What is a Dialogue?
The Organizers' Forum has established a program of "Organizers' Dialogues" which take place in the Spring and Fall, involve 20-50 organizers, and are discussions of organizing issues, best practices, and challenges in our work. Involving organizers, academicians, policy experts and others as presenters, experienced organizers from a variety of community and labor organizations and networks come together to look honestly and critically at our work, learn new skills and approaches, share our “best practices” and are challenged by organizers who are doing exceptional or innovative organizing. Our spring Dialogues have been held in various cities in the U.S. and some of the topics have included: "Organizer Training and Development", "Corporate Campaigns", New Immigrant Organizing", and "Political Methodology".
We have recognized that globalization is impacting on both communities and workplaces in our country, and in similar but also unique ways in countries around the world. We were interested in learning from organizers in other countries and cultures what kinds of strategies and tactics were being employed by organizers and their organizations, both community and labor. Therefore in the fall of 2002 we traveled to Brazil right before the country's historic election of Lula as President. It was a journey so successful that since then, we have traveled to India, South Africa, Indonesia, Turkey and Russia. In the fall of 2010, we will travel to Vietnam.
See the Home Page for more information on the upcoming Dialogue in Australia, including how to apply for this Dialogue.
Contents
Fall 2009: International Dialogue in Thailand
Fall 2008: International Dialogue in Australia
Fall 2007: International Dialogue in Russia
Fall 2006: An International Dialogue in Turkey
Fall 2005: An International Dialogue in Indonesia
Spring 2005: Dialogue on Bringing Framing to Organizing
Fall 2004: An International Dialogue on Organizing in South Africa
Spring 2004: Dialogue on Political Methodology
Fall 2003: A Comparative Dialogue on Organizing in India
Spring 2003: Dialogue on New Immigrant Organizing
Fall 2002: International Organizing: Road Trip to Brasil
Spring 2002: The Future of Corporate Campaigns
Fall 2001 Dialogue: Future Landscape of Organizing
Spring 2001 Dialogue: New Constituency Based Strategy and Tactics
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