Denver Michele Healy, the new chief of staff for SEIU’s Organizing Department, and one of the founding directors of their WAVE training program for new organizers, started one session of the Organizers’ Forum by listing the six things that she felt were critical in good training and retention of competent organizers. Number 2 on the …
Category: Organizer Training
Training Organizers
Denver The Organizers’ Forum Spring Dialogue opened in the crisp, clean spring air of the foothills between Denver and the mountains, but the first day’s private session for the board and their training directors indicated that all of us are searching deeply for better and more effective training systems, especially where we need to get …
LOCOA Loose Ends
Manila While heading for the airport in Manila to begin the endless flight to the next pieces of work in San Francisco, I was witness to the endless dialing calculations of organizers as they confront the deadening and difficult traffic of the city. It may have been before dawn on a Sunday, but there were …