1. Democracy Champions Training
Update and overview – May 16, 2018

2. Motivate, prepare and empower members of DI partner organizations to become grassroots democracy activists in their communities.
Goal of training

3. Status report Initial train-the-trainer held March 4- 5.
Great learning opportunity for all – curriculum has been sharpened and improved.
~3 hour training – can fit into a morning or afternoon
Status report

4. Grounded in the participants’ own motivating issues (democracy assumed to be secondary issue for most)
DI power analysis - expanding and deepening democracy builds our power to win the changes that matter to us, whatever our motivating issues
Concrete practice with effective democracy conversations
Overview

5. Agenda Welcome - democracy quiz
Introductions – showing the diversity in the room speaks concretely to the intersectional, silo-busting nature of democracy work.
Understanding power – how would a strong democracy build our power? Link to local issues.
The democracy agenda – show the breadth of our reform agenda, how it builds power to win on the participants’ motivating issues and that it’s winnable
Making the case for democracy – what makes for an effective conversation (with opportunities to practice)
Agenda

6. The training follows a Popular Education model, drawing on participants’ personal experiences and values. Trainer’s role is to provide opportunities for participants to make connections/draw conclusions.
Training approach

7. Training itself is focused on issue education and skills building
Training itself is focused on issue education and skills building opportunities to follow up with action
Follow up