[CMI-CM] Move from Passion to Action -- Social Change Class

[ISEN/Laura Huth]

Move From Passion to Action!
Sign up for ISEN's "Passion to Action" Communiversity Program at the 
University YMCA!

Have the Illinois Student Environmental Network's professional 
trainers guide you in becoming an effective social justice activist! 
Trainers work with your specific issues, campaigns, and needs in 
1-on-1 consultations and hands-on activities throughout the 8-week 
session.

8 Wednesdays from February 6 to March 27
7:30pm to 9pm
Course Fee: $20-$70 (based on financial ability), plus a $5 registration fee
University YMCA, Board Room, 2nd Floor

Learn to be an effective force for social change. Whether you care 
about equal rights, environmental protection, neighborhood 
preservation, fair housing or other social issues, youíll learn 
valuable organizing skills to advance your specific cause. Detailed, 
hands-on, action-oriented workshops cover 7 topics and give you the 
tools and skills you need to work for a better world. Topics include:
	- Why Organize?
	- Planning a Campaign
	- Tactics & Message
	- Coalition-Building
	- Fundraising
	- Media Skills
	- Moving to Action

Professionally-skilled trainers will work with your specific issues, 
campaigns and needs. They will consult with you before the sessions 
start to tailor the class to your needs. Throughout the 8-week 
session, they will work with your individual projects, needs, and 
goals. Contact Laura at 384-0830 or isen at isenonline.org for more 
detailed class information.

To register
Use the printable registration form at 
http://www.universityymca.org/communiversity/registrationform.pdf. 
Print it out, and sent it in as instructed. Make checks payable to 
the University YMCA. Be sure to include a $5 registration fee (see 
below). Or contact Laura Huth, ISEN Executive Director, at 
isen at isenonline.org or 384-0830 for more information on the Passion 
to Action class  or registering.

A Note on the Registration Fee: Communiversity is made possible in 
part by the small registration fee each participant pays. (The 
University YMCA is an independent, nonprofit organization; not part 
of UIUC.) For non-YMCA members, there is a one-time per semester, per 
person, nonrefundable $5 registration fee.

About the Illinois Student Environmental Network:
The Illinois Student Environmental Network is a 7-year-old statewide 
training and educational organization training and educating 
activists across Illinois passionate about protecting the environment 
for future generations. ISEN's staff of professionally-trained 
trainers work to bring valuable leadership- and campaign-building 
skills to 117 student groups on over 90 Illinois campuses and a host 
of community groups working for a better world. The training, 
educational, networking, and outreach programs ISEN coordinates, 
organizes, educates, and empowers nearly 3,000 Illinoisans to take 
action on critical environmental and social justice issues.

ISEN's Environmental Activist Skills Training Program (EAST) helps 
those passionate about environmental protection and social change 
develop well-organized strategies and formulate strong and meaningful 
campaigns, enhances communication and information-sharing between 
students and organizations, and provides hands-on, site-specific 
assistance and training to grassroots activists. ISEN provides 
activists with the hands-on assistance, tools, organizing, outreach, 
media, political expertise, and public education skills and training 
they need to be effective advocates for critical environmental and 
social justice issues.

About Communiversity:
The University YMCA's Communiversity Program is a series of 
non-graded, non-credit classes offered to the general public. Classes 
are taught by individuals with special skills or interests they want 
to share with others. Communiversity serves as a link between the 
instructors and you, the person who wants to learn in a relaxed, 
low-pressure environment. In the midst of a major university, 
Communiversity provides a variety of learning experiences that are 
both refreshing and fulfilling.

Please forward this message to anyone interested in  becoming an 
effective social change activist!
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