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INTERGENERATIONAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
The Center develops new leaders throughout our various internal
and external programs, giving special attention to youth.
CIO has also established a structured, year-long leadership
development program, Pan-Immigrant Leadership and Organizing
Training (PILOT) that serves emerging first generation immigrant
and refugee leaders.
Pan-Immigrant Leadership and
Organizing Training (PILOT) Program
By enhancing the skills, analysis and organizing ability
of emerging immigrant and refugee leaders across cultural
groups, the Pan-Immigrant Leadership and Organizing Training
(PILOT) Program builds long-term relationships between diverse
immigrant and refugee communities in Portland and build the
capacity and voice of new communities to affect change.
PILOT Program Approach:
The PILOT Program seeks to address the challenges faced by
emerging immigrant and refugee leaders and groups through
strategic support and skill building convenings.
Over 12 months, Center for Intercultural Organizing (CIO)
will:
- Identify and support individual leaders from various immigrant
and refugee communities to build a shared analysis for organizing;
- Strengthen the capacity of immigrants and refugees to
build power for their communities through in depth skill
building, leadership development and mentoring; and
- Develop a long-term multi-ethnic coalition of immigrant
and refugee leaders, who can work together on issue campaigns
in Portland.
PROGRAM ELEMENTS
Training and workshops: Over the course
of 12 months, participants will convene quarterly (four times
per year) for two and a half day weekend retreats, where they
will participate in workshops such as: basics of city government;
introduction to community organizing; politics of oppression;
power analysis; cross-cultural community movement building;
conflict resolution; base-building; media strategy and many
more aspects that are relevant to the experiences of immigrants,
refugees people of color overall. The trainers of these workshops
will be coming from local, regional and national institutions,
who have extensive expertise and are among the best in their
field.
Field Training for Participants: During
this program, participants will put their training into practice
by learning how to testify at City Council, hold press conferences,
attend public meetings and implement short term community
projects, which they will then evaluate. Project work and
check-ins will be scheduled monthly.
For more information, please contact:
Kayse Jama at (503) 287-4117 - kayse@interculturalorganizing.org
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