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DETROIT REGIONAL CAMPUS
Detroit Regional Campus will build off the digital infrastructure, learning methodologies, and national partner & mentor network of Movement School and Detroit Action’s strong and inclusive community power building model. It will include six online intensive training sessions with simulation-based assignments, led by experienced organizers, on a range of key 2022 best practices.
COURSE SELECTION
Wedge Issues: How the Right and Center Fracture Coalitions for Progressive Change
Experience Level: 201
Class Time: Tuesday & Thursday 7-9p ET
You’ll learn the analysis, language, and organizing tactics needed to take on the fight against antisemitism and anti-Palestinian racism as part of the broader fight for racial and economic justice.
Relational Organizing: Tactics, Tools, and Targeting
Experience Level: 201
Class Time: Thursdays 7-9p ET
In this course, we will cover the fundamentals of relational organizing. We will use traditional organizing methods, but add specific tactics to maximize engagement with all voters. Throughout this course, and will together identify the strategies campaigns should include in their traditional organizing programs.
GOTV Basics: How to Win
Experience Level: 101
Class Time: Wednesdays 7-9p ET
In this course, you will learn which tools and tactics are the most effective in transforming a supporter into an actual voter. From creating an accurate GOTV universe to planning out the flow of your office to maximize volunteer efficiency, this course will take you through all of the basics of how to set up and run a winning GOTV campaign.
Beyond the Bullhorn: How to Use Effective Communications to Amplify Your Work
Experience Level: 201
Class Time: Wednesdays 6-8p ET
This is an intermediate course that will go over the basics and dive deeper into communications and media. By the end of the course, participants will know how to write a full communications plan and know how to deploy tactics within it.
Funding the Movement: A Grassroots Lens into Campaign Fundraising
Experience Level: 101
Class Time: Tuesdays 6-8p ET
In this course we will learn how to inject people-centered values into how to power a campaign. From managing call time, to making the hard ask, to setting up both virtual and in-person fundraisers, to successfully meeting your fundraising goals, you'll learn it all.
Twitter and TikTok and Reddit, oh my! Social Media Management for Progressives
Experience Level: 101
Class Time: Mondays 7-9p ET
(starting June 6, ending June 11, plus makeup class for July 4th holiday)
This course will cover everything from meme culture to digital ad programs and give students the knowledge and tools they need to effectively manage the online presence of a campaign or organization.