For scholarship considerations, and to give yourselves time to prepare, we urge you to submit your application by August 24. The final deadline will be September 7. Applicants will be notified of their status by September 14.
Organizations are required to send at least 20 people who are working together on or planning a campaign and must provide one coordinator per group of 20. Individuals will not be accepted to the program. The coordinator will lead exercises in their group, relay key course information, and schedule campaign practice meetings in between the main Skills to Win sessions. Please read more about the group coordinator’s role here.
Please contact Program Coordinator Kirsten Bottles Willer at kwiller@berkeley.edu or 360-630-3021 if you have any questions.
Point Person Contact Information This is a person who will serve as the key contact of their organization. We will contact them to provide information about Skills to Win, with the expectation that they will provide this information to their organization. If you have other group coordinators, we will send them the specific group coordinator information. However, only one person per organization needs to fill out the Skills to Win application.
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The Skills to Win fee is $1500 per organization. If the fee poses a problem for your organization, please contact Kirsten Bottles Willer at kwiller@berkeley.edu to discuss payment and scholarship options. For scholarship consideration, please submit your application by August 24.
* Billing Contact Name:
* Billing Contact Phone:
* Billing Email Address:
* How many people do you plan to bring to Skills to Win? Each organization is required to bring at least 20 people. Once you are accepted, we will require an initial participants list from you. Your final participant list will be due on September 22.
* Who are you bringing to Skills to Win? (members, elected leader in organization, staff, tenants, parents, etc)
* Who are your group coordinators? Please list names, emails, phone numbers:
* What role(s) do your group coordinators play in your organization (e.g. member, paid staff, elected leader in the organization, etc):
* It is required that your group coordinators be able to access a Zoom Pro account. Can you ensure that your group coordinators have access to a Zoom Pro (or higher) account or will have one in time for the training? –None–YesNo
* What do you hope to gain from this workshop?
The training will be provided in English and Spanish using simultaneous interpretation and all written materials will be provided in both languages. Will you need Spanish translation for the program? If so, please select it here: Spanish
* Please describe the campaign(s) your team is working on:
* What is the industry, sector, or issue area of the campaign? For example, public healthcare, janitorial services, housing, expanding the safety net etc.
* What is the geographical scope of the campaign? –None–CityCountyStateNationalInternationalOther
If other, please describe:
* Please describe the workers, member leaders, and/or base to be involved:
* What is the goal of the campaign? How will you know that you have won? For example, organized 1000 workers, won a first contract agreement, passed new legislation, etc.
* If the campaign has begun, please describe the progress towards the goal so far.
* What was you campaign launch date (or anticipated launch date if it hasn’t begun):
* What is the participation rate in the campaign among your members? What is your goal for percent of workers who will participate?
* How do you track participation?:
Agreement By submitting this application, I understand that: * I will need at least 20 people to participate in Skills to Win. I will submit a preliminary list of names upon acceptance into the program, with a final list due on September 22. * I will read the group coordinator job description and share it with my other group coordinators. * My group coordinators will attend a 2-hour group coordinator training the week of September 19. * If my group has Spanish-speaking participants, I will provide a group coordinator who speaks Spanish and will manage their breakout group. * My team will be required to meet in between Skills to Win training sessions to complete campaign practice assignments to develop our skills each week.
