION TO GRASSROOTS ANTI-RACIST ORGANIZING:
Sundays, March 6 to June 12, 2005 in San Francisco
This is an anti-racist training workshop for grassroots social
justice activists who want to work for racial justice and challenge white
privilege in all their social justice work. It is a project of the
Challenging White Supremacy Workshops of San Francisco.
GOALS: The workshop will introduce participants to:
* An historical analysis of the U.S. white supremacy system and the
legacies of resistance to white supremacy in communities of color;
* An historical, institutional analysis of white privilege, its
intersections with other systems of oppression, and its effects on social
justice movements;
* Analyses, strategies and practices of some Bay Area grassroots
racial justice work;
* Examples of some Bay Area anti-racist organizing in predominantly
white social justice movements; and
* Practicing and modeling respectful and accountable behavior in
all our anti-racist work.
WHEN AND WHERE: The workshop will meet on Sundays from 4pm to 7:30pm in
San Francisco. The location is near BART and bus stops.
* Friday night, Sat/Sunday March 4,5 & 6: Orientation (participation in all
3 times are required for participation in the workshop):
Friday night: 7-9:30pm; Sat & Sun 3pm-8pm
* March 13: What is White Supremacy?
* March 20: How Mother Earth Became a Piece of Real Estate
* March 27: Legacies of Liberation
* April 3: Women of Color Feminism and Organizing
* April 10: Creating an Anti-Racist Agenda
* April 17: Challenging State Violence: The 'Heart of Whiteness'
* April 2: Grassroots Anti-Racist Fundraising
* May 1: Organizing for Racial and Economic Justice
* May 8: Shinin' the Lite on White Privilege in Social Justice Movements
* May 15: Organizing for Immigrant Rights
* May 22: Anti-racist organizing in mostly white social justice
movements
* June 5: Anti-Racism and Anti-Imperialism: Palestine Solidarity
* Sat June 11: Accountability and Solidarity:
* Sun June 12: Evaluation and Next Steps
RACIAL JUSTICE PLACEMENTS
Every participant will be expected to volunteer 6-8 hours per week
in a racial justice organization. cws will arrange placements for all
participants, unless you are already volunteering or working with a racial
justice organization. As of Jan. 1, 2005, the cws racial justice placements
for Spring 2005 are:
Attica to Abu Ghraib Conference, Books not Bars (a project of the
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights), California Coalition for Women
Prisoners, Californians for Justice, Childcare Collective, Critical
Resistance, cws workshop, Freedom Archives, Greenaction, Institute for
MultiRacial Justice, Jews for a Free Palestine, Just Cause Oakland, Legal
Services for Prisoners with Children, People's Grocery, POWER (People
Organized to Win Employment Rights), SF Day Labor Program & SUSTAIN (Stop
US Tax-Funded Aid to Israel Now).
'WORKSHOP AS A LABORATORY' PROGRAM
The workshop program is based on the concept that anti-racist
analysis and practice go hand in hand to create 'reflective action.'
As a workshop participant, you will have the opportunity to:
* Practice and Model Respectful Behavior' to challenge white privilege;
* Practice small group anti-racist facilitation skills;
* Practice 'Each One Teach One' anti-racist organizing;
* Practice grassroots anti-racist fundraising;
* Strengthen your practice of accountability and solidarity in your
racial justice work; and
* Strengthen your capacities to analyze and discuss different strategies of
grassroots organizing in Bay Area communities of color and in predominantly
white social justice movements.
COSTS: $10 with application, $125 registration; = $135 total.
FOR MORE INFO & APPLICATION:
Email 'cws@igc.org' for an application form.
www.cwsworkshop.org.
Applications must be received by Saturday Feb. 1, 2005. cws will
call you to arrange a phone discussion as soon as we get your application.
Early registrants will have priority in choosing their cws-arranged racial
justice placements. All applications received after Feb. 12, will be put on
the waiting list.
Questions???? Please call 415-647-0921!
for those of you who know or havce heard of Sharon Martinas this is her last year organizing the workshop. Next year will be the younger generation. I encourage you all to check this out though while Sharon's on board. If you're seriously interested or know someone who is send me a tribe message and we can arrange a time to chat. (I've been through CWS and am one of the organizers so can answer amny Qs.)
AN INTRODUCTION TO GRASSROOTS ANTI-RACIST ORGANIZING:
Sundays, March 6 to June 12, 2005 in San Francisco
This is an anti-racist training workshop for grassroots social
justice activists who want to work for racial justice and challenge white
privilege in all their social justice work. It is a project of the
Challenging White Supremacy Workshops of San Francisco.
GOALS: The workshop will introduce participants to:
* An historical analysis of the U.S. white supremacy system and the
legacies of resistance to white supremacy in communities of color;
* An historical, institutional analysis of white privilege, its
intersections with other systems of oppression, and its effects on social
justice movements;
* Analyses, strategies and practices of some Bay Area grassroots
racial justice work;
* Examples of some Bay Area anti-racist organizing in predominantly
white social justice movements; and
* Practicing and modeling respectful and accountable behavior in
all our anti-racist work.
WHEN AND WHERE: The workshop will meet on Sundays from 4pm to 7:30pm in
San Francisco. The location is near BART and bus stops.
* Friday night, Sat/Sunday March 4,5 & 6: Orientation (participation in all
3 times are required for participation in the workshop):
Friday night: 7-9:30pm; Sat & Sun 3pm-8pm
* March 13: What is White Supremacy?
* March 20: How Mother Earth Became a Piece of Real Estate
* March 27: Legacies of Liberation
* April 3: Women of Color Feminism and Organizing
* April 10: Creating an Anti-Racist Agenda
* April 17: Challenging State Violence: The 'Heart of Whiteness'
* April 2: Grassroots Anti-Racist Fundraising
* May 1: Organizing for Racial and Economic Justice
* May 8: Shinin' the Lite on White Privilege in Social Justice Movements
* May 15: Organizing for Immigrant Rights
* May 22: Anti-racist organizing in mostly white social justice
movements
* June 5: Anti-Racism and Anti-Imperialism: Palestine Solidarity
* Sat June 11: Accountability and Solidarity:
* Sun June 12: Evaluation and Next Steps
RACIAL JUSTICE PLACEMENTS
Every participant will be expected to volunteer 6-8 hours per week
in a racial justice organization. cws will arrange placements for all
participants, unless you are already volunteering or working with a racial
justice organization. As of Jan. 1, 2005, the cws racial justice placements
for Spring 2005 are:
Attica to Abu Ghraib Conference, Books not Bars (a project of the
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights), California Coalition for Women
Prisoners, Californians for Justice, Childcare Collective, Critical
Resistance, cws workshop, Freedom Archives, Greenaction, Institute for
MultiRacial Justice, Jews for a Free Palestine, Just Cause Oakland, Legal
Services for Prisoners with Children, People's Grocery, POWER (People
Organized to Win Employment Rights), SF Day Labor Program & SUSTAIN (Stop
US Tax-Funded Aid to Israel Now).
'WORKSHOP AS A LABORATORY' PROGRAM
The workshop program is based on the concept that anti-racist
analysis and practice go hand in hand to create 'reflective action.'
As a workshop participant, you will have the opportunity to:
* Practice and Model Respectful Behavior' to challenge white privilege;
* Practice small group anti-racist facilitation skills;
* Practice 'Each One Teach One' anti-racist organizing;
* Practice grassroots anti-racist fundraising;
* Strengthen your practice of accountability and solidarity in your
racial justice work; and
* Strengthen your capacities to analyze and discuss different strategies of
grassroots organizing in Bay Area communities of color and in predominantly
white social justice movements.
COSTS: $10 with application, $125 registration; = $135 total.
FOR MORE INFO & APPLICATION:
Email 'cws@igc.org' for an application form.
www.cwsworkshop.org.
Applications must be received by Saturday Feb. 1, 2005. cws will
call you to arrange a phone discussion as soon as we get your application.
Early registrants will have priority in choosing their cws-arranged racial
justice placements. All applications received after Feb. 12, will be put on
the waiting list.
Questions???? Please call 415-647-0921!
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