We Divest Campaign Student Leadership Team Summer Institute
When: August 12-16, 2012
Where: Retreat center in upstate New York
Who: All campus activists currently running or hoping to launch a We Divest Campaign targeting TIAA-CREF on campus
What: A 5-day intensive program for campus organizers of the We Divest campaign, those with campaigns already running and those hoping to get one launched in the 2012-2013 school year. This Summer Institute will include:
-Extensive campaign development coaching
-Grassroots organizing skill building
-Media & messaging training
-Anti-oppression analysis workshop
-Non-violent direct action planning
-Historical overview of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions
-Relationship building between activists on campuses nationwide
-Strategy sessions with BDS movement leaders
-Two tracks for new and existing campaigns
Applications are now being accepted. For more info and to apply, visit wedivest.org/2012/02/sltsummerinstitute/