High School Chapter Organizing Toolkit

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Intended Audience:  High School youth chapter members or smaller chapter leadership core. 

For new or emerging High School youth chapters.

Level of difficulty:  Introductory

Curriculum (1 hour each, divided into two 30 min sessions - lunch, or afterschool):

Workshops:

  1. Mission and Vision
  2. Intro to Grassroots Organizing
  3. Intro to Basebuilding
  4. Intro to Grassroots Fundraising
  5. Intro to Leadership Development
  6. Intro to Public Speaking and Facilitation
  7. Intro to Action Research
  8. Intro to Campaigns Part I (Campaign Steps)
  9. Intro to Campaigns Part II (Strategy)
  10. Intro to Campaigns Part III (Tactics and Alliances)
  11. Intro to Project Planning

Tools:

  1. Starting a Chapter (Basic Steps and Know Your Rights)
  2. Icebreaker Resources
  3. Creating a Workshop
  4. Artivism (Art and Activism for Campaigns)
  5. Planning Worksheets
  6. Evaluation, Celebration, Documentation

Chapter Structure Models:

  • Californians for Justice, (Long Beach, Fresno, San Jose, Oakland)
  • Inner City Struggle, Los Angeles CA
Movement Strategy Center / Californians for Justice

Curricula and Resources

Mission and Vision

by Movement Strategy Center, Californians for Justice

Intended Audience:  High School youth chapter members or smaller chapter leadership core. 

For new or emerging High School youth chapters.

Level of difficulty:  Introductory

Curriculum (1 hour each, divided into two 30 min sessions - lunch, or afterschool):

  • To introduce members to your mission, vision and principles
  • To make connections with our personal struggles and our organizing work.
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Californians for Justice / Movement Strategy Center

Intro to Organizing

by Movement Strategy Center

Intended Audience:  High School youth chapter members or smaller chapter leadership core. 

For new or emerging High School youth chapters.

Level of difficulty:  Introductory

Curriculum (1 hour each, divided into two 30 min sessions - lunch, or afterschool):

·      To define organizing

·      To examine the differences between organizing, service and advocacy

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Chinese Progressive Association - San Francisco / Movement Strategy Center / Tierra Viva

Intro to Basebuilding

by Movement Strategy Center, Californians for Justice

Intended Audience:  High School youth chapter members or smaller chapter leadership core. 

For new or emerging High School youth chapters.

Level of difficulty:  Introductory

Curriculum (1 hour each, divided into two 30 min sessions - lunch, or afterschool):

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Californians for Justice / Movement Strategy Center

Intro to Grassroots Fundraising

by Movement Strategy Center, Californians for Justice

Intended Audience:  High School youth chapter members or smaller chapter leadership core. 

For new or emerging High School youth chapters.

Level of difficulty:  Introductory

Curriculum (1 hour each, divided into two 30 min sessions - lunch, or afterschool):

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Californians for Justice / Movement Strategy Center

Intro to Leadership Development

by Movement Strategy Center, Californians for Justice

Intended Audience:  High School youth chapter members or smaller chapter leadership core. 

For new or emerging High School youth chapters.

Level of difficulty:  Introductory

Curriculum (1 hour each, divided into two 30 min sessions - lunch, or afterschool):

·      To discuss the importance of relationship building in recruitment and retention of members.

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Californians for Justice / Movement Strategy Center

Intro to Public Speaking and Facilitation

by Movement Strategy Center, Californians for Justice

Intended Audience:  High School youth chapter members or smaller chapter leadership core. 

For new or emerging High School youth chapters.

Level of difficulty:  Introductory

Curriculum (1 hour each, divided into two 30 min sessions - lunch, or afterschool):

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Californians for Justice / Movement Strategy Center

Intro to Action Research

by Movement Strategy Center, Californians for Justice

Intended Audience:  High School youth chapter members or smaller chapter leadership core. 

For new or emerging High School youth chapters.

Level of difficulty:  Introductory

Curriculum (1 hour each, divided into two 30 min sessions - lunch, or afterschool):

·      To introduce participants to the concept of action research.

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Californians for Justice / Movement Strategy Center

Intro to Campaigns Part I (Campaign Steps)

by Movement Strategy Center, Californians for Justice

Intended Audience:  High School youth chapter members or smaller chapter leadership core. 

For new or emerging High School youth chapters.

Level of difficulty:  Introductory

Curriculum (1 hour each, divided into two 30 min sessions - lunch, or afterschool):

Goals:

  • To introduce participants to steps of a campaign.
  • To introduce participants to community mapping as a tool for identifying campaign issues.
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Californians for Justice / Movement Strategy Center

Intro to Campaigns Part II (Strategy)

by Movement Strategy Center, Californians for Justice

Intended Audience:  High School youth chapter members or smaller chapter leadership core. 

For new or emerging High School youth chapters.

Level of difficulty:  Introductory

Curriculum (1 hour each, divided into two 30 min sessions - lunch, or afterschool):

Goals:

  • To introduce participants to key organizing strategy concepts and definitions.
  • To have participants begin to develop a basic strategy by identifying different elements for their campaign.
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Californians for Justice / Movement Strategy Center

Intro to Campaigns Part III (Tactics and Alliances)

by Movement Strategy Center, Californians for Justice

Intended Audience:  High School youth chapter members or smaller chapter leadership core. 

For new or emerging High School youth chapters.

Level of difficulty:  Introductory

Curriculum (1 hour each, divided into two 30 min sessions - lunch, or afterschool):

  • To deepen participant’s knowledge of direct action tactics.
  • To understand to the role of alliances in organizing work and movement building.
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Californians for Justice / Movement Strategy Center

Intro to Project Planning

by Movement Strategy Center, Californians for Justice

Intended Audience:  High School youth chapter members or smaller chapter leadership core. 

For new or emerging High School youth chapters.

Level of difficulty:  Introductory

Curriculum (1 hour each, divided into two 30 min sessions - lunch, or afterschool):

·      To understand SMART goals.

·      To use SMART goals to plan a project.

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Californians for Justice / Movement Strategy Center

Icebreakers, Teambuilders, and Energizers - Compiled

by Movement Strategy Center

Compilation of icebreaker, teambuilder, and energizer resources.

 

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High School Chapter Tools

by Movement Strategy Center, Californians for Justice
  • Starting a High School Chapter (Gay Straight Alliance Network)
  • Sample Chapter Activities Calendar (Californians for Justice)
  • Sample Strategy Chart (Midwest Academy)
  • Evaluation Handout
  • Creating a Workshop
  • Artivism

 

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Movement Strategy Center

High School Chapter Models - Samples

by Movement Strategy Center

Diagrams of Californians for Justice and Inner City Struggle High School Chapter Model.

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Californians for Justice