Orientation to Organizing: Refugees Welcome Movement

Orientation to Organizing: Refugees Welcome Movement

Are you searching for effective ways to build power and drive change in your communities?

Look no further! Orientation to Organizing with a special focus on refugee and immigration justice is back by popular demand! Our first session in January was an incredible success, with over 118 attendees joining from 28 countries globally. Sign up for the repeat session on April 26th at 10AM – 1PM CET (3 – 6PM Indochina Time / 5 – 8PM Tokyo time)!

This 3-hour introductory session delves into the organizing and public narrative practices developed by Marshall Ganz at the Harvard Kennedy School and his associates. It’s one of our most sought-after sessions at LCN.

For the upcoming session, we’ve teamed up with George Gabriel to explore organizing for immigration justice. We’ll draw lessons from his work with Citizens UK in 2015, campaigning to welcome 20,000 Syrian refugees across the UK and discover how their campaign scaled at a moment of crisis.

Event Information:

  • Topic: Orientation to Organizing: Refugees Welcome Movement
  • Cost: Free for LCN members/ tickets available for non-members
  • Date: April 26th, 2024
  • Time: 10 AM- 1 PM CET / 5 PM to 8 PM Tokyo time (find your timezone here)
  • Location: Online

Who should attend this session?

This session is ideal for individuals seeking effective ways to drive change in their communities. It offers a basic understanding of organizing and how it translates into practice.
We also encourage you to invite other members of your team, organization, and community to join you in this learning experience. Having a shared language of organizing and leadership can be powerful when working together!
Even if you’re familiar with organizing and narrative pedagogy but need a refresher on the framework’s basics, or are looking for case studies, you’ll find this session beneficial.
Finally, the timezone for this session is convenient for organizers and leaders based across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia.

What will you gain from this session?

In this session, you’ll:

  • Gain an introductory overview and a basic understanding of the five practices of community organizing, illustrated with a real example from a Refugees and Immigration Justice campaign.
  • Have the opportunity to learn from and connect with other organizers and leaders from around the world.
  • Get an introduction to the Leading Change Network and our programs.

We will walk you through the five leadership practices of our community organizing framework: public narrative, relationship building, team structuring, strategizing, mobilizing people to action, and coaching. These practices are at the core of transforming our communities’ resources into the power needed to achieve the desired change.

Speakers & presenters

George Gabriel
George Gabriel
A community organiser, movement builder and technologist from the UK. George spent ten years organising in response to the election of the far right in 2008 – building member funded organisations working to win change across the UK. He has led multi-award winning successful campaigns to raise wages for thousands of low paid worked, to tackle rising misogyny and reform policing, and open safe and legal routes for thousands of refugees. Today he works at Meta, the Facebook parent company, exploring how to shape technology to better serve the people and communities using it.
Samah Elous
Samah Elous
A member of the LCN Europe team and an organizer and trainer based in Sweden. In 2019 she completed the course Leadership, Organizing, and Action via Harvard Kennedy School. In 2020 she was part of the teaching team of the Ahel online course, teaching Community Organizing to leaders with various campaigns from the MENA region. In 2021 Samah was part of the teaching team of the Harvard Kennedy School online course, teaching Community Organizing and Public Narrative to International Leaders. Currently, she is working on the climate board campaign by Vision, which is one of the biggest work unions in Sweden, focusing on reducing CO2 emissions at working places.

If you have an active membership, Please login to view the members’ form and register for free to attend this event.

Tickets

Contact person for this event series

Sachiko Osawa
Sachiko Osawa Community of Practice Coordinator, LCN Academy

For more information about this event please contact Sachiko Osawa

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