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Education and Trainings to support action for effective political opposition.
Upcoming Local
and Online Events
Getting context for what we are facing and how to most effectively fight the challenges at hand will give us the tools and knowledge to defend, protect and build the structures needed for a future we can believe in.
You can see past trainings with recordings further down the page.
Upcoming Trainings
Skills to Win: Workers vs. Billionaires - To rise to the immense challenges ahead, organizations must double down on fundamental organizing skills to build people power.
When: August 16th & 17th, 12pm-6pm EDT/ 11am-5pm CDT/ 9am-3pm PDT both days.
We are signed up with our coalition as a group, so we need to gather in groups to attend, not individually.
Please provide your information below so that it can be collectively submitted to the UC Berkeley Labor Center.
Join us August 16th-17th for this online special edition of “Skills to Win”, tailored specifically for groups in the May Day Strong and 2028 strike networks who want to sharpen their organizing skills to take on the billionaires. This training program, built on Jane McAlevey’s core organizing methods, will teach members and staff how to build both strike-ready organization and powerful community-labor alignments.
This special session of Skills to Win will teach participants practical skills to build high-participation organizations that can organize and mobilize large numbers of people. This training will include a special workshop on how to engage in rapid response mobilizing in a way that builds long-term organization and power.
Participants are required to attend the entire training, as each organizing method builds off of the last.
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Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice - Revolutionary Nonviolent Activism series
Rooted in the legacy of Rev. James Lawson—civil rights icon and pioneer of nonviolent resistance
Whether you're standing with workers, protesting unjust policies, or applying nonviolent principles in everyday life, these sessions offer perspectives and practical tools for action. Please click the links below to register for these free, in person sessions.
Sun, Aug 24 - Nonviolence in the Jewish Tradition (LA)
Sat, Aug 30 - Interfaith Perspective on Nonviolence (LB)
Past Trainings
It’s Giving: Feminist Mutual Aid Training!
Women’s March
Tuesday, July 29, 5pm pacific time
Attend this workshop t.o learn about the tools to build feminist mutual aid within your communities. Women’s March developed this training in partnership with Metro Atlanta Mutual Aid Fund, Organization for Human Rights and Democracy, Building Movement Project, Feed Durham.
Lessons from Ukraine for the Struggle Against Authoritarianism & Fascism in the U.S.
Lessons from Ukraine for the Struggle Against Authoritarianism & Fascism in the U.S.
Online Talk by Artem Chapeye, Ukrainian novelist, reporter & army soldier
In his recently released book "Ordinary People Don’t Carry Machine Guns: Thoughts on War", (Seven Stories Press, 2025) Artem Chapeye reconsiders the choices we make when war is waged upon us.
Those who are standing up to authoritarianism and fascism in the U.S. can learn from the Ukrainians’ commitment, determination, and sense of human solidarity.
Translated into English by Zenia Tompkins, this moving book reveals the humanity of the Ukrainian struggle against Russian imperialist invasion and the ways in which millions have put their lives on the line in defense of human rights.
Faced with the many ways in which Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are helping each other’s violent aims, it is incumbent upon Americans and Ukrainians to develop stronger bonds of solidarity to help each other. Our fates are intertwined.
Sponsored by Northeast Los Angeles Alliance for Democracy
Sponsored by Northeast Los Angeles Alliance for Democracy
Opposing the war between Israel/U.S. and Iran: Online panel with Iranian Women’s Rights Advocates
Opposing the war between Israel/U.S. and Iran: Online panel with Iranian Women’s Rights Advocates
Friday June 27 @ 4 - 6 pm PST
Sponsored by: Northeast Los Angeles Alliance for Democracy
A panel of two Iranian feminists discussed how U.S. activists can take a principled stand against the violations of human rights by all the powers involved and defend progressive, life-affirming forces inside Iran, the Middle East region, and the U.S.
Speakers:
Elahe Amani, Chair of Women’s Intercultural Network; board member, National Association for Community Mediation, Emerita, California State University; and editor of the women’s section of the monthly journal, Peace Mark, a publication of Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA).
Frieda Afary, Iranian American librarian, translator, author of Socialist Feminism: A New Approach (Pluto Press, 2022) and producer of Iranian Progressives in Translation.
West Coast Connection Coalition Call
Join us for our monthly West Coast virtual meetings as we gather for a collective organizational response to the challenges facing our Democracy! This call is for activists and groups in Southern, Central, and Northern California, Oregon, and Washington, working locally in your areas, to connect regionally. We can benefit from one another's work, share resources, and support each other with our wisdom, experience, and passion.
Sign up HERE for upcoming calls – Hosted by NELA Alliance for Democracy
West Coast Connection Coalition Call
Jennifer Gutierrez, Clergy and Laity for Economic Justice (CLUE), and Daniel Talamantes spoke of the new Mutual Aid map. Recording from July 18th, 2025
West Coast Connection Coalition Call
Steven Starr of Extinction Rebellion LA speaking on Know Your Rights, Ingrid of Indivisible CA27, and Harold Moss of Undeniable: Planetary Emergency Network Recording from June 19th, 2025
It’s Giving: Feminist Mutual Aid Training!
Women’s March
Tuesday, July 29, 5pm pacific time
Attend this workshop t.o learn about the tools to build feminist mutual aid within your communities. Women’s March developed this training in partnership with Metro Atlanta Mutual Aid Fund, Organization for Human Rights and Democracy, Building Movement Project, Feed Durham.
STAND UP. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. PROTECT EACH OTHER
A Community Training in Nonviolent Resistance and Legal Defense from Extinction Rebellion LA
In an era of escalating crackdowns, we rise–together.This urgent bilingual training offers essential knowledge, strategy, and solidarity for activists taking to the streets to defend their First Amendment rights. Learn how to stay safe, protect each other, and build power through nonviolent resistance.
Visit XRLA.org to join the fight!
Learn the Legacy
Explore the power of Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Disobedience—from the Civil Rights Movement to Gandhi, ACT UP, Standing Rock, and more, connecting past movements to the urgent fights of today.
Know Your Rights
Led by Sharon Kyle of LA Progressive, this session equips you with crucial tools: what to say, what not to say, and how to safely navigate police interactions.
Get Ready, Stay Safe
Eric Gill of XRLA closes the training with a vital session on Jail Support — covering what to expect, how to support others, and how to build a safety net no one can fall through.
You’ll walk away prepared, protected, and more powerful.
This is more than a training. It’s a declaration:
We will not be silenced.
Supported by 50501, LA Progressive, National Lawyers Guild, and NELA Alliance for Democracy.
Humanist Alternatives: A Six-Part Training Course - Hosted by NELA Alliance for Democracy
This course has ended but the syllabus and class materials are linked below.
One of the pillars of the rise of fascism in the 21st century has been the void in the articulation of a humanist alternative in the face of the deepening economic, social, political and environmental crises of our time. In order to develop conceptual and practical frameworks for humanist alternatives and constructive collective action, it is necessary to address and discuss the fundamental transformations needed in economic, social, political, and environmental relations on a national and global scale. It is also necessary to be aware of the long history of anti-humanist discourse and to respond to some of those critiques.
Each session in this course will focus on one of the aspects of the effort to develop humanist alternatives: Labor: Economy, Gender, Sexuality & Family, Education: Critical Thinking, Environment, Health Care, International Relations and solidarity. Instructor: Frieda Afary, Philosophy M.A., M.L.I.S. is a librarian and author of Socialist Feminism: A New Approach
Class I: Labor and Economy, March 26, Class II. Gender, Sexuality and the Family, April 2, Class III. Education and Critical Thinking, April 9, Class IV. Environment, April 16, Class V. Health Care, April 23, Class VI. International Relations and Solidarity, April 30
Access the Syllabus
Access Previous Classes:
I Labor & Economy: Class slides Recording from March 26th, 2025
II Gender, Sexuality and the Family: Class slides Recording from April 2nd, 2025
III Education & Critical Thinking: Class slides Recording from April 9th, 2025
IV Environment: Class slides Recording from April 16th, 2025
V Health Care: Class slides Recording from April 23th, 2025
VI International Solidarity: Class Slides Recording from April 30th, 2025.
Training Materials
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Explore videos, articles, training slides, and the interactive guide.
Public Citizen: Rise for Freedom Training Series
Join Rise for Democracy Training for a series of live online trainings intended for in-person groups nationwide on Thursday evenings over 7 weeks. The goal of the training series is to bring people together, grow & strengthen their local networks, and get ready to mobilize to demand democracy in this new challenging environment.
Training content will be presented live and breakouts will take place in-person in people’s living rooms and other activist organized spaces.
Follow up asks deemed the most important to the moment will be shared at the end of trainings as appropriate.
Training is a flexible tool that can help build for specific events as well as build existing and new local groups of people who can take action together.
Session 1 – March 20th Launch Call: https://youtu.be/vd49Ln4l3do
Session 2 – March 27th Training: https://youtu.be/2OvacUXysTI
Session 3 –April 3rd Training: https://youtu.be/sfv4J0yyF80
Session 4 – April 10th Training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RZ4eT7dv6s
Read or listen.
This great article shares global success stories and detailed steps for how-to organize under authoritarian creep.
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AOC: What's Happening and How You Can Take Action
A 90-minute Youtube video that puts our current situation in perspective.
How to Build a Movement: Preparing for Rapid Growth
Training video for organizers.
How to Build a Movement with Momentum
Training video for organizers.
Talking to Business Leaders: DEI as Resistance
Information for Government Workers and Law Enforcement
International Center for Nonviolent Conflict
Resources for activists and organizers.
Building a Global Culture of Nonviolence – Building Hope in Troubled Times
Building a Global Culture of Nonviolence – Building Hope in Troubled Times
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