[bru-info] 2nd Annual School for Grassroots Organizing

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Announcing the School for Grassroots Organizing!

Colour Brochure & Application: http://bru.resist.ca/summer_2005__school_for_grassroots_organizing2

The Bus Riders Union (BRU) is excited to announce our 2nd annual School for Grassroots Organizing! The School will be a fun and dynamic opportunity for marginalized people to learn and share concrete skills to become life-long organizers for social justice. Last year's 10 School graduates all expressed that they learnt innumerable skills which they continue to use as they organize in their communities today.


As you may be aware, the Bus Riders Union is a grassroots project to build a working class multi-racial women-led organization fighting for the rights of transit-dependent communities in the Lower Mainland. We develop campaigns that address the concrete struggles of transit-dependent people and link them to a movement for short term and structural change.


In a supportive, challenging and creative environment, School participants will learn and engage with both the theory and the practice of organizing for social justice. We will discuss the different forces of oppression and exploitation - from patriarchy to systemic racism to the political-economic system that we live in - and engage with the history of people's resistance both locally and globally. We will talk about the nuts and bolts of organizing - strategies and tactics based concretely on the example of the BRU and other inspiring case studies. Participants will learn to build consciousness and mobilize their communities, strategize and carry out grassroots campaigns, and train for a lifetime of organizing.


The School will run for two sessions a week (a total of 6 hours/week) from May 29 to August 1 2005. Participants will be expected to attend an orientation session on May 15 to meet facilitators and other participants, get information about the School and receive their package of readings and other materials.


If you are interested in attending the School, please fill out an application and send it to us by Friday, May 6. Visit our website at bru.resist.ca for online application forms and leaflets. We will notify applicants by May 11 as to whether or not they have been accepted. Feel free to come by the office, give us a call or send us an email if you would like more information about the school or just want to talk to us about the BRU!


Both new activists and experienced organizers are encouraged to apply to participate in the School. We prioritize and welcome women and people from communities of colour and Aboriginal communities. Some honoraria and childcare subsidies may be available. Space is limited so apply soon!


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