Community Classes 2023
Fall 2023
Cost: $50 for union-sponsored participants; $25 for participants without union support; free to anyone who cannot afford to pay. Registration is required for these virtual classes (you can get there by clicking on the class title). Zoom links to the class will be emailed after registration.Â
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Video Production for OrganizersÂ
Date & Time: Thursday, November 9, 2:00pm - 4:00pm CTÂ
Facilitator: Isabela Escalona Â
Video is an important part of storytelling and sharing a narrative for labor and community organizing. Whether you’re creating an ad, a campaign video, a TikTok, a fundraising pitch, promoting an event, or highlighting a member’s story, there are so many ways video can be used to share your campaign or movement’s story and vision for the future. In this session we will go over how to plan a video, how to produce a video with everyday equipment, how to capture a powerful interview and b-roll, how to edit, and ways to promote a video once it is produced. This class is ideal for beginners.Â
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Grievance Handling & Arbitrability
Date & Time: Tuesday, November 14, 3:00pm - 6:00pm CTÂ
Facilitator: Amy Livingston Â
This class will cover the basics of the grievance handling process, from how to determine if a concern is a grievance, to how to determine if you should move an unresolved grievance forward to arbitration. Other topics covered include: how to investigate a grievance; how to write and file a grievance; investigatory interviews; just cause discipline; and how to support members when they have a valid concern or problem that is not subject to the grievance procedure. Â
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Date & Time:Â Thursday, November 16, 2023, 4:30pm - 6pm CTÂ
Facilitators: Susan Raffo, Rocki SimõesÂ
What is mutual aid? What are some historical examples of mutual aid in the labor movement in this country?  What are some examples of this practice in our communities, large and small? How can I/we learn more? These are some of the questions we will answer and ponder as a group in a facilitated presentation and discussion. Â
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Date & Time: Wednesday, December 13th, Noon - 1:00pm CTÂ
Facilitator: Cassie Williams
Art has been used throughout history to inform, tell stories, and to make change. This course will explore how art has been used in social movements to organize and how to incorporate it into our organizing strategies.Â