JULY 13 – AUGUST 3, 2023
Organizing Trainings for a More Just World
This 4-part series will be a space for parishioners, parish staff, and educators to skill-build the techniques and methods we need to manifest our dreams for justice into effective action.
Utilizing the lens of Ignatian discernment and grounded in the teaching of the Parable of the Sower, we’ll examine how we:
- build strong teams
- mobilize people to action
- amplify our message
- engage in strategic advocacy
- build support in our institutions
- hold ourselves accountable to directly impacted communities
Meet The Trainer
SESSION 1
JULY 13
3-4:30PM ET/12-1:30PM PT
Good Soil: Encounter & Communal Discernment Part 1
How do we align people in our institutions around the dreams we wish to put into action?
Skills: Base-building, ally mapping, communal discernment
SESSION 2
JULY 20
3-4:30PM ET/12-1:30PM PT
Seeding: Encounter & Communal Discernment Part 2
How do we organize people and discern a common goal? How do we inspire people to act?
Skills: Listening campaigns, recruitment, 1:1s and story-telling
SESSION 3
JULY 27
3-4:30PM ET/12-1:30PM PT
Sprouting: Research & Reimagination
How do we get beyond our church walls to build relationships with the larger community, stay accountable to directly impacted people and engage in systemic change?
Skills: Power mapping and relational research meetings
SESSION 4
AUGUST 3
3-4:30PM ET/12-1:30PM PT
Harvest: Taking Prophetic Action & Building Our Base
How do we take action for change that also builds our movements for justice? How do we utilize actions and events to recruit more leaders and broadcast our message?
Registration Cost: $40 (for the full series)
FAQ’s
How long are sessions? Can I attend just one?
Sessions take place monthly and will last approximately 90 minutes.
You are asked to commit to attending at least three of the four sessions.
I’m not affiliated with a Jesuit institution. Can I still come?
Yes. While Dreams Into Action is grounded in Ignatian spirituality and serving the Jesuit network, it is open to all who have an openness to the Ignatian approach and a desire to build a more vibrant faith-justice parish or school community.
Who should attend Dreams Into Action?
- Parish and school leaders/volunteers who don’t know where to start in their work for ecological and social justice.
- Parish and school leaders/volunteers who have struggled to get traction in their work for ecological and social justice.
- People who want explore organizing and advocacy work through an Ignatian / theological lens.
Questions
Please contact Kim Coleman at kcoleman@ignatiansolidarity.net or (216) 200-4201.