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Summer School
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Summer School 2011
June 19th - August 12th

Applications are due April 4th

SOUL Summer School is an intensive 8-week introduction to community organizing and social change, designed for young activists who have been involved with social justice organizing for at least one year. SOUL is dedicated to building the skills of young women, young people of color, working class, and queer people as the next generation of leaders in the social justice movement.

SOUL Summer School provides a structured time to work full-time to develop your grassroots organizing skills and your political analysis. SOUL Summer School has three components:
    1. ORGANIZING INTERNSHIPS with local organizations that work within working class communities and communities of color, fighting alongside people for their rights. Through these internships, you'll get on-the-ground experience with the work it takes to build community power.
    2. ORGANIZING SKILLS TRAINING so you can learn the concrete tools you'll need to organize for power in our communities. The trainings provide space to build the skills you will use in your internships. SOUL's trainings will develop skills like outreach & recruitment, action planning, and campaign development.
    3. POLITICAL EDUCATION to think more deeply about the current political and economic context, especially the issues impacting working-class communities of color. We'll also look at local and global fights to win justice for our people, to help develop a strategic vision for building our movement today.

SOUL Summer School is a full-time commitment. You'll spend at least 30 hours a week in your organizing internship and 10 hours in our political education & skills training sessions. You will not have time for another job or for summer classes. SOUL provides need-based stipends—up to $2000—for your living costs during the summer.

If you have further questions about SOUL Summer School, please email us at summer@schoolofunityandliberation.org or call 510.451.5466 ext 312