Organize with your community: Community Organizing Training

Effectively organize with your school community! 

The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) and SDEA are holding their first joint training this month! Are you or someone else at your school interested in getting more involved in connecting with families and community members as we build up to the first strike in 30 years in our district?

• WHAT: Get tips and tricks for community organizing, see a community meeting modeled, access resources and get individual support for what your site needs!
• WHO: Anyone interested in organizing families & communities at your site! This could be a SDEA member, classified staff, or a community member.
• WHEN: Wednesday, January 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
• WHERE: In person at the SDEA office
• HOW: RSVP here or share the flyer with someone else at your school who you think would be interested!

A new partnership to support community organizing

Recently SDEA leaders collaborated on a grant with one of our community partners, the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE). ACCE has been a partner through the Education Justice Coalition, fighting alongside SDEA members for shared priorities like community schools and housing supports. Through a Community Organizing Grant from the CTA Institute For Teaching (IFT), ACCE has designated funding to support SDEA with community organizing. This is a great opportunity to learn from ACCE organizers who’ve successfully engaged with communities to identify shared goals and turn them into action.