IN-DEPTH TRAININGFOR NEIGHBORHOOD VOLUNTEERS

IN-DEPTH TRAININGFOR NEIGHBORHOOD VOLUNTEERS

The Minnesota Center for Neighborhood Organizing is offering in-depth training for neighborhood volunteers.

The training gives participants the opportunity to get individual direct hands-on help for specific neighborhood projects. Do you need to get more people involved in your organization? Raise funds for a project? Clean up a problem property or close down a drug house? Organize a well-run and energized neighborhood meeting? Do outreach to immigrants in your community?

You can get help for your project at this training.

This in-depth training is designed to help volunteers learn organizing fundamentals and apply them effectively to their community groups. The training combines comprehensive coverage of organizing basics, trainings individually tailored to the individual needs of each volunteer and group, long-term follow-through, and group support from fellow neighborhood volunteers.

The training will take place once a week on Wednesdays for two hours for five weeks.

The first topic will be RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS.

Other topics will be chosen by the participants and can include such areas as:
*Leadership development
*Issues identification
*Grassroots and foundation fundraising
*Organizing and involvingnizing under-represented groups
*Running effective meetings
*Research
*Media and communication

These trainings will be given primarily through questions, problems-solving, and direct experience. The first meeting will be on:

Wednesday, July 16, 7:00 P.M.
Northeast YMCA2304 Jackson St. NE
Minneapolis

The Northeast YMCA is at the northwest corner of Jackson St and 23rd Ave. NE

Directions. Take I-94 westbound. Exit at Broadway. Turn left at Washington, then right at Broadway. Turn left at Central Ave. NE turn left at 23rd Ave. NE. Go west one block.

If you are interested in participating, or have questions, call Jay Clark at 625-2513.

TRAINING IS FREE.

MINNESOTA CENTERFOR NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZING
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330 Humphrey Center, 301 19th Ave. S.,
Minneapolis, Mn., 55455
Phone: 612-625-2513 Fax: 612-626-0273
E-Mail clark037@umn.edu