SKILL-BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES & RESOURCES
We connect Arizonans with 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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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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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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Community Safety Trainings
Arizona Democracy Resource Center is offering de-escalation and safety trainings for organizations and individuals interested in building a strong safety culture rooted in everyday practices of collective care and community-based responses to harm. These trainings will provide an overview of tools to prevent and navigate conflict, strengthen trust, and support one another’s safety, all without relying on policing or punishment.
Thursdays, Sept. 4 & 18 | 5:30-8PM | Phoenix metro-area
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Know Your Risks Inside and Out
Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro, alongside Poder in Action and Mass Liberation Arizona, will host a Know Your Risks session on the ins and outs of arrests.
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 6-8 p.m. | Full address shared after registration.
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Save Our Schools Arizona
Join Save Our Schools Arizona to learn about our deep canvassing efforts and how to have meaningful conversations with swing voters at the doors in competitive legislative districts. Deep canvassing focuses on listening and connecting with voters to understand their concerns, questions, and perspectives on public education.
Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from Sept. 9-Oct. 19 | Virtual
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Movement Technology Digital Power Series
re:power’s new Digital Power Series teaches strategies and best practices to use digital technology to organize our communities, fight fascism and build power both in our communities and across the progressive movement.
Series runs from Sept. 24 through Nov. 19 | Virtual
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Campaign School Series: Launching & Managing Canvasses
In this two-part workshop, re:power will focus on one of the key ingredients of a successful field program: the door-to-door canvass. Participants will learn how to effectively set up canvasses and manage canvass staff through best practices and role playing.
Monday, Sept. 8 | 1-3 PM MST/AZ | Virtual -
Financial Empowerment Series
From renting 101 to managing debt, YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix’s classes will help you build financial confidence. The sessions are open and free to the public!
Series runs from August through December | In-person in Phoenix Valley & Virtual