*TWO-PART SERIES*

Part Two: Thursday, August 29th 5-6:30pm PT
Registering for the first day automatically registers you for both days.

Regarding identity, we continue to be strategically and systematically separated from each other, leading to deep inequities, distrust, and disconnection. This chasm harms minoritized populations egregiously and hugely costs us all. Diverse solidarity and coalition-building for change have been positioned by many throughout history as pivotal, yet present challenges.

In this two-part, interactive workshop, we will discuss communication practices that build the interpersonal connection, knowledge, trust, and empathy central to fostering bridging, belonging, and solidarity. In session two we will tackle scenarios to practice engaging in communication that supports a healthy, inclusive community.

Democracy is on the ballot this November. And regardless of who wins, the fight to preserve our democracy must continue. This lecture will explore the political terrain in the wake of the outcome of the November election and suggest ways that we who believe in freedom can push our democracy forward.

*TWO-PART SERIES*

Part Two: Thursday, August 29th 5-6:30pm PT
Registering for the first day automatically registers you for both days.

Regarding identity, we continue to be strategically and systematically separated from each other, leading to deep inequities, distrust, and disconnection. This chasm harms minoritized populations egregiously and hugely costs us all. Diverse solidarity and coalition-building for change have been positioned by many throughout history as pivotal, yet present challenges.

In this two-part, interactive workshop, we will discuss communication practices that build the interpersonal connection, knowledge, trust, and empathy central to fostering bridging, belonging, and solidarity. In session two we will tackle scenarios to practice engaging in communication that supports a healthy, inclusive community.

We are now in the FINAL STRETCH. It’s both the final stretch of the 2024 campaign, the last crucial days of mobilizing voters in the key states across the country, and it’s time for us to undertake one personal final stretch, farther than we’ve ever gone and well beyond our comfort zones.

Event titles and dates:

• Wednesday, Oct 23: The Elections: What the Data Are Telling Us

• Wednesday, Oct 30: How it Looks and The Road Ahead

• Tuesday, Nov 5: Election Night Party

• Wednesday, Nov 6: Where We Are

• Thursday, Nov 7: CP “Further Together” Community Meeting

On November 6, we want to wake up knowing that we did EVERYTHING we could for our democracy and that we’re prepared, come heaven or high water, for what lies ahead for the United States.

Join David Domke in a five-part series of events before and after the election. RSVP for some or all of the events as you see fit.

We are now in the FINAL STRETCH. It’s both the final stretch of the 2024 campaign, the last crucial days of mobilizing voters in the key states across the country, and it’s time for us to undertake one personal final stretch, farther than we’ve ever gone and well beyond our comfort zones.

Event titles and dates:

• Wednesday, Oct 23: The Elections: What the Data Are Telling Us

• Wednesday, Oct 30: How it Looks and The Road Ahead

• Tuesday, Nov 5: Election Night Party

• Wednesday, Nov 6: Where We Are

• Thursday, Nov 7: CP “Further Together” Community Meeting

On November 6, we want to wake up knowing that we did EVERYTHING we could for our democracy and that we’re prepared, come heaven or high water, for what lies ahead for the United States.

Join David Domke in a five-part series of events before and after the election. RSVP for some or all of the events as you see fit.

We are now in the FINAL STRETCH. It’s both the final stretch of the 2024 campaign, the last crucial days of mobilizing voters in the key states across the country, and it’s time for us to undertake one personal final stretch, farther than we’ve ever gone and well beyond our comfort zones.

Event titles and dates:

• Wednesday, Oct 23: The Elections: What the Data Are Telling Us

• Wednesday, Oct 30: How it Looks and The Road Ahead

• Tuesday, Nov 5: Election Night Party

• Wednesday, Nov 6: Where We Are

• Thursday, Nov 7: CP “Further Together” Community Meeting

On November 6, we want to wake up knowing that we did EVERYTHING we could for our democracy and that we’re prepared, come heaven or high water, for what lies ahead for the United States.

Join David Domke in a five-part series of events before and after the election. RSVP for some or all of the events as you see fit.

The Institute for Common Power, the educational branch of Common Power, is inviting you to join our Banned Books Club. According to a PEN America report, 153 school districts across 33 states banned books in the 2022-2023 school year. The Institute believes in the enduring power of books to provoke thought, challenge norms, and broaden perspectives. We will discuss race, identity, and freedom of expression as the club dives into the societal issues these books illuminate. In a world increasingly wary of uncomfortable truths, we believe in the right to read freely and believe that banning books is anathema to democracy. As with our overall organizational mission of safeguarding the vote, we also hold true that safeguarding the diversity of ideas is essential to a just and inclusive democracy.

All Banned Books Club meetings are from 5:00 - 6:30 PST / 8:00 - 9:30 EST on the following Mondays:

September 9th - How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith

October 7th - This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson

November 4th - 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah Jones

December 2nd - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The Banned Books Club will meet monthly from September - December to discuss banned or challenged literature—from modern works like "How the Word is Passed" to classics such as "The House on Mango Street."

The Banned Books Club events will be facilitated by the Educators for Democracy team at The Institute for Common Power and are free to our broad CP community. Any donations you are able to contribute are always appreciated.

We are now in the FINAL STRETCH. It’s both the final stretch of the 2024 campaign, the last crucial days of mobilizing voters in the key states across the country, and it’s time for us to undertake one personal final stretch, farther than we’ve ever gone and well beyond our comfort zones.

Event titles and dates:

• Wednesday, Oct 23: The Elections: What the Data Are Telling Us

• Wednesday, Oct 30: How it Looks and The Road Ahead

• Tuesday, Nov 5: Election Night Party

• Wednesday, Nov 6: Where We Are

• Thursday, Nov 7: CP “Further Together” Community Meeting

On November 6, we want to wake up knowing that we did EVERYTHING we could for our democracy and that we’re prepared, come heaven or high water, for what lies ahead for the United States.

Join David Domke in a five-part series of events before and after the election. RSVP for some or all of the events as you see fit.

Drop into our office hours to get assistance on anything to do with tech!

From how to navigate our website, how to join State Teams, trainings and CP events on Mobilize, using Slack and more!

Drop into our office hours to get assistance on anything to do with tech!

From how to navigate our website, how to join State Teams, trainings and CP events on Mobilize, using Slack and more!

We've gotten a lot of volunteers asking, "what do I do if the voter is simply wrong??". Well, the answer is definitely not engage in a lengthy debate for 30 minutes or look dumbfounded. Conversing with Misinformed/Disinformed Voters will take a nuanced look at how information, whether that is regular, misinformation, or disinformation shape the beliefs and views of voters at doors. Moreover, learn about the contexts that shape mis/disinformation, how to recognize it in a conversation, and how to move past it with a voter.

This training is led by Ahmed Baba: journalist, Common Power Team Lead for Team PA, and an expert on mis/disinformation as it relates to Trump and the Trump administration.

We are now in the FINAL STRETCH. It’s both the final stretch of the 2024 campaign, the last crucial days of mobilizing voters in the key states across the country, and it’s time for us to undertake one personal final stretch, farther than we’ve ever gone and well beyond our comfort zones.

Event titles and dates:

• Wednesday, Oct 23: The Elections: What the Data Are Telling Us

• Wednesday, Oct 30: Common Power After November 5

• Tuesday, Nov 5: Election Night Party

• Wednesday, Nov 6: Where We Are

• Thursday, Nov 7: CP “Further Together” Community Meeting

On November 6, we want to wake up knowing that we did EVERYTHING we could for our democracy and that we’re prepared, come heaven or high water, for what lies ahead for the United States.

Join David Domke in a five-part series of events before and after the election. RSVP for some or all of the events as you see fit.

Drop into our office hours to get assistance on anything to do with tech!

From how to navigate our website, how to join State Teams, trainings and CP events on Mobilize, using Slack and more!

The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground.

For beginner volunteers and volunteers who want to get better at phonebanking, and engaging with voters. Get trained on practical and technical skills for successfully volunteering at CP.

Drop into our office hours to get assistance on anything to do with tech!

From how to navigate our website, how to join State Teams, trainings and CP events on Mobilize, using Slack and more!

You've learned how to talk with voters at the door, but what do you do when they actually want to tell you their issues? How do we support them in keeping election momentum year round? This session is decided to help you support people in understanding themselves as advocates in their community. The session will highlight the importance of voter empowerment, helping communities realize that their collective participation can bring about impactful political outcomes, especially in swing states where every vote counts.

This is a one-time session hosted by Jordan!

Are you nervous at the prospect of canvassing Republican and Independent voters? Do you sometimes find yourself in conversations with a voter and wondering how to extricate yourself? Maybe you're wondering why your 20 minutes of "persuasion" isn't working. If you want to learn how to build rapport and trust quickly to have productive conversations at red doors, this training is for you. But honestly, these skills will serve you at any door.

This one-time training will include about 60 minutes of content with an additional, optional 30 minutes for Q&A and practice. Hosted by Kristine Scott and Libby Nelson. Kristine Scott is the chief trainer and founder of Seattle Conflict Resolution and one of CP's volunteer trainers! Libby Nelson is a trained coach and facilitator. Libby was on the most recent PA trip where she employed these techniques first hand!

Drop into our office hours to get assistance on anything to do with tech!

From how to navigate our website, how to join State Teams, trainings and CP events on Mobilize, using Slack and more!

There are 36 million eligible Latinx voters in 2024, the second-largest voting block in the United States.

This training with Poder Común is an opportunity to create awareness of the complexities of this voting community. In this training, volunteers will learn intentional and mindful ways to approach potential mixed-status households, possible first-time voters, and voters who have different needs including Spanish language accessible information.

This training's goal is to provide volunteers with tools and resources that will help them feel confident approaching Latinx voter's doors regardless of language proficiency or experience.

For new and returning volunteers to learn about how we do Fieldwork at CP. We introduce the CP way with our values and fieldwork principles, how to navigate our remote action and doorknocking opportunities, and what's coming up for volunteers to plug into.

Drop into our office hours to get assistance on anything to do with tech!

From how to navigate our website, how to join State Teams, trainings and CP events on Mobilize, using Slack and more!

Have you signed on to travel with a CP team? Or, maybe you’re a seasoned traveler with CP and are looking to deepen your skills?This highly interactive workshop aims to support Common Power volunteers in navigating diverse spaces and interpersonal dynamics with fellow volunteers and potential voters. The workshop’s content, activities, and exercises engage participants in reflection and mindfulness around identity, power, privilege, positionality, and bias.

We will briefly deepen our understanding of the history of institutionalized racism; we examine how federal practices of the New Deal shaped and continue to impact the neighborhoods in our communities, reflecting on the ways these socioeconomic barriers have furthered inequities, and interrogate the ‘traditional narratives’ which bypass this history.

We’ll chiefly focus on power, privilege, and identity, discussing how macro-sources of socialization impact our biases, assumptions, and ultimately, our ability to connect across differences. We will examine on-the-ground fieldwork scenarios together and unpack them to understand the interpersonal dynamics occurring in each.

This workshop furthers Common Power’s mission to foster, support, and amplify a democracy that is just and inclusive.

Have you signed on to travel with a CP team? Or, maybe you’re a seasoned traveler with CP and are looking to deepen your skills?This highly interactive workshop aims to support Common Power volunteers in navigating diverse spaces and interpersonal dynamics with fellow volunteers and potential voters. The workshop’s content, activities, and exercises engage participants in reflection and mindfulness around identity, power, privilege, positionality, and bias.

We will briefly deepen our understanding of the history of institutionalized racism; we examine how federal practices of the New Deal shaped and continue to impact the neighborhoods in our communities, reflecting on the ways these socioeconomic barriers have furthered inequities, and interrogate the ‘traditional narratives’ which bypass this history.

We’ll chiefly focus on power, privilege, and identity, discussing how macro-sources of socialization impact our biases, assumptions, and ultimately, our ability to connect across differences. We will examine on-the-ground fieldwork scenarios together and unpack them to understand the interpersonal dynamics occurring in each.

This workshop furthers Common Power’s mission to foster, support, and amplify a democracy that is just and inclusive.

Lecture 1: "The Big Lie"

This Institute for Common Power foundational course traces the arc of what we can call “Lost Cause Politics” from the post-Civil War Confederate South through the 1950s-60s Massive Resistance to Civil Rights to today’s MAGA Big Lie about the 2020 Election. There is a clear throughline of white victimhood and racism, voter intimidation and repression, and profound political struggle. It has defined America and continues to influence the nation. What can we learn from previous eras and how do we apply it to our work toward a multi-racial democracy? This course lays bare what is at stake in the 2024 elections, including reproductive rights.

Drop into our office hours to get assistance on anything to do with tech!

From how to navigate our website, how to join State Teams, trainings and CP events on Mobilize, using Slack and more!

Lecture 1: "Civil Rights and Massive Resistance"

This Institute for Common Power foundational course traces the arc of what we can call “Lost Cause Politics” from the post-Civil War Confederate South through the 1950s-60s Massive Resistance to Civil Rights to today’s MAGA Big Lie about the 2020 Election. There is a clear throughline of white victimhood and racism, voter intimidation and repression, and profound political struggle. It has defined America and continues to influence the nation. What can we learn from previous eras and how do we apply it to our work toward a multi-racial democracy? This course lays bare what is at stake in the 2024 elections, including reproductive rights.

The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground.

For new and returning volunteers to learn about how we do Fieldwork at CP. We introduce the CP way with our values and fieldwork principles, how to navigate our remote action and doorknocking opportunities, and what's coming up for volunteers to plug into.

The Institute for Common Power, the educational branch of Common Power, is inviting you to join our Banned Books Club. According to a PEN America report, 153 school districts across 33 states banned books in the 2022-2023 school year. The Institute believes in the enduring power of books to provoke thought, challenge norms, and broaden perspectives. We will discuss race, identity, and freedom of expression as the club dives into the societal issues these books illuminate. In a world increasingly wary of uncomfortable truths, we believe in the right to read freely and believe that banning books is anathema to democracy. As with our overall organizational mission of safeguarding the vote, we also hold true that safeguarding the diversity of ideas is essential to a just and inclusive democracy.

All Banned Books Club meetings are from 5:00 - 6:30 PST / 8:00 - 9:30 EST on the following Mondays:

September 9th - How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith

October 7th - This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson

November 4th - 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah Jones

December 2nd - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The Banned Books Club will meet monthly from September - December to discuss banned or challenged literature—from modern works like "How the Word is Passed" to classics such as "The House on Mango Street."

The Banned Books Club events will be facilitated by the Educators for Democracy team at The Institute for Common Power and are free to our broad CP community. Any donations you are able to contribute are always appreciated.