Ir Tzedek: Pursuing a Just City through Community Organizing is a 4-week (6 session) workshop series that dives into the basics of community organizing through a lens of Jewish theology, organizing, and identity, co-facilitated by Kitchen Community Organizer, Avital Raff & Faith in Action Bay Area (FIABA), Community Organizer, Nani Raff.
The first 4 sessions will be dedicated learning how to organize, we will cover:
What is organizing?
How to build the skills necessary to organize
How we organize to shift power to those in our community who are most impacted by oppression
How FIABA organizes in San Mateo and San Francisco counties
The 5th session will be participating in your local—San Francisco or San Mateo County—member meeting in person and the 6th session will be a debrief and next steps for the entire cohort.
This workshop series is intended for residents of San Francisco and San Mateo counties who may have some economic security and/or racial privilege, and who wish to learn about participating in a cross-class, multi-racial, multi-lingual organization that is led by those who are impacted by injustice.
Each session will build on the previous so we ask that you commit to attending all 6 sessions.
Zoom Dates:
Tuesdays, 7-8:30 PM
March 15, 22, 29
April 5
In-person Sessions:
Thursday, April 7 6-8 PM in San Francisco OR Thursday, April 14 7-8:30 PM Redwood City
AND
Sunday, April 24 1-3 PM
To sign up, please fill out our interest form here.
Who is Faith in Action Bay Area?
Faith in Action Bay Area is a multi-racial, multi-lingual, intergenerational and cross-class organization that is led by those most affected by injustice, such as low-income families and workers, immigrants, and people of color. We are community leaders working in congregations, schools, neighborhoods and apartment complexes across San Mateo County to uphold the dignity of all people. We develop the shared leadership of community members and lift up our faith values, in order to confront power and change unjust systems.