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Module 1
Fundamentals of Community Organizing

Module 2
Power (a role game)

Module 3
Meaning (reclaiming your history)

Module 4
The Roles and their articulation

Module 5
The main stages of the Strategy
Module 1
Fundamentals of Community Organizing
Duration : 1.5 hours
Minimum number of people : 3
The module aims to give a first concrete overview of Community Organizing techniques based on the exploration of its fundamental principles (power, realism, empiricism, bottom-up, etc.) Participants will have a precise vision not only of the history of this method of organization and action, but also of the philosophy that drives it and the uses that can be made of it in the context of political action on the ground. .
Participants will have a precise vision not only of the history of this method of organization and action, but also of the philosophy that drives it and the uses that can be made of it in the context of political action on the ground. .
Module 2
Power (a role game)
Duration: 3 hours
Minimum number of people: 6
The module aims on the one hand to provide a concrete understanding of the concept of Power and the founding axiom of Community Organizing which is: “There is no justice without power” and its corollary: power is built. It also aims to understand the need to develop a strategy.
The pedagogy implemented is a role-playing game inspired by the Melian Dialogue in the History of the Peloponnesian War by the Greek historian Thucydides (5th century BC).
Module 3
Meaning (reclaiming your history)
Duration: 3 hours
Minimum number of people: 6
The module aims to explore a central concept of Community Organizing Meaning and learn how to use it to build an organization. Meaning is the set of values and interests that drive an individual or a social group. Individuals or groups bond and act together through a common Sense and form a community of Sense.
Meaning is discovered and expressed through narratives. The module consists of learning to tell your story and listening to the story of another to create in the relationship a community of Meaning that commits you to action.
Module 4
The Roles and their articulation
Duration : 3 hours
Minimum number of people : 3
The module aims to acquire a deep understanding of the different roles occupied by individuals mobilized in a community organizing campaign through the exploration of the figures of: Component Leader (and the concept of leadership)
- Ally
- Competitor
- Target (the 3 faces of power)
- Opponent
- Organizer
The roles and their functions will be explained through the study of a historical case, such as the Montgomery bus boycott campaign (1956)
Module 5
The main stages of the Strategy
Duration: 3 hours
Minimum number of people: 3
This module aims to learn how to design a strategic campaign by observing the following methodological steps:
- Definition of necessary change
- Choosing a strategic objective
- Power analysis
- Writing a theory of change
- Choice of tactics
- Assessment
In order to acquire mastery of the conceptual framework, participants will be invited to simulate a strategic campaign.
Training developed
Module 1 + 2 modules of your choice (to be defined with Conatus according to priority need)
Duration: 1 day (7 hours)
Cost: 1200 euros
Minimum number of people: 6

In-depth training
Module 1: Fundamentals of Community Organizing
Module 2: Power (role game)
Module 3: Meaning (reclaiming your history)
Module 4: Roles and their articulations
Duration: 1.5 days (10 hours)
Cost: 1800 euros
Minimum number of people: 6

Intensive training
Module 1: Fundamentals of Community Organizing
Module 2: Power (role game)
Module 3: Meaning (reclaiming your history)
Module 4: Roles and their articulations
Module 5: the main stages of the Strategy
Duration: 2 days (14 hours)
Cost: 2400 euros
Minimum number of people: 6
