Fall 2025 Workshops Q&A

Wednesday August 6th 12pm - 1pm ET / 9am - 10am PT

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ASL interpretation is available for all 2025 Q&A sessions. Spanish interpretation is available only for the Fall 2025 Q&A session. In all cases, interpretation must be requested at least two weeks before the Q&A session.
ASL interpretation is available for all 2025 workshops. Spanish interpretation is only available for our Fall 2025 workshops. In all cases, interpretation must be requested at least two weeks before the opening session for your workshop.

La interpretación ASL está disponible para todos los talleres de 2025. La interpretación en español solo está disponible para los talleres de otoño de 2025. En todos los casos, la interpretación debe solicitarse al menos dos semanas antes de la sesión de apertura del taller.
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- Activist collective: groups that unite activists to take collective action

- Advocacy: knowledgeable staff of organizations/ institutions and some community representatives represent the needs of the broader community; activities most frequently used are policy change and litigation

- Alternative institution: institutions that provide another model for how our society could work (for example, community land trusts)

- Base building: people coming together around a shared challenge, building strong organizations that show their people power, transforming people in the process, working to win the changes they seek in their lives and communities and to shift the balance of power

- Capacity building/training: groups whose work to increase skills and capacity of movement organizations; these include training and support groups, research centers, policy think tanks, and organizing schools

- Coalition/alliance: a group of organizations that come together to work toward a common goal

- Independent political organization: political parties outside of the Republican and Democratic parties

- People’s organization: organizations that bring together a broad group of people to work on multiple issues/ goals

- Intermediary/funder: an organization that provides resources to movement organizations

- Legal: an organization whose primary approach to change is through legal avenues

- Media & Culture: groups that chronicle and report on world events and/or promote cultural activity

- Electoral Organizing: Formations focused on impacting elections by turning out voters, sometimes for specific candidates or policies