Leading Resistance Cadres

Course Overview

Communities that Protect and Resist (CPR) train, motivate and support activists to spread radical Community Building throughout the planet. As a foundational component of this effort, we offer a 3-Course Sequence for Resistance Activists and Resistance Community Leaders. We invite activists to enroll.

Tentative Schedule: Nov 1, 2021 – Jan 10, 2021 [~ 10 Sessions]

Too often, activists don’t receive adequate development in this. Our facilitator has 30+ years developing leaders across a variety of institutions. Whether you’re brand new to the leadership challenge or a seasoned leader, we think there’s something in our sequence for you to learn from, or to share with others. Join us in developing this generation of resistance leaders.

Arguably the smallest unit of resistance is the cadre, or ‘team’ in mainstream organizational speak. If you aim to be an effective resistance leader, consider building on your ability to speak your voice and inspire others to struggle – develop skills in building, repairing, and maintaining effective cadres. We cover why cadre are important, whether your cadre really need to be a ‘team’, and the components you need to put in place for your group to be effective.

To register or to ask questions, respond here, or on our FaceBook page:

https://www.facebook.com/Communities-that-Protect-and-Resist-100969171337864

Structure

To help you develop your leadership potential and a network of comrades struggling with you to dismantle the dominant culture, we offer the course in a group context. Sessions are as much as anything a series of conversations facilitated by our training cadre. We work best when there’s give and take among participants, which includes sharing knowledge, giving constructive feedback, and offering resources and advice.

Leading Resistance Cadre consists of roughly 10 one-hour sessions, but we have the flexibility to change that as we or you need to. We currently plan to convene week, but we’re flexible. Our platform is Zoom. All is negotiable.

Topics

Much of what we discuss focuses on expanding your perspectives, examining values, and examining your role as leader. However, we also provide training in important skills, such as:

Setting Effective Goals
Stakeholder Mapping
Managing Conflict
Forcefield Analysis
Problem-solving & Decision-making
Effective Communication and feedback

Requirements / expectations

• Attendance. You’re likely active in community / resistance work. Let us know how we can support you. Try to attend each session. If you can’t make sessions, talk to us, and we’ll see what we can work out.
• This is an interactive group setting. Participate even if you’re a bit uncomfortable – expand your comfort zone. We want to hear what you have to say. And participation is visual – we want to see your face, and build a relationship with you.
• Try to print out materials. There may be occasional short readings, and we’ll send out a PowerPoint for sessions shortly before meeting. Follow along with the document live, and reflect on the material later.
• Project. You’ll likely have at least one cadre you’re part of. Be prepared to analyze yours as part of reflection work. We’ll provide you with resources to make headway on your challenge. By course end, you should have an action plan to build, rebuild, or repair your cadre.
• Reflection questions. We occasionally offer a short series of questions that encourage you to process the material and develop personally. You can complete them and share at the next session.