Building Local Power

Building Local Power

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Friday September 20, 2024

8:00 AM-1:00 PM (CT)
Online via Zoom

This module is an opportunity to take a deep dive into the foundations of faith-based community organizing. Through this opportunity you will learn about an interfaith organizing model that prioritizes the grass-roots in decision making, approaches community problems from a local perspective, builds relational power with diverse groups of people through one-one meetings at the kitchen table, and brings together 1,000-2,000 people for direct action public assemblies. In this training we invite you to engage in meaningful conversations about our spiritual traditions' deep roots in justice theologies and practice. Through this training we aspire for you to walk away with the practical skills you need to engage your own local community in a fight for justice.

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Shanae' Calhoun is a community organizer, elder of her local church, wife to Michael Calhoun, and mother to their three teenage and young adult girls. She started her career as a congregation-based community organizer with four years as an Associate community organizer at FAITH in Daytona Beach, FL where they challenged the local hospital to hire a full time physician for indigent care patients. Then she spent almost 10 years (from 2013 to 2022) as the Executive Director and Lead community organizer of Topeka JUMP in Topeka, KS where they challenged the city council and county commission by regularly turning out roughly 1000 people to direct actions to shift the public agenda and prioritize affordable housing, mental health, and rides to work. Today she is a consultant and coach to organizers on the ground fighting for justice. Shanae’ remains committed to local communities building power for justice because it is her deepest expression for living the gospel out loud.

Asia Pitts was born and raised in Spartanburg, SC, and graduated from the College of Charleston Honors College, double majoring in Public Health and International Studies. While in college, she was introduced to DART and the world of community organizing through DART’s affiliate CAJM in Charleston. She led her college’s student chapter of the CAJM for three years as a volunteer leader before going on to become a full-time organizer with Justice Unites Savannah Together in Savannah, GA. Throughout her time with those organizations, she was able to fight for meaningful change in the realms of affordable housing, transportation, and policing. She has been an Assistant Recruitment Director for The DART Center for the past 2 years where she has been able to continue to live out her faith by bringing people into meaningful career opportunities within faith based organizing.

 
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