SKILL-BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES & RESOURCES
We connect Arizonans with free skill-building trainings, opportunities, and resources from our partner organizations, movement groups, or community organizers across our state and country. This page is updated bi-weekly.
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AZ-PALESTINE RESOURCES
A digital space dedicated to uplifting organizations’ work, education, art, and resources for the Palestinian Solidarity movement, especially in Arizona.
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Praxis in Action
From communications to organizing to fundraising, you can access Instituto’s free library of video courses and worksheets anytime and from anywhere.
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MIGRA WATCH & SOLIDARITY ACCOMPANIMENT TRAINING
Join Puente for their upcoming Migra Watch & Solidarity Accompaniment Trainings to learn how to report and respond to ICE activity in our community. Follow them on Instagram for the latest updates.
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Know Your Rights Zine Folding and Community Gathering
Knowing your rights is one of the first steps you can take to protect yourself and immigrant neighbors from ICE. Join Casa Caracol for their know your rights workshop.
Saturday, Sept. 5 | 1-4 pm. | In-person in Phoenix
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Tucson Prop 207: Info Session & Grow Workshop
Join Monarca Center and AZ Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander for Equity AANHPI for Equity for their Prop 207 Grow Workshop & Marijuana Expungement fair. This year, they will have an entire schedule of events, including a Prop 207 Grow Course and Marijuana Conviction Expungement Clinic. The workshop will be led by Master Gardener Zotero, The Sonoran Desert Grower.
Saturday, Sept. 5 | 10-2PM MST | Hybrid: Virtual + In-person in Tucson
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Beyond the Org Chart: Power + Practice in Management Trainings
Great leadership is more than having all the answers. Join Instituto as we give you the tools, clarity, and confidence to self-assess your leadership style and strengthen your relationships with the people you manage. Plus, you’ll walk away with impactful management resources!
In-person (Phoenix): Thursday, Sept. 10 | 10AM-4 PM AZ/MST
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Midtown Work Day
Want to learn how to work on a community farm while connecting with nature? Join Flowers and Bullets for their second Saturday workdays to help transform a former school campus into a community hub for urban agriculture, food sovereignty, education, and environmental stewardship.
Saturday, Sept. 12 | 8AM-12PM | In-person in Tucson
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Power Back: A Movement School for Election Defense - Pima County
GenVote and Arizona-based organizations are embarking on a first-of-its-kind national tour, Power Back: A Movement School for Election Defense, to provide education on election protection, know your rights, creative action planning, and much more! Open to all ages, with a special focus on students, and young people!
Saturday, Sept. 12 | 9AM – 5:30PM | In-person in Tucson
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Power Back: A Movement School for Election Defense - Maricopa County
GenVote and Arizona-based organizations are embarking on a first-of-its-kind national tour, Power Back: A Movement School for Election Defense, to provide education on election protection, know your rights, creative action planning, and much more! Open to all ages, with a special focus on students, and young people!
Sunday, Sept. 13 | 9AM – 5:30PM | In-person in Phoenix
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Election Preparedness: Preparing for Safe GOTV & Election-Day Work
Want to learn how to help keep your staff and volunteers safe at doors and polls during their Election Day get-out-the-vote (GOTV) work? New Left Accelerator’s Election Preparedness training is designed to help campaigns, organizers, and poll workers prepare to safely engage voters and run GOTV programs on and before Election Day.
Wednesday, Sept. 16 | 10 AM MST | Virtual
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Express Yourself! Makers Collective
Hosted by Fuerte Arts Movement in collaboration with community artist and small business owner Andria Munoz for our monthly creative activation. This space is for combining community conversations and open-studio time.
Wednesday, Sept. 16 | 6–8PM MST | In-person Phoenix Valley
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Power Back: A Movement School for Election Defense - Navajo County
GenVoteand Arizona-based organizations are embarking on a first-of-its-kind national tour, Power Back: A Movement School for Election Defense, to provide education on election protection, know your rights, creative action planning, and much more! Open to all ages, with a special focus on students, and young people!
Saturday, Sept. 19 | 9AM – 5:30PM | In-person in Kayenta
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Election Protection 2026: Preparation, Not Panic
Now is the time to prepare to protect the 2026 elections! Local Progress Impact Lab is ready to help, with a series of calls that will feature guidance from expert partners on key election protection strategies and space for individualized support. From mapping your election to support before Election Day, join to learn about the threat landscape and ways to build people power and resiliency to defend our right to vote.
Various dates from Sept. 23-Oct. 28 | Various Times | Virtual
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501(c)(4)s & Elections: What 501(c)(4)s Need to Know for Staying Compliant in Elections
Do you need a refresher on the legal rules that govern what your 501(c)(4) can do this election season? Join New Left Accelerator for their training on the latest best practices to stay compliant.
Wednesday, Sept. 30 | 9 AM MST | Virtual
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Building My Resume: Undocu Edition
Scholarships A-Z put together a guide that will give you the resources to create and finalize your own resume.
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re:power Trainings & Events
From trainings on power mapping to grassroots organizing, re:power offers training and strategic support to leaders and organizations across the progressive ecosystem with base building as the cornerstone of sustainable organizing and power building.
Various dates | In-person or Zoom