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| Social Change Across Borders
is a project which seeks to bring together grassroots leaders from both Latin
America and Latina/o communities in the U.S. The Institute will offer participants
a time to reflect on transnational trends that affect their work, specific
training and education, and an opportunity to network and collaborate with
other organizers. The Institute is held at the University of California at
Santa Cruz. The natural beauty of this campus in the mountains overlooking
the Monterey Bay provides a relaxing backdrop for this type of educational
retreat.
What’s transnational organizing? Organizing which accepts as a basic premise that the linkages and relationships between local, national, and international forces are fundamental to understanding the patterns of power and powerlessness in our communities. The goal of the Institute is to deepen the understanding of these dynamics and to share and explore the best strategies for organizing for social justice. |