Generating Momentum

Workshop Schedule

Generating Momentum — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:26:52 +0000

Generating Momentum: Activist Leadership Training Camp

August 29 – September 1, 2010

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

SUNDAY – August 29
*Time*	*Session*	*Facilitator(s)*	*Location*
2:00 - 4:00	Registration	GM Planning Team	Dining Hall
4:00 - 5:00	Welcome – Introductions – Community Norms, Goals	GM Planning Team	Rec. Hall
5:00 - 6:00	Open Space		Cabins
6:00 - 7:30	SUPPER		Dining Hall
7:30 - 9:00	Mapping Saskatchewan Past, Present, & Future	Jim Harding Sue Deranger Catherine Verrall Don Kossick	Rec. Hall
9:00 – 10:30	Outdoor/Indoor Group Activities	GM Planning Team	Dining Hall/Valley
11:00	Sleepy Time	Everyone!	Cabins

MONDAY – August 30
*Time*	*Session*	*Facilitator(s)*	*Location*
7:45 - 8:30	BREAKFAST		Dining Hall
9:00 – 11:00	Anti-Oppression & Justice	Fifi Musonda, Jeh Custer	Rec. Hall
11:00 – 12:00	Indigenous Rights & Resource Extraction		Rec. Hall
12:00 - 1:00	LUNCH – Personal Sustain-a-story	Jim Harding	Dining Hall
1:00 - 2:00	Open Space
2:00 - 3:00	Solidarity Locally & Internationally: A – Corporate Globalization & Democracy B – Food Sovereignty	Scott Harris Kalissa Regier	Rec. Hall
3:00 - 4:00	A – Corporate Globalization & Democracy B – Food Sovereignty	Scott Harris Kalissa Regier	Rec. Hall
4:30 - 5:30	Choose Your Solution World Café	Rick Morrell Alexis Nyandwi Kathleen Wilson Shayna Stock	Various
5:30 - 7:00	SUPPER	Shayna Stock	Dining Hall
7:00 - 8:00	Transition Solution Report Back	GM Planning Team	Rec. Hall
8:00 – 10:00	Understanding Politics, Citizenship, Activism, & Rights	Marc Spooner Larry Kowalchuck	Rec. Hall
10:00 – 11:00	Open Space/Sleepy Time	Everyone!	Cabins

TUESDAY – August 31
*Time*	*Session*	*Facilitator(s)*	*Location*
7:45 - 8:30	BREAKFAST		Dining Hall
9:00 – 10:20	Creative Activism & Direct Action (Choose 2 of 6) A – Visual Art Making B – Theatre of the Oppressed C – Music & Activism D – Journaling – Inner Activist E – Creative Expression	Josh Goff Tracy Mitchell Thomas Roussin Shayna Stock Jenn Bergen	Rec. Hall Field TBA Dinning Hall Craft Shack
10:30 – 11:50	Creative Activism & Direct Action 2		Rec. Hall Field TBA Dinning Hall Craft Shack
12:00 - 1:00	LUNCH – Personal Sustain-a-story	Peter Garden	Dining Hall
1:00 - 1:45	Skills Workshops (Choose 3 of 6) A – Community Organizing B – Groups & Decision Making C – Social Networking & Volunteer Recruitment D – Event Coordinating & Project Management E – Fundraising	Peter Garden Tracey Mitchell Vicki Nelsen Denise MacDonald Shawn Fraser
1:50 - 2:30	Skills Workshops 2
2:35 - 3:15	Skills Workshops 3
3:30 - 5:30	Open Space
5:30 - 7:00	Cookout SUPPER	GM Planning Team	Cookout Pit
7:00 – 10:00	Jam Session	Thomas Roussin	Fire Pit

WEDNESDAY – September 1
*Time*	*Session*	*Facilitator(s)*	*Location*
7:00 - 8:45	BREAKFAST		Dining Hall
9:00 – 10:00	Group Restoration	Everyone!	Everywhere
11:00 – 12:30	Media and Messaging	Vicki Nelsen Nichole Huck	Rec. Hall
12:30 - 1:30	LUNCH – Personal Sustain-a-story	Denise McDonald	Dining Hall
1:30 - 3:30	Building A Movement, Being A Movement	Jeh Custer	Rec. Hall
3:30 - 4:00	Evaluations and Reflections	GM Planning Team	Dining Hall
4:00	Tearful Goodbyes	Everyone!

GM IS FULL!~

Generating Momentum — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:31:49 +0000

Hi folks,

We are extremely excited to announce that Generating Momentum 2010 is full~! If you have already registered, we are excited to have you for what is sure to be an amazing camp. Don’t forget to fill out the T-Shirt and Carpooling survery in the menu to the right, and also make sure you check back here regularly for workshop updates and facilitator information. If you haven’t registered, please keep an ear to the ground for next years Generating Momentum – and the many upcoming RPIRG and SCIC events in the fall! Become a friend of RPIRG and SCIC on facebook to keep up with the “big plans”. Please go HERE to become a friend of RPIRG on facebook, register for the RPIRG e-newsletter and please go HERE to keep up with SCIC events and register for the SCIC e-newsletter. We wish we could increase the size of the facility for those that haven’t registered, but unfortunately we only have enough sleeping and eating quarters for the participants already registered plus facilitators. Thank you so much for all your support as we look forward to Generating Momentum 2010 and all the other amazing activities going on in Saskatchewan this fall!

Sincerely,

Generating Momentum Planning Committee

we’re filling up fast folks!

Generating Momentum — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:04:41 +0000

Hey All,

Just a quick heads up that the camp is over 2/3rd’s full. Wink Wink, if you plan to attend GM please register asap because the cap for registration spots is fast approaching.

lotsa cheers,

In solidarity,

GM planning committee

Online Bursary Application

Generating Momentum — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:46:03 +0000

You can now apply for the student

or low-income bursary online Here

and attend the camp for free!

Car Pooling and T-Shirt Registration!

Generating Momentum — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:31:16 +0000

If you have already registered for Generating Momentum, please take a second to register with our car pooling poll and register your T-shirt size (T shirts are free for participants). To fill out the car pooling poll and T-shirt survey please go here!

Generating Momentum Information

Generating Momentum — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:51:40 +0000

GENERATING MOMENTUM: Activist Leadership Training Camp

Welcome to the Generating Momentum Blog!! Generating Momentum: Youth Activist Leadership Training Camp will be held August 29-September 1, 2010. Generating Momentum is a province wide, 4 day leadership training event for youth and young adults located in the Qu’Appelle Valley. If you are 18-29 years of age and passionate about social and/or environmental justice, this camp is for you!! Lodging and meals are included in your registration costs. Updates, announcements and camp details will be posted here regularly! If you are a student or low-income citizen, please email outreach@rpirg.org for bursary application information. The camp has limited capacity and will fill up, so don’t hesitate, register today!!This event will also allow participants to meet and network with a diverse group of people, and make new friends! Hiking, canoeing, music/art jams, and other fun activities will be available for participants outside of workshop times!

Generating Momentum will be an educational, skills-based, action-oriented event. The workshops and training sessions may include:

- Media and Messaging on international development and other issues

- Political Strategy and Structure

- History of Social Movements in Saskatchewan

- Communication Tools

- Civic and Public Law- Campaign Tools- Group Activism

– Justice, tolerance, anti-racism, anti-oppression and democracy

– Solidarity locally and internationally and Solutions locally and internationally

– Understanding and affecting power politics

– Social networking, volunteer recruitment, media and messaging

– Personal sustainability

– Strategic planning, event coordinating and project management

– Creative activism

– Building a movement and Being a movement

– Getting to the Roots of Poverty