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GreensboroJusticeSummerInternshipProgram2013
InternOrientation&TrainingScheduleMay29thMay31st
AllActivitieswillbeconductedattheBelovedCommunityCenter(BCC)AdministrativeandTrainingOffices(JubileeInstitute),locatedat417ArlingtonSt.
Thursday,May30th
9:3010:00AMArrivals,InformalGreetings,Gathering
CommunityOrganizing:Resisting&CreatingAlternatives
10:0010:10AM SomeIntroductoryCommentsonWhatWeWillTrytoCover
10:1510:35AM TheKMartStory(Video)aStudyinOrganizing
10:3512:00PM
ExploringtheQuestions/Issues/ConcernsListedBelow:
1.Whatiscommunityorganizing?
2.Whycommunityorganizing?Theguidingassumptionisthat
peopleworkingtogethercanhelpeachpersongrowand
accomplishtogetherwhatoneindividualcannotgetdonealone.
Peoplearedividedandoftenpittedagainsteachother.Learning
toovercomedivisiveobstaclesandbuildingqualityandenduringrelationships,whileforgingpowerful,tacticallysophisticated
organizationalvehiclesaretheessentialcomponentsof
accomplishingdesiredorganizinggoals.
3.Understandingculturalandstructuralinstitutions
powersandprincipalitiesandcommunityorganizing:the
dilemmaofmoralpeoplewithinimmoralsociety.
4.Contrastingmodelsofcommunityorganizing
SingleIssueorprimarilyissuebasedorganizingpositivesandnegatives
Primarilypeopleorrelationshipbasedorganizingpositivesandnegatives
Primarilyservicebasedorganizingpositivesandnegatives
Primarilytransformationalorientedorganizingpositivesandnegatives
TheBelovedCommunityModelofOrganizingpositivesandnegatives
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12:001:00PM Lunchonyourown
1:001:25PM ViewingtheTruthandCommunityReconciliationVideo
1:303:30PM ExplorationofCommunityOrganizingContinued:
1.Takingpeoples(thecommunity)reality(perceivedandactual)
andtheobjectivesituationasourstartingpoint.
2.Acknowledgingwhatyoubringtotheworkyoubringyourself;yourgifts;yourtalents;yourprejudices;yourego;your
careerambitions;etc.?
3.Acknowledgingwhatwe(BCC)bringtotheprocessour
history,organizingpriorities,methods,collectiveprejudices
organizationalambitions,etc.?
4.Gatheringasenseofwherepeopleare.
5.Beginningtomakepositiveconnections.
6.Navigatingthecircleofconcernsandthecircleofinfluence.
7.WherevertwoorthreecangatherinagreementHouse
andYardmeetings
3:303:45 Break
3:454:45 CommunityOrganizingContinued
8.Evolvingastepbystepprocessofreallygettingpeople
involvedinhandsonwork
Establishguidepostsormeasurements.Howmany storiesdidwehear?
Howdowebestusethestandardhalfsheet communitycontactform?
Whoamongthoseweengageddemonstrates
leadershipcapability?Whoaskedquestionsormade
suggestionsthatweneedtofollowup,etc.?
Dowehaveadequatecontactdataforfollowup?
Dowehaveasenseofrelationshipsbetweenvarious
peopleandissues?
WhatareourPullingPointsagreeduponevent
whereallactivitiesweareengagedincometogether
asadefiningopportunityormilestone?
9.Exploringquestionsofstructure,authority,andpowerin
communityorganizing.
10.Consideringtheuseandmisuseoftodayspowerful
technologies.
4:455:00PMBreak
5:006:00PM LeadershipandCommunityOrganizing
1.Whatisleadership?
2.Whyisleadershipneededincommunityorganizingandthe
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needforplacebasedleadership.
3.Contrastingnotionsormodelsofleadership
Dominationleadershipforms Servantleadershipforms
4.Thedistributionofleadershipgiftswithinsocietythe10
8010concept5.Listeningandleadershipseekfirsttoheardeeply
(understand)andthentobeheard(understood).
6.Leadershipandresolvingcontradictions(realorperceived)
amongthepeople.
7.Leadershipwithanemphasisonframingandnaming.
8.Identifyingleadershipwhoandwhatareyoulookingfor?
9.Nurturingleadershipsomepitfallsanddangers.
10.Leadershipandthequestionofwhatpositiveadditionsor
possibilitiesareleftintheneighborhoodandcommunityonce
youaregone
Friday,May31st
9:30AM10:00AM Arrivals,informalgreetings,Gathering
10:3012:00PM
Panel#1:TransitioningourGPDfromDoubleStandardsandCorruptionto
Accountability&Professionalism:PerspectivesonholdingourGreensboro
PoliceDepartmentAccountable.
12:001:00PM Lunchonyourown
1:152:45PM
Panel#2:Activists&OrganizinginGreensboro:Abriefoverviewof
organizingonthegroundinGreensboro.
2:453:15PM Break
3:154:30PM DebriefofPanelsandSummationofPeriod
