Michelle Garcia
Manager of Organizing and Community Development
Building Our Power Together – Construyendo Poder Juntos
Access Living Disability Community Organizing Training: August 26, 2024 – September 30 , 2024
Are you a person with a disability who is new to community organizing? Would like to be part of Access Living’s Chicago disability rights and disability justice organizing work?
Then, the Building Our Power Together training is for you! Spanish/español
About Building Our Power Together
Building Our Power Together will help you learn about the basics of community organizing from a disability point of view. You will also learn about Access Living’s community organizing in Chicago and get to know our community organizing team. The training is free! It is a five-week series. Each week, we will build on our knowledge from the week before. On graduating, students will join at least one of our community organizing groups. The training is HYBRID and will have a maximum class size of 20 students. People with all kinds of disabilities are welcome to apply.
Our selection process is as follows:
- Fill out the application and send it in by 5 pm on August 19.
- All applications will be reviewed by Access Living staff.
- Access Living staff will contact potential participants for a short interview.
- Access Living staff will select the final 20 participants and notify them by August 16th.
- Class will begin on August 26.
This application packet includes: the training schedule, important information you should know the application form itself.
Applications are due by August 19.
If you have questions or would like to complete the application in an alternate format, such as by phone, please contact Michelle Garcia, Manager of Organizing and Community Development at (312) 640-2194 or mgarcia@accessliving.org.