Activist requested (and led) Capacity-Building
Our Five Core Work Areas
Most of our work is a collaboration around five core initiatives among Solidarity 2020 and Beyond’s Staff, its advisory Organizing Committee, and its Global Grassroots Activists Network. These five core areas of work are:
- Activist Peer-to-Peer Convening, Networking, and Sharing
- Nonviolent Action and Peacebuilding Skills Training
- Participatory Research and Activist/Journalist Collaborations
- Trauma and Self Care Through Stress-Informed Resources and Support, and
- Resource Networking, References, and Small Grants
Below is a more detailed description of our specific activities in each of these five core areas of nonviolent movement capacity-building.
Activist peer-to-peer Convening, Networking, & Sharing
- Virtual Monthly Global Grassroots Activists Network, GGAN, meetings to present, share and discuss strategies for campaigns and movements
- What’s App group to share within GGAN membership
- International physical gatherings and convenings with Organizing Committee members, GGAN members and partners several times per year
- One on one coaching with trainers and experts
- Referrals to online presentations, panels, conferences, discussions to spread knowledge and skills
- Virtual quarterly meetings withing regional cohorts of GGAN such as SE Asia, South Asia, MENA, Latin America, Africa, and Eastern Europe/Stans
- Activists Movement Exchange—GGAN members host and travel to each other’s campaigns and movements with support from S2020B—to learn and share
nonviolent action and peacebuilding Training
Virtual training through upcoming online classes launching in 2023
On-site and field training with experienced regional and international trainers
Tailored hybrid training courses developed upon request
Working groups with members of GGAN, staff, OC and partners focused on requested areas of research, documentation and sharing for relevant and field-based research to be shared and utilized quickly (in process)
Review of important research findings, books, articles in the nonviolent action and social justice movement fields condensed and distributed for activist use in the field (in process)
White papers, short articles, books, and manuals published and shared
Curriculum developed and taught through projects with involved OC members and GGAN members
trauma/self-care resources & Support for activists
Connections and referrals to ongoing programs and networks
Curriculum and programs from the field including storytelling, dance, art, grief groups, reiki, retreats, health, and community stress reduction
Building resources for culturally appropriate techniques/project for community trauma
Resource references & small grants
Share connections and information with GGAN members and activists on experts, organizations, and funding sources such as legal, foundations, UN, EU, Inter-American Commission, multinational and other HRD and movement-support systems and resources
Share articles, resources, curriculum developed within GGAN and other sources
Provide flexible Emergency and Small Grants for GGAN members’ projects, training, activities, and emergency (economic, security, relocation and healthcare needs)
Provide recommendations, references, information on educational, training, digital and physical security plans and tools, employment and other opportunities in the network
Provide editing, language assistance, and other requested support to improve the efficacy and security of grassroots activism.