Courses

  • Why States Matter

    In this course, you will learn why state elections are so crucial to our democracy and what you can do as a citizen and activist to take action on the state level.

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  • How to Move from Online Activism to Offline Action

    This training will outline the best practices for you to use to transition your online activism into offline action and it will also show how you can encourage others to do the same.

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  • Meg Ansara

    How to Phonebank: Persuasion & GOTV

    Learn why phonebanking matters, what you need to start calling, tips to make an effective call, and two proven frameworks for persuading and turning out voters.

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  • How to Defeat Dog Whistle Politics

    Professor López details a method of fusing race and class to combat Dog Whistle Politics and teaches us to identify racially coded political rhetoric and build response messaging which fuses arguments of race and class to unite, rather than divide.

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  • Transforming Resistance into a Social Movement

    Saru helps people and groups situate their individual work within broader social movement theory, and think about how to make transformative change by building coalitions across organizations, issues, and sectors.

  • Strategic Messaging

    Anat Shenker-Orosio will focus on concrete skills to build strategic messaging by using framing and metaphors to activate your base, persuade the persuadables, and minimize the impact of those who will never agree.

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  • Communicating Across Difference

    By drawing from his own experiences and knowledge, the legendary Robert Reich teaches us how to communicate effectively and convincingly with audiences that might not share the same values.

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  • How to Hold a House Meeting

    Everything you need to know to plan and hold a house meeting. Kate Catherall, co-founder of the Arena, teaches us why we hold house meetings, how to use house meetings as an organizing tool, and what actually happens at a successful house meeting.

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  • How to Have Engaging Conversations

    Organizer Aquiles Damiron-Alcantara will help you learn how to engage in productive and joyful conversations while improving the quality of your listening and increasing the effectiveness of your message.

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  • Listening Partnerships and Deep Canvassing

    This training will break down two essential ways to implement listening in order to make movement building supported, sustainable, and effective. Learn how to develop listening partnerships and how to deep canvassing.

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