Overview
Overview:
Campus Camp Wellstone is a 1 ½ day grassroots organizer training designed for college students and young people. Our program is nonpartisan, and welcomes both experienced organizers and those who are completely new to activism. Our trainers are young leaders in community organizing, labor, and nonprofit organizations. They represent diverse racial and class communities and a range of social justice issues from labor and economic justice to immigration, LGBTQ equality, cultural healing work, and representations of people of color in the media.
The program is designed for young people (aged 18-35) who are interested in building their grassroots organizing skills to win on progressive issues that affect their community, campus, or quality of life.
Campus Camp Wellstone (CCW) is an interactive, high-energy, problem-solving environment for all types of learners. We focus on practicing concrete skills, like strategic planning, power mapping, grassroots organizing, and message development. Our goal is to help more students become effective and skilled organizers by teaching how to successfully recruit and retain volunteers and develop new leadership.
Details:
- Length: 1.5 days
- Apply: Varies throughout the year
Spud’s Thoughts:
A friend of mine suggested I look into this group. She went through the program during college and said it was really great. The site seems a tiny bit outdated though so you may need to inquire with them to see if they are still running these programs in 2017 (I assume they are). Otherwise it looks like they have some other programs that you may want to take advantage of through Wellstone.
