First Friday: Organizing 101
What: HSC hosts a session on how to plan and organize a successful campaign that seeks support for political change and public support.
Why: If you want change, you need to know how to make it happen.
When: 11:30 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. on Friday, March 6
Where: HSC, 260 NE 17th Terrace, Suite 200, Miami 33132. Tickets are $10
Sign language interpreters will be provided free of charge upon request. Auxiliary aides and services will also be provided upon request, including printed material in alternative formats. Requests should be addressed to jacobc@hscdade.org, or 305-576-5001 x28
What is Community Organizing? How was Community Organizing used during Obama's campaign?
Julia Daniels and youth from PowerU Youth PowerU Center For Social Change will discuss the role of community organizing in social change, highlighting current efforts to stop the criminalization of youth in inner city schools.
http://www.poweru.org/
Previous successes
2001 Secured over $1 million in inner city school improvements.
2003 Co-founded Root Cause and sponsored 34 mile march against the Free Trade Area of the Americas
2004 Stopped toxic dumping in Wagner Creek; won the fight for a Turnpike Noise Wall
2005 Stopped the expansion of an I-95 ramp in Overtown, already devastated by I-95.
2005 Created the SCRUB program, which required a standard of excellence and accountability for clean schools and clean bathrooms.
2007 Youth leaders trained by Power U conduct assessment of disciplinary practices in Booker T. Washington High School and present findings and demands to School Board, teachers, and students.
PowerU is a grassroots organization based in Miami, Florida; fighting for our land, our people, our community; Organizing for justice in our schools and communities; Supporting the struggle of social, environmental, and economic justice.
