Building Leadership Skills for Progressive Change About Project Organize Project Organize is designed to help you develop your capacity for effective community organizing Project Organize ID: 460831
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Project Organize
Building Leadership Skills for Progressive ChangeSlide2
About Project Organize
Project Organize is designed to help you develop your capacity for effective community organizing. Slide3
Project Organize
We will build your leadership skills so you can take responsibility and enable others to join forces and turn your
combined resources
into
the power
you
need
to make the change you want. Slide4
Project Organize
“ An outstanding experience which allows those who feel voiceless to find their voice and to share their story uniquely and persuasively”- Andrew Castaneda,
Jack Layton School, June 2015 Slide5
We Teach Five
Key Practices of OrganizingPublic narrative-Sharing your story,
Building
relationships,
S
tructuring
teams,
Strategizing,Taking action. Slide6
Leadership & More
We also teach the practical skills necessary for successful engagement including:Public speakingSocial media and digital engagement strategyFundraisingCommunications and media relations. Slide7
Teaching Structure
We provide lectures, small group sessions, one-on-one mentorship through flexible hours and learning locations. Sessions range from 3 hours, 10 hours to 9 modules of 5 hours each.Slide8
Our Ryerson Team
Ryerson ProfessorsOlivia Chow, Distinguished Visiting ProfessorProfessor Myer Siemiatycki, Jack Layton ChairProfessor Winnie Ng, CAW-Sam Gindin Chair Professor Lisa Barnoff, Director, School of Social WorkSlide9
Experienced Teaching F
ellows from Project Organize
Excellent and comprehensive curriculum
delivered by an exceptional team of facilitators.”
– Kevin MacKay, Jack Layton Leadership School June 2015
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Our Advisory Team
Kofi Hope, PhD, Managing Director, Empowering EnterprisesBob Gallagher, PhD, Communication Director, United SteelworkersAnita Khanna, Program Coordinator, Family Services of Toronto, Sean Meagher, Executive Director, Social Planning TorontoDr. James Simeon, School of Public Policy and Administration, York UniversitySlide11
Participants of Project Organize
Rabble.ca, 40 people, April 2015 Community Development Workers Network, 80 people, April 2015Social Planning Council of Ontario, 35 people, May 2015
Danforth East Community Association, 16 people, July 2015
Toronto
Youth Cabinet, 30 people, July 2015
Public Service Association of Canada, 20 People, July 2015 Slide12
Previous Participants of Project Organize
220 Students (including 30 community groups
)
Jack
Layton Summer Leadership
School, June/July
2015Slide13
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Enriching
and Transformational
!
”
"I came into this program with enthusiasm and an open mind. I left with much more. I now have a story to share, a call to action to promote, and the concrete skills to turn my organizing aspirations into a reality
.”
"This leadership school is an amazing and inspiring opportunity. It provides you with practical skills to lead, organize and connect with people
.”Slide14
If you feel powerfully about something and do not know where to start making a difference, this is for you!”
- Leon Letto
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