Rachel and Anita will be hosting a “Chapter Building and Retention” Workshop in Boston, MA at the 2008 Spring North East Regional Convention. 

Come join us during the first Workshop Block on Saturday April 12th, 2008.

Have you seen or been apart of chapters that are thriving one semester and then almost non existent the next? Healthy chapters are the foundation to growing and strengthening SDS for the long term.   Let’s come together and talk about what has worked for us, what we are struggling with and how we can help one another.  We will address topics such as keys to building a local chapter, how to make meetings enjoyable and effective, and keeping members involved, empowered and excited. 

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Our second workshop on “Chapter Building and Retention” was fantastic. We had fruitful discussion about what we’ve each experienced in our chapters that were both successful and challenging. We all walked away with new ideas to bring to our chapters to make SDS even stronger.

We would love to bring this workshop to individuals chapters around NYC to foster a dialog with and between chapter members on specific challenges that your chapter experiences. If you are interested please contact us and we will set up a time.

Here are some photos from March’s event:

Since the first workshop was such a success we will be continuing our monthly workshops on various topics to help grow and build our movement and strengthen SDS. There has been a lot of demand for a dialog about Chapter Building and Chapter Retention. We’ve seen or been apart of chapters that are thriving one semester and then almost non existent the next. Let’s come together and talk about what has worked for us, what we are struggling with and how we can help one another.

Some things we will be covering:

* Keys to building a local chapter
* How to make meetings enjoyable and effective
* Keeping members involved, empowered and excited

Where: Brecht Forum, NYC 451 West Street (btw. Bank and Bethune) www.brechtforum.org
When: Tuesday evening, March 25th, 7:00pm
What: SDS Strategy Training #2: Chapter Building and Retention (by and for SDSers!)
Why: Because building a strong local chapter is not always easy and we
all need to share ideas and learn tools for how to be more effective
agents of change.

See y’all there on March 25th !!!

Our first workshop “Strategy Training: Campaigns and Messaging” was a success. We had members of SDS chapters come as far as two hours away to participate. We learned a lot from those who came and the feedback was constructive and positive! We are excited to continue these monthly workshops and we hope to see all of you come out and get involved.

Here are some photos from February’s event:

Hey Ya’ll,

We are thrilled to announce our first Workshop. This first training is meant for SDS members who are a part of active chapters or who are struggling to build up membership at their local high school or college campus and would like to have a conversation and learn some skills around some basic organizing strategies and techniques.

Some things we will be covering:

* Intro to activism/organizing/SDS (whats this all about anyway?)
* Campaign organizing 101 (thinking through a strategy to win!)
* Building and retaining chapter membership

Where: Brecht Forum, NYC 451 West Street. www.brechtforum.org
When: Thursday evening, February 28th, 7:00pm
What: SDS strategy training #1 (by and for SDSers!)
Why: Because building a strong local chapter is not always easy and we
all need to share ideas and learn tools for how to be more effective
agents of change.

See y’all there on February 28th !!!