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>From: Jane Clark <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Sierra Club Training Opportunity
>Date: Sat, Jul 20, 2002, 11:59 AM
>

>If you'd like to see the agenda or more details, contact me (Jane Clark) at
>[log in to unmask] or Liz Pallatto e-mail at <[log in to unmask]>.
>You can register as late as July 29, or later is space is available.
>
>Learn how to take action! Join fellow Sierra Club members and other
>environmental activists at an upcoming training to be held Friday, August 23
>to Sunday, August 25 at the Oakridge Conference Center in Chaska, Minnesota
>(30 minutes from Minneapolis). The goal of the Academy is to provide you
>with the knowledge and support you need to organize in your community to
>protect and preserve the environment. With these planning, organizational
>building and media strategy tools, you can take an active role in one of the
>Club's local and national conservation campaigns - whether to protect
>wetlands, stop polluting factory farms, promote Smart Growth policies or
>extend wilderness protections.
>
>The Sierra Club Training Academy is an intensive workshop that typically
>involves 30 to 50 participants from your region. During this weekend of
>training, you will receive in-depth instruction on grassroots organizing
>techniques. In addition, you will join fellow Sierra Club volunteers in a
>challenging simulation exercise that will provide you with practical skills
>and new confidence.
>
>Specifically, you will have an opportunity to learn valuable skills and
>enhance your knowledge to:
>
>*Learn how to create public demand for environmental protection.
>*Improve your own level of organizing skills, whether you've been involved
>for two months or two years.
>*Establish clear campaign goals and developing a plan to achieve them.
>*Develop a succinct message with a central theme and stories that resonate
>with your target audience.
>*Learn how to use the media as a primary tactic for winning your campaign.
>
>The workshop will begin Friday evening, August 23 with dinner followed by an
>introduction to the training activities. Participants may check in anytime
>after 4:30 PM. It will conclude Sunday afternoon, August 25 at 1 PM. Please
>note: As the training includes working in small groups on a campaign plan,
>participants are not allowed to attend only a portion of the training. We
>hope that your schedule can accommodate the attendance minimum of Friday
>evening at 6:00 PM through Sunday afternoon at 1 PM. You should consider the
>time it would take to reach the facility and ask yourself if your schedule
>permits travel time on Friday before applying.
>
>Lodging and all meals will be provided by the Sierra Club Training Academy
>at the Oak Ridge Conference Center. You can learn more about the center by
>visiting their website at http://www.dolce.com/oakridge/index.html.
>Participants will share a double room with another volunteer activist
>enrolled in the training academy. We make an effort to accommodate all
>individual room and meal requests. Participants pay a $20 materials fee at
>the facility when they register. No one will be turned away for lack of
>funds.
>
>Application Process:
>
>To apply, you can also find information at
>http://mitchell.sierraclub.org/leaders/training/training_calendar.asp
>
>Sierra Club Training Academy applications should be sent to the following
>address: Sierra Club Training Academy, 85 Second Street, 2nd Floor, San
>Francisco, CA 94105. Attn: Liz Pallatto. You may also e-mail the completed
>application to Liz Pallatto e-mail at <[log in to unmask]>.
>
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