Organizing
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By mail, please send application with payment (checks made to ANHD) to:
ANHD, 50 Broad St., Ste. 1125, NY, NY 10004
Attn: Rita Mazza or fax to 212-747-1114.
- LOCATION: Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development (ANHD), 50 Broad Street, Ste. 1125, NYC below Wall St., near A, C, E, R, J, Z, 2, 3, 4, and 5 trains.
- TIME: 9:30 AM up to 12:30 PM unless otherwise stated (classes run 2 to 3 hours).
- FREE SESSIONS -Please register: If a training is marked as “free,” we still ask that you register.
- FEES for Sessions: $25/ANHD members (admits 1) & $40/non-members (admits 1)
- REFUND POLICY: If you are unable to attend after registering, you must contact ANHD 48 hours in advance to receive a refund on check payments. All credit card refunds will include a 10% transaction deduction.
- CONTACTS: Call ANHD at 212-747-1117 for Ericka Stallings x 14 (ericka.s@anhd.org) and Rita Mazza x 10 (rita.m@anhd.org).
JUNE 2013
June 6, 10am-1pm. Campaign Finance For Organizers
Jaron Benjamin of MET Council and Jesse Laymon (invited) of Citizen Action-NYC provide an overall understanding of New York City and State campaign finance rules and regulations, teach participants how to do campaign donation research and figure out who is giving money to whom and effectively use the information gained in a campaign.
Cost: $25/ANHD members and $40/non-members admits 2
June 27, 10am-1pm. Why Should You Care About Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs)?
Workshop Leaders – Urban Justice Center staff and experienced organizers. Communities are often shut out of normal land use process (ULURP) while most planned developments pass through ULURP smoothly regardless of community opposition. Community Benefits Agreements allow organizers and community groups to directly participate in the development process and win key victories for living wage and local hiring, green jobs and building practices, local procurement, access to community space/ facilities, and more! This training explains Community Benefits Agreements: what they are? how can they be enforced? what terms they may include? And, how to use them in campaigns to influence and shape development in NYC.
Cost: $25/ANHD members and $40/non-members admits 2
PRIOR SESSIONS – ALREADY HELD
April 24, 2013 – 2:00pm-5:00pm
FREE SESSION! What is ULURP? - Toolkit Review and Roundtable Conversation
ULURP stands for Uniform Land Use Review Procedure and it’s the process by which major land use changes get reviewed and approved in New York City. It’s long, complicated, and involves lots of players, making it difficult for communities to understand how they can have a say in the land use decisions that impact their neighborhoods.
CUP is currently developing a new toolkit called What Is ULURP? The workshop tool is a way for people to learn about the ULURP process, the different players involved, and the role they can play in decision-making. CUP is eager to get feedback on the toolkit from people working on this issue. Please join the workshop and share your thoughts about the toolkit with CUP so they can build the best resource possible.
Following the toolkit review we’ll have roundtable discussion with organizers who’ll share their experiences educating community members and partners about the process (the good, the bad, the ugly) and finding the most effective ways to engage.
October 18: Participatory Action Research For Organizers
- Speaker: Alexa Kasdan, Director of Research and Policy, Urban Justice Center
- Date/time: Thursday, October 18th 10-1
- Location: ANHD
- Outline: Introduces participants to a new website and toolkit from the Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center that provides resources and tools for organizations to conduct participatory action research (PAR). PAR is a people-centered, power-building and action oriented method of research that helps us to analyze and document the problems that we see in our communities; allows us to generate data and evidence that strengthens our social justice work and ensures that we are the experts about the issues that face our communities.
- Fee: $50 per organization ($25 for ANHD members)
November 2012
November 20: Real Estate Finance for Organizers
- Speaker: Moses Gates, ANHD Director of the Community Housing Association of Managers and Producers (CHAMP)
- Date/time: November 20, 2012, 2-5:00pm
- Location: ANHD
- Outline: How Real Estate deals are made, and the conditions which make them profitable. Participants will explore the different actors and institutions involved and discuss the organizing opportunities that exist at different times within the development process.
- Fee: $50 per person (free for ANHD members)
November TBA: History of the Tenant Movement in NYC
- Speakers: TBA
- Date/time: November 2012
- Location: ANHD
- Outline: Join this panel discussion to learn more about how the history of the NYC Tenant movement, participants will discuss tactics used and kesons learned and reflect on the changing political landscape.
- Fee: FREE
December 2012
December 13: Understanding the Community Reinvestment Act 101 (CRA)
- Speakers: ANHD staff
- Date/time: December 13, 10-1pm
- Location: ANHD
- Outline: This training will educate participants on the history of CRA, explain how it works and how communities can use the CRA to make sure banks are responsible partners in community development.
- Fee: FREE
January 2013
January 9: Allowable Political Activity by Nonprofits 3:30-5:00pm
- Speakers: Harvey Epstein & Ted De Barbieri, attorneys – Urban Justice Center’s Community Development Project.
- Date/time: January 9 – 3:30 – 5pm
- Outline: This training will address the ability of nonprofit, tax exempt organizations to engage their communities in election related activities. While 501(c)(3) organizations cannot endorse or oppose candidates, they can run voter registration and Get Out The Vote campaigns, highlight community issues, and encourage civic engagement.
February 2013
February 28: Pulling Back the Lending Curtain: Research and Organizing Strategies 10am – 1pm
This training will help organizers learn how to identify patterns of poor lending in buildings or portfolios with bad conditions. The training will also address how to tie CRA to organizing, effectively utilize BIP data, and identify the warning signs that occur before a building raises red flags. Participants will also have an opportunity to strategize with other organizers on previously identified troubled or suspicious buildings or portfolios and share research, organizing and advocacy approaches.
