In partnership with the Leading Change Network and the Australian Trade Union Institute, we are delivering the Leadership, Organising and Action Workshop over three days on 17-19 September in Naarm (Melbourne).
Effective community organising requires an understanding of how to identify recruit and develop strong leadership, as well as how to build community around that leadership and harness the power and resources of that community to create change.
Adapted from the Harvard Kennedy School and for the Australian context, the Leadership, Organising and Action Workshop is a unique training opportunity for advocates to learn global best practice leadership skills in community organising to create change.
We are looking for mid-to-senior level leaders from non-profits, unions and grassroots movements who are looking to grow and expand their community organising practice and apply the lessons to their context.
First round of applications are now open until Monday, 20 May.
OUTCOMES / SKILLS
The program will offer you the unique opportunity to develop the skills to:
Enable others to achieve shared purpose under conditions of uncertainty.
Develop leadership, build community around that leadership and turn resources of that community into the power to achieve change.
Develop your public narrative: story of self, story of us, story of now.
Learn the difference between organising and mobilising and why it takes organising to create real change.
KEY DATES AND LOCATION
The Leadership, Organising and Action Training will be delivered in Naarm (Melbourne):
Tuesday, 17th September — 9:00AM to 5:00PM AEST
Wednesday, 18th September — 9:00AM to 5:00PM AEST
Thursday, 19th September — 9:00AM to 5:00PM AEST
INTERNATIONAL TRAINERS
Noorulain Masood
Founder and CEO, Center for Social Innovation in Developing Countries (CSIDC) | Lead Trainer, Leading Change Network
Noorulain is Founder and CEO of CSIDC, a Global South organisation that specialises in providing training and facilitation services to enhance the practice of leadership and organising in campaigns, particularly those in the climate, energy, and gender spaces.
After getting a Master's degree in International Development from Harvard University in 2009 as a Fulbright scholar, Noor has trained and coached over 1,500 campaigners and social justice leaders across South Asia, East Asia, Australia, Africa, and the United States.
She first taught with Professor Marshall Ganz at Harvard in 2012, and since has been teaching and leading teams in the instruction of Marshall Ganz’s Organizing and Heifetz’s Adaptive Leadership with Harvard University, LCN, and other institutions. Prior to founding CSIDC, Noor ran a rural leadership program; led a 1.2M USD non-profit called Teach For Pakistan; worked in the poverty and equity practice at the World Bank headquarters; and supported the Pakistan Mission in United Nations General Assembly proceedings.
APRAJITA PANDEY
Founder & Chairperson of Haiyya
Aprajita is the Founder & Chairperson of Haiyya, a youth-led feminist organizing and movement building organization established in 2015 in India. She has been organizing on gender, sexuality, health, climate, and political participation issues for the past 12 years. She studied Leadership, Organizing & Action course in 2016 and has been working closely with Professor Ganz and Leading Change Network to develop organizing infrastructure in India and South Asia. She has facilitated the formation and seeding of many global and national campaigning initiatives as a core team leader in Mobilisation Lab, Youth Climate Fund and Campaign Academy India. She was selected as the founding member of Indian Women Social Entrepreneurs Network of ANDE and Amani Institute in 2020, and awarded Asia Youth Workers Award by the Commonwealth in 2014.
MICK POWER
Coordinator (Lead Organiser), United Workers Union (UWU)
Mick is a Coordinator at the United Workers Union, where he organises warehouse and distribution workers around the country to win higher wages, secure jobs, dignity and respect.
Over the last 10 years he has organised migrant farm workers in Australia's fruit and vegetable industry with United Workers Union/National Union of Workers, American nurses and healthcare workers with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Pennsylvania, and communities fighting for climate justice with US Climate Action Network and Environment Victoria.
He has worked with the Leading Change Network as a trainer in over 50 workshops on community organising and public narrative to hundreds of organisers in the union, environment, peace, racial justice and Muslim rights movements around the world.
Through the United Workers Union, he is a proud affiliate member of both Australian Progress and the Australian Trade Union Institute (ACTU).
COST
$800+GST: Small Non-Profit | Individuals - For non-profits with an annual budget in Australia of less than $500,000, as well as individuals not affiliated with an organisation.
$1,300+GST: Regular Non-Profit | Political Offices - For non-profits with an annual budget in Australia between $500,000 and $3 million, as well as staff from political offices.
$1,900+GST: Large Non-Profit - For non-profits with an annual budget in Australia of over $3 million and local/state government offices.
$400+GST: Partial Scholarship - For individual community campaigners who lack any organisational support. Scholarships are very limited, and their availability is subject to sponsorship procurement. Full scholarships are also available.
ACCESS NEEDS
We will work with you to ensure that you can fully participate in the workshop. Successful applicants will be asked for your access requirements during the on-boarding process. If you have any access questions in the meantime, please contact Erica at erica@australianprogress.org.au.