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January 2016
Free

How to talk to your racist uncle (or almost anyone else) about the Paris attacks (or other issues): a skill-building workshop

January 10, 2016 @ 2:00 am - 5:30 pm
Art Bar (NSCAD Granville Campus)),
1873 Granville St.
Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
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This workshop will help us develop our capacities and confidence to talk one-on-one to other people about racism and other difficult but crucial topics.

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Fundraising workshop (Trade for Change)

January 19, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Halifax Central Library,
5440 Spring Garden Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
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All left wing and radical organizations need money and in this seminar you will learn about how to get money, how to fundraise and how to grow money for your cause.

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February 2016
Free

(Workshop) Beyond Trigger Warnings: Trauma, Healing and Social Justice

February 19, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Good Food Emporium,
2186-2196 Windsor Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3K 5B8 Canada
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The Trade for Change workshop series is a collaboartion between The Radical Imagination Project and Trade School Halifax aimed at offering a venue for activists and organizers to share critical skills and knowledge for radical social transformation. This workshop responds to mounting pressure for 'trigger-warnings' in classrooms, community groups, workplaces and during cultural events. In many ways, trigger warnings can help to validate and draw attention to the complexities of life after traumatic experience. However, un-critical use of the practice…

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April 2016

Cybersecurity for Activists (Trade4Change Workshop)

April 2, 2016 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Halifax Central Library,
5440 Spring Garden Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
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Learn how to defend yourself from cyberattacks and surveillance.

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May 2016
Free

Workshop: Solidarity Research with Social Movements (CASCA/SANA)

May 14, 2016 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Rowe Building, Dalhousie University,
6100 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
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As part of the Canadian Anthropology Association (CASCA) and the Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) meetings in Halifax this May, The Radical Imagination Project is pleased to be participating in a workshop on Solidarity Research with Social Movements with Marina Sitrin. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Exact location details will be posted soon.

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Media Relations for Activists (Trade for Change)

May 31, 2016 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Art Bar (NSCAD Granville Campus)),
1873 Granville St.
Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
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Unlike corporations, governments, and universities, most activists don’t have access to a PR department to handle their media relations. A good media strategy, and tight media messaging, is key to mobilizing the masses, throwing a at-capacity event and even changing government policy. Learn about message boxes, media advisories and press releases, and creative ways to woo the media. Facilitator: Rebecca Rose is a Ryerson Journalism graduate and freelance writer. She has spent over 10 years on the other side of…

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June 2016
Free

Strategizing to Win: Planning Grassroots Campaigns (Trade for Change)

June 12, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
Art Bar (NSCAD Granville Campus)),
1873 Granville St.
Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
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In order to change the world, movements and activists have to move beyond simply responding to crisis after crisis, outrage after outrage. This workshop offers practical tools for thinking strategically about grassroots campaigns. It includes a discussion about: How to build activism and organizing on core values and transformational demands, How to identify and approach allies and opponents, and How to select tactics appropriate to the movement's broader strategic goals and unifying vision. This workshop is open to both individuals…

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