About This Event
Did Noah build the ark before the flood, or as the rain came down?
The most resilient communities aren't the ones that just got lucky when a crisis struck. They are the ones where neighbors organized themselves long before, building relationships across differences, sharing skills and resources, and cultivating their People Power to resist and change the threats they face. Whether that crisis is a natural disaster, violent occupation, systemic injustice, or something else, communities that have already built trust, cooperation, and common stories are more likely to respond with intention and care.
In this 3-hour interactive, participatory workshop, we will:
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Explore the concept of a “connected community” and why it matters
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Practice Circles as an easy tool for sharing stories, identifying community needs, and building relationships
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Experiment with Asset Mapping as a way for neighbors to identify and share skills, passions, and resources
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Introduce Neighborhood Mapping as a tool to map resources, challenges, and potential partners in a neighborhood
This workshop is designed to give you a simple but practical toolbox you can immediately use to help neighbors in your community build trust, find common values, and start practicing mutual aid and cooperation. We will be drawing on wisdom and skills from asset-based community development, peace circles, years of community organizing experience, and the recent nonviolent community response to federal occupation in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN to equip and motivate you to start organizing your community now so that you are ready when crisis strikes.
In order to protect the safety of participants and organizers, this workshop will not be recorded. The slides and resources will be shared with all who register.
Price: $10-75
Choose the ticket price that best suits your financial ability. No one will be turned away for lack of resources. If you need a full scholarship for this workshop, please email Peter at peter.anderson@peacecatalyst.org.
This training is part of a series of workshops preparing people to organize for justice, resist authoritarianism, and build a better tomorrow. Check out other workshops here.
Interested in inviting Peace Catalyst to host a workshop or training in your own community? Learn more here.
About the Facilitator: Peter Digitale Anderson
Peter is Peace Catalyst’s Executive Director and Program Director in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he is equipping community peacemakers and collaborating with others for racial justice and healing. His projects include facilitating a healing and practice space for white men undoing white supremacist and patriarchal cultures; organizing white folk, especially people of faith, to work for racial justice alongside BIPOC partners; providing nonviolent protection for civilians and training others in safety skills; building community and inspiring activists through singing circles; and more. In addition, Peter leads trainings in conflict transformation, nonviolence, trauma awareness and healing, and community-based peacebuilding.
About This Event
Did Noah build the ark before the flood, or as the rain came down?
The most resilient communities aren't the ones that just got lucky when a crisis struck. They are the ones where neighbors organized themselves long before, building relationships across differences, sharing skills and resources, and cultivating their People Power to resist and change the threats they face. Whether that crisis is a natural disaster, violent occupation, systemic injustice, or something else, communities that have already built trust, cooperation, and common stories are more likely to respond with intention and care.
In this 3-hour interactive, participatory workshop, we will:
-
Explore the concept of a “connected community” and why it matters
-
Practice Circles as an easy tool for sharing stories, identifying community needs, and building relationships
-
Experiment with Asset Mapping as a way for neighbors to identify and share skills, passions, and resources
-
Introduce Neighborhood Mapping as a tool to map resources, challenges, and potential partners in a neighborhood
This workshop is designed to give you a simple but practical toolbox you can immediately use to help neighbors in your community build trust, find common values, and start practicing mutual aid and cooperation. We will be drawing on wisdom and skills from asset-based community development, peace circles, years of community organizing experience, and the recent nonviolent community response to federal occupation in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN to equip and motivate you to start organizing your community now so that you are ready when crisis strikes.
In order to protect the safety of participants and organizers, this workshop will not be recorded. The slides and resources will be shared with all who register.
Price: $10-75
Choose the ticket price that best suits your financial ability. No one will be turned away for lack of resources. If you need a full scholarship for this workshop, please email Peter at peter.anderson@peacecatalyst.org.
This training is part of a series of workshops preparing people to organize for justice, resist authoritarianism, and build a better tomorrow. Check out other workshops here.
Interested in inviting Peace Catalyst to host a workshop or training in your own community? Learn more here.
About the Facilitator: Peter Digitale Anderson
Peter is Peace Catalyst’s Executive Director and Program Director in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he is equipping community peacemakers and collaborating with others for racial justice and healing. His projects include facilitating a healing and practice space for white men undoing white supremacist and patriarchal cultures; organizing white folk, especially people of faith, to work for racial justice alongside BIPOC partners; providing nonviolent protection for civilians and training others in safety skills; building community and inspiring activists through singing circles; and more. In addition, Peter leads trainings in conflict transformation, nonviolence, trauma awareness and healing, and community-based peacebuilding.