3-Day Leadership Training, Feb 18-20, 2023
Feb
18
to Feb 20

3-Day Leadership Training, Feb 18-20, 2023

  • Yorkfield Presbyterian Church (map)
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3-day version of the Industrial Areas Foundation acclaimed national leadership training. This training will provide an overview of key concepts and critical components essential to building strong community groups and connecting those groups into a broad based organization necessary to create power. Special emphasis will be placed on the identification of leaders and the creation of local allies necessary to effect change at both the local community and state levels.

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May
6
to Jun 12

Great Lakes Metro IAF Training Series

GREAT LAKES METRO IAF LEADERSHIP TRAINING

© 2021 Great Lakes Metro IAF Affiliates

Affiliates of the Metro IAF in states bordering the Great Lakes are offering four two-hour (with breaks, breakout rooms, and a 10-minute evaluation) Zoom training sessions on the following topics.

NOTE: “101” sessions are aimed at newer leaders and “201” sessions are aimed at more experienced leaders who have already received training on a particular skill or topic and want to go deeper. Sign up for your level at registration.

Session 1: Introduction to broad-based power (101 only). Covers the five pillars of IAF organizing: fierce non-partisanship, institutional-based, independently financed, based on relational power, and focused on leadership training. This session is aimed primarily at those new to Metro IAF but can also be used as a refresher course for those who want to accompany new leaders. Thursday, May 6 OR Tuesday, May 11; 6:00-8:00 PM CT, 7:00-9:00 PM ET.

Session 2: Why and how to do meaningful and productive one-to-one relational meetings (101 and 201, with breakout groups divided accordingly). The session is aimed at all leaders and potential leaders who are already committed to building a power organization and have done at least 3 one-to-one individual meetings before the session begins. This basic tool of IAF organizing is meant to help participants understand the purpose of developing the discipline of meeting with other human beings face-to-face (or mask-to-mask or over Zoom) to share what makes each participant “tick” (their “self-interest,” what they are truly passionate about) and to see if there is a sharing of enough self-interest between the two people to move into action around issues of concern to both of them. This will be a practical approach that offers specific skills and role-playing. Thursday, May 20 OR Tuesday, May 25; 6:00-8:00 PM CT, 7:00-9:00 PM ET.

Session 3: Breaking Problems into “Issues You Can Do Something About” (101 or 201, with breakout groups divided accordingly). How to make problems actionable, “the action is in the reaction,” and the “cycle of organizing.” Uses case studies from participant examples or issues. Thursday, June 3 OR Tuesday, June 8; 6:00-8:00 PM CT, 7:00-9:00 PM ET.

Session 4: Why and how to do a power analysis (201 only). This session is aimed at experienced leaders already committed to building a power organization and have at least one power analysis they are working on. Case studies will be used. Before going into any kind of “action,” leaders and organizers have to do what the IAF calls a “power analysis.” This is an objective, research-based analysis of both the organization and those outside the organization who can make something happen, including both potential “opponents” and “allies.” Such power analysis can be done both internally, inside of member institutions, and externally about elected and appointed officials in the public sector, and individuals, businesses, unions, corporations, not-for-profits, foundations, and other groups in what the IAF refers to as the “private” or “civil” sectors. Thursday, June 17 OR Tuesday, June 22; 6:00-8:00 PM CT, 7:00-9:00 PM ET. There will be breakout groups of no more than 10-12 during each session. Each session is repeated once, same content. Tuition is $50 per session (payable to local affiliate sponsor) but is free to members of the following organizations affiliated with Metro IAF: Illinois: DuPage United, Fox River Valley Initiative, Lake County United, United Power for Action and Justice; Ohio: Greater Cleveland Congregations; Wisconsin: Common Ground; Minnesota: Minnesota Association of Public Employees. Other if space is available: current IAF affiliates and groups seriously investigating Metro IAF affiliation may pay $50 per session to send a small number of participants if sponsored by a Great Lakes Metro IAF affiliate above (payment to go to cover the cost of administration). Non-IAF affiliated organizations may pay $150 per session to send one or two participants on the same basis.

Click here to register and indicate which of the sessions you plan to attend and at which level (101 or 201). You will be sent a confirmation and a link to each session. For further information, contact your local organizers or contact Lucy Tarabour at lctarabour@gmail.com.  Each session is limited to fifty participants. First come, first served. We look forward to seeing you there.

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2-Day Leadership Training
Feb
15
to Feb 16

2-Day Leadership Training

  • Union Church of Hinsdale (map)
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2-day version of the Industrial Areas Foundation acclaimed national leadership training. This training will provide an overview of key concepts and critical components essential to building strong community groups and connecting those groups into a broad based organization necessary to create power. Special emphasis will be placed on the identification of leaders and creation of local allies necessary to effect change at both the local community and state levels.

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Introduction to Broad-based Organizing Workshop
Nov
9
10:00 AM10:00

Introduction to Broad-based Organizing Workshop

This training is for new leaders among United Power for Action and Justice and sister IAF member institutions.

The training will center around three central topics:

  • Relational Power: What is it and how a broad array of citizen groups can organize it.

  • Production: Examine how organized, relational power can be aimed to produce tangible results to rebuild community.

  • Public Action: Relational tools that can prepare us to build relational power for public action.

To register, contact Amy Totsch, amy.totch@gmail.com

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3 Day Leadership Training - June 2019
Jun
28
to Jun 30

3 Day Leadership Training - June 2019

  • St Gregory Episcopal (map)
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This training will provide an overview of key concepts and critical components essential to building strong community groups and connecting those groups into a broad based organization necessary to create power. Special emphasis will be placed on the identification of leaders and creation of local allies necessary to effect change at both the local community and state levels.

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Mar
11
4:00 PM16:00

March 11th Action with Illinois Attorney General Candidates

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A REAL EXERCISE IN TRUE DEMOCRACY

1000+ organized citizens meeting with the candidates for the office of Attorney General of Illinois on four issues of deep concern to our families and institutions

  • ENDING THE INCARCERATION OF INNOCENT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING ADDICTION AND/OR MENTAL ILLNESS
  • BUILDING AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE HOUSING FOR  INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND YOUNG ADULTS
  • ENSURING HUMANE AND LEGAL TREATMENT OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES THROUGHOUT ILLINOIS
  • DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY FROM GUN MANUFACTURERS ON DEVELOPMENT OF “SMART” GUNS AND SALES TO “CRIME-GUN” DEALERS
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Sunday March 11: 4:00 P.M. to 5:15 P.M. (sharp)

Location: Maine East High School, 2601 E Dempster St, Park Ridge

Further info: Adrienne McCauley, adrienne@dupageunited.org (512) 560-8838

Talking Points for March 11th Action with Illinois Attorney General Candidates

Strategic Advantage:

•       This is the FIRST real contested AG race in 15 years. The Attorney General of Illinois (no matter who it is and what party the new AG belongs to) can be an ALLY for us on a VARIETY OF ISSUE THAT WE ARE ALREADY WORKING ON.

•       It is a GREAT OPPORTUNITY to show up to ten candidates (all of whom will remain active in politics after the primary) the power of the four Metro IAF organizations in Illinois (Lake County United, DuPage United, United Power, and the Fox River Valley) and that we are the ONLY organization in the state who can turn out 1000+ INSTITUTIONALLY-BASED leaders and supporters. (For the first time all four of our organizations are actively focused on similar issues).

•       We can advance our LOCALLY-ROOTED issues of concern to our members (not stock political speeches). It is a way for our member institutions to ACT IN A LARGER WAY on a larger scale around issues connected to their ministries that serve the community (i.e., incarceration, mental illness, housing, public services, treatment of immigrants and refugees, gun violence, etc.)

•       This is one of the few truly NON-PARTISAN ways people can act effectively to build democracy.

Importance of having a public, institutional, mutually-respectful and accountable relationship with the next Attorney General of Illinois:

•      The new AG will be one of the few state-side officials who will have the POWER TO INTERVENE IN federal regulations, appropriations, and executive orders.

•      The new AG may have access to settlements FUNDS FROM A VARIETY OF CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS. (For example, the current AG recently invested $3 million from such a fund in United Power’s successful campaign with its member institution the Southwest Organizing Project to reclaim foreclosed homes in SW Chicago.)

•      The new AG can help us hold hospitals accountable on CHARITY CARE and the development of CRISIS STABILIZATION UNITS for those suffering from addiction and/or mental illness and prevent ACA subsidies from being withheld from Illinois.

•      The new AG can help us use the FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) to access public information we need on a variety of issues that is often withheld from us.

 

What Harvard Law School says about this:

The role of state attorneys general has dramatically expanded as these elected officials and their staff have become increasingly important actors in American jurisprudence. In the aftermath of their historic $27 billion settlement against major banks and the litigation against the tobacco industry, attorneys general continue to make their mark in consumer protection, antitrust, civil rights, education, immigration, labor law, political corruption and environmental protection even as they tender daily legal advice that impacts the workings of state government. Working alone or in combination with the federal government, their colleagues in other states or with businesses, unions and interest groups, the attorneys general are now major players in American jurisprudence. (Harvard Law School)

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Sep
19
7:00 PM19:00

Upcoming Leadership Training Series


DuPage United and the Fox River Valley Initiative are hosting a series of three two-hour training sessions this fall for people who want to learn three skills needed for public life. The first session is on Accountability, which means how to hold ourselves and others accountable for doing what we say we want to do. The second is on effectiveness, which means how to build and exercise our power in a ways that accomplishes our goals. The third is on strategic thinking, which means how to come up with creative ways of addressing problems. 

Fall Leadership Skills training at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, West Chicago (same session offered twice each month, come to either):
 
Accountability: Tuesday Sept. 19 (7-9 PM) and Sunday Sept. 24 (3-5 PM)
Effectiveness: Tuesday Oct. 17 (7-9 PM) and Sunday Oct. 22 (3-5 PM)
Strategy: Tuesday Nov. 14 (7-9) PM and Sun. Nov. 19 (3-5 PM)

REGISTRATION has begun. You can register by indicating Tuesday or Sunday sessions at  admin@dupageunited.org
 
For details on each session, a sharable flyer can be found by clicking here.
 

Direct questions to Greg Pierce at gfapierce@gmail.com.

 

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Aug
3
7:00 PM19:00

Fox River Valley Initiative / DuPage United Combined Assembly

  • Benedictine University - Goodwin Hall Auditorium (map)
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We will be hosting public elected officials including Roger Heaton, Illinois Public Safety Officer, who will be key to addressing our three-pronged criminal justice reform strategy of expanded CIT training, Crisis Diversion Centers, and affordable housing across DuPage and Kane Counties. 

Directions to Goodwin Hall Auditorium - Please use the main entrance of the University (#1 on the campus map linked here) turn left and follow the ASSEMBLY   signs to the parking garage (#7). When you exit the parking garage, proceed to Goodwin Hall (#8). There will be greeters there to assist you. 

CLICK HERE to Pre-Register for this Action!

For additional information, please e-mail us at admin@dupageunited.org

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