El Centro Laboral en UC Berkeley le invita tomar parte de La Escuela de Liderazgo, un entrenamiento de liderazgo, en español, para líderes emergentes en sus sindicatos y organizaciones basadas en la comunidad. La escuela de liderazgo incluirá desarrollo de liderazgo, planificación de campañas, discusiones sobre legislatura política y cultivación de alianzas solidas entre organizaciones basadas en la comunidad y sindicatos. El entrenamiento será conducido en español. Es una oportunidad única para aprender capacidades de formación que luego pueden ser compartidas con compañer@s en la lucha. Nuestra esperanza es que con más capacidad de liderazgo, líderes Latinos emergentes y sus organizaciones tendrán una voz más fuerte para responder a los retos económicos y sociales que enfrentan.

Costo: $395
Fechas: Viernes, 17 de Mayo - Domingo, 19 de Mayo, 2013
Domicilio: St. Dorothy's Rest
168 St. Dorothy's Avenue
Camp Meeker, CA 95419
http://www.stdorothysrest.org/

El taller será conducido totalmente en Español
La matriculación estará abierta hasta que la clase llene el cupo

Si gusta registrarse directamente por teléfono, en español, tenemos esta opción, simplemente comuníquese con Clementina Jara al 510-643-7048.

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Por favor comuníquese con Clementina Jara al 510-643-7048 o zenaida@berkeley.edu con cualquier pregunta sobre el programa o para procesar su registración a la Escuela de Liderazgo.

La Escuela de Liderazgo le da la bienvenida a la participación de toda persona, independientemente de raza, etnicidad, color, sexo, religión e origen nacional.

The UC Berkeley Labor Center is proud to announce the Latino Leadership School, a workshop for Spanish-speaking emerging leaders from unions and community-based organizations. The program will include leadership development, campaign planning, building labor and community alliances, and policy discussions. It will be taught in Spanish, and will provide a unique opportunity for participants to learn organizing skills that can later be shared with peers in their organizations. Our hope is that with greater leadership capacity, Latino labor and community leaders and their organizations will develop stronger capacity to address the economic and social challenges they face.

Cost: $395 includes room and board, meals, instruction, and curriculum materials
Dates: Friday May 17 through Sunday May 19, 2013
Location: St. Dorothy's Rest
168 St. Dorothy's Avenue
Camp Meeker, CA 95419
http://www.stdorothysrest.org/

This workshop will be conducted entirely in Spanish.
Registration is open until class is full.

Please note that we are able to take applications from monolingual Spanish speakers over the phone.

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Please feel free to contact Clementina Jara at 510-643-7048 or zenaida@berkeley.edu with any questions, or to submit an application in Spanish over the phone. We look forward to hearing from you!

The Latino Leadership School welcomes participation regardless of race, ethnicity, color, sex, or national origin.

The goal of the C. L. Dellums African American Union Leadership School is to train unionists active in the Black community so they are able to assume leadership and staff positions in unions. One central need of unions in the U.S. is additional union leaders who are active in the Black community. Historically, the synergy between the labor movement and the civil rights movement has yielded some of the greatest strides toward justice in this country.

Over the course of eight sessions, participants will develop skills in a variety of areas including campaign planning, member mobilization, and building strategic partnerships. Since the school’s inception, over 90 unionists have come through the program; graduates have increased their level of activism within the labor movement as they work with their union and their central labor council.

The 2012 Dellums School was co-sponsored by the Alameda Labor Council (ALC). The ALC serves as an umbrella organization coordinating political, community, and educational programs for more than 120 unions. It represents 100,000 workers in healthcare, transportation, education, construction, manufacturing and service. The mission of the Alameda Labor Council is committed to improving the lives of working families by bringing economic justice to our workplaces and social justice to our communities.

Dates: Eight sessions are every two weeks on Saturdays; 2013 dates TBA.

For more information contact:
Steven Pitts
(510) 643-6815

The C.L. Dellums African American Union Leadership School welcomes participation regardless of race, ethnicity, color, sex, or national origin.

The Strategic Campaigns Workshop is a five-day intensive for organizers, researchers, field reps and business agents, member leaders, communications specialists and political coordinators in unions and community-based organizations that are embarking on, or in the midst of, strategic campaigns.

Participants will be guided through a series of steps to create a comprehensive campaign plan.  The workshop will build participants' ability to:

• move a campaign forward and build the organization;
• improve member participation;
• analyze power dynamics;
• utilize strategies that build on the strengths of the organization and consider the weaknesses of key players;
• develop a unifying theme that the public can support;
• create a campaign plan with timeline, benchmarks and escalating tactics; and
• practice how to revise the campaign plan as events unfold.

The roles of research, external communications, political action, strategic partnerships and membership development will be examined.

Applicants are encouraged to nominate a campaign you are working on to be a case study. Participants will work in teams to develop a comprehensive plan for one of the case study campaigns that are selected.

Organizations are encouraged to send teams of two or more who are working on the same campaign.

Past participants have described the workshop as "the best workshop I have ever attended" and said "this class has opened my eyes to a whole new world of organizing."

Dates: Monday September 16 - Friday September 20, 2013

For more information contact:
Karen Orlando
(510) 643-8366

Get camera-ready at this two-day media skills workshop for union communications directors, leaders, and organizers. The sessions feature essential lessons for developing a highly effective messaging campaign, including creating a comprehensive communications strategy, developing effective messages, understanding media outreach tactics and honing off- and on-camera spokesperson skills.

Additionally, workshop participants will have the opportunity to meet with a panel of local journalists, practice effective media planning and outreach, and learn about new social media tools in this intensive dive into media relations.

Dates: 2013 date TBA

For more information contact:
Clementina Jara
(510) 643-7048

Learn how to use online tools to garner media attention and organize workers and community members. This introductory, practice-based two-day workshop will cover the how-to's and best practices for use of traditional online tools such as email alerts, websites, and online newsletters, as well as emerging online tools and tactics such as blogging, podcasting, and social networking, among others. If you have little or no experience with online media communications and would like to comprehensively explore the possibilities, this workshop is a great opportunity for you learn the foundational skills in a supportive group setting. Cultivate your confidence and become active in strengthening your organization's online presence.

Depending on participant interest, future follow-up coaching sessions and/or peer to peer based learning sessions will take place.

In collaboration with Aspiration

Dates: Thursday, May 30 through Friday, May 31, 2013
Cost: $350, includes meals, instruction, and curricula materials
Location: UC Berkeley Labor Center, IRLE Building (map)
2521 Channing Way, #5555
Berkeley, CA 94720

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Application deadline: May 13, 2013

For more information contact:
Clementina Jara
(510) 643-7048

ATTENTION: If you are interested in attending an Advanced Online Media Skills Workshop, please email Clementina Jara at zenaida@berkeley.edu to let us know.

This two-day introductory workshop is intended for union researchers who are responsible for carrying out research for organizing and collective bargaining campaigns. It will provide participants with a general overview, case studies, as well as hands-on exercises to practice research strategies and methodologies.

Dates: Thursday June 26 - Friday June 27, 2013

For more information contact:
Clementina Jara
(510) 643-7048