Taking Down Goliath is a climate-focused community organizing training specifically for Jewish 18 to 32 year olds. All are welcome to nominate someone.
Why us? Because we are the ones inheriting the planet and the climate crisis. Because social movements throughout history have been propelled by younger generations. Because as Jews, we can do more to organize our communities to address the climate crisis and bring about justice.
What will we learn? We’ll learn about strategy for building social movements, theory and practice for creating successful campaigns, and make a plan for ongoing organizing on your campus or in your community, including joining or starting a Dayenu Circle or taking action with a current campaign.
This training is a three part program, held over Zoom:
February 21, 23, and 28, 2023
8-10 pm ET / 7-9 pm CT / 6-8 pm MT / 5-7 pm PT
This is one training, spread out over three sessions. Please plan to attend all three sessions (2 hours each, or 6 hours total). Training participants who complete all three sessions are offered a $50 stipend to support your investment of time in movement-building for our future. If you cannot make one of the sessions, please email sumner @ dayenu.org to discuss your options.
Who has it, how we build it, and what we can do to stop the climate crisis.
Tuesday, February 21
How the Climate Crisis intersects with other issues of Justice & envisioning a Just Transition.
Thursday, February 23
Campaign Arcs and Action. Prepare to take action together. Develop a plan to organize your community.
Tuesday, February 28
Dayenu is committed to racial equity, accessibility, and social justice. Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, Black and Indigenous people, people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA people are strongly encouraged to register.
Accessibility: All workshops will have automated closed captioning. We can share training materials in advance to those who request it. Please let us know if you have specific accessibility needs when you register, so that we can make sure to meet your needs.
Early bird registration deadline: February 3, 2023
Final registration deadline: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
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Muriel MacDonald is an organizer, trainer, and communicator based in San Francisco, CA. As Dayenu’s National Organizer, Muriel supports actions and organizers across the country through training, coaching, and systems support. As a volunteer with Sunrise Movement, Muriel trained hundreds of young people in the Bay Area, Boise, New Orleans and beyond, as well as planning and orchestrating large-scale direct actions and serving as a hub coordinator for Sunrise Bay Area. When not organizing, Muriel can be found riding their bike, spending time outdoors, and making music on Shabbat.
Vicki Kaplan is Dayenu’s Director of Organizing, and an organizer, activist, and campaigner committed to movement-building and anti-racism. As Organizing Director and campaigner at MoveOn from 2012-2020, she oversaw organizing programs, mobilizations, and election campaigns that engaged and developed the leadership of tens of thousands of activists. Prior to MoveOn, Vicki worked with communities around the country to shut down dirty coal plants, was a labor and human rights organizer in the midwest, and campaigned to protect water as a public resource. Her organizing work has been featured in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times.
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