Girls Rock Charleston, a local social justice organization, is hosting a Political Education/Skillshare Weekend! The GRC PE/Skillshare Weekend will take place from Saturday, May 30 to Sunday, May 31 at the College of Charleston’s Addlestone Library. Throughout the weekend, community leaders and members will be facilitating workshops and skillshare sessions aimed to support our efforts as non-profits, organizers, individuals, and volunteers in the Charleston community and beyond.
The goal of the weekend is two-fold: first, we want to make space for leaders and shakers in the Charleston area to discuss the work they do to uplift young people in our communities (particularly girls, youth of color, LGBTQ youth, youth with disabilities, and/or low-income youth) and to provide an opportunity for those organizations and individuals to build out their work, together. This goal also includes providing space for discussions about the internal workings of organizations in Charleston and potential problems we all face, such as space, funding, and resourcing.
Second, we want to facilitate much-needed political education for new organizers in Charleston. We hope to work together with other organizations during this skillshare weekend to provide the valuable feminist and anti-racist political education that is needed to develop strong social justice leaders in Charleston.
Who can attend? Organizers, folks from non-profits, volunteers for Girls Rock Charleston, teens, college students.
Schedule
Lunch is at 12:30 pm each day.
4:30pm – 5:30pm is open time for networking.
Saturday:
10:30am
Charleston Area Justice Ministry – Values, Justice and Power
11:30am
Jasmine and Pope – #BlackLivesMatter #GetInvolved
1:30pm
Concurrent sessions:
Southerners on New Ground – There is Honor in Struggle: The Role of White People in Racial Justice Work
Anjali, Pope and Jasmine – Leadership & Liberation: PoC Forum
2:30pm
Dr. Ofunniyin – Juvenile Justice
3:30pm
The Charleston Rhizome Collective of Alternate ROOTS – conNECKted
Sunday:
10:30am
People Against Rape – Queer Community and Sexual Violence
11:30am
George and Loni – South Carolina’s Hidden History: Labor Movements
1:30pm
Coastal Community Foundation – Diverse Dollars: How to fund your mission through grants and beyond.
2:30pm
We are Family – Let’s Never Stop Listening: Critical Discourses of Support and Allyship
3:30pm
Kaj and Dru – Facilitating Difficult Dialogues
REGISTER HERE
Questions? Email us at info@girlsrockcharleston.org
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