Twin Cities Training for Transition - March 26, 27

Good Work, Inc. (GWI) is pleased to announce the Twin Cities first Training for Transition. GWI, a St. Paul based nonprofit organization, is committed to helping and inspiring people to create innovative solutions that build a more resilient, just and caring society. As an ally of the Transition Towns movement and rooted in the Twin Cities area, GWI catalyzes and supports the development of local Transition Initiatives.

The Training for Transition (T4T) course is designed to give a detailed introduction to the most important skills necessary to successfully set up, develop, and run a Transition project in your locality. It is designed for people who are already in a group working to achieve this, or are thinking of creating such a group. The full curriculum for the T4T can be found at http://www.transitionus.org/initiatives/T4T-curriculum.

At the end of the course participants will:
·      * Have a clear understanding of the context for Transition Initiatives, the current global situation and the transformational possibilities that arise from climate change, peak oil and the economic crisis.

·      * Know what the Transition model is – including an in-depth look at the 12 steps, from inspiration, setting up the initiating group, all the way to having active and effective working groups.

·      * Have experienced a joint visioning process.

·      * Understand how to organize effective meetings such as public talks, open space days, and small theme working groups.

·      * Understand the purpose and principles of an Energy Descent Action Plan.

·      * Have the outline of an effective and inspiring talk on the Transition movement.

·      *Have formed useful contacts with other Transition Initiatives and individuals interested in the Transition model.

·      * Have a plan of action for themselves and their locality.

This training will follow the Transition model in paying attention to both the outer work and the inner work necessary for a successful transition process. The course is participatory, action learning-based and fun, with participants invited to share their own experience and learn from the many different transition projects represented in the group.

Location: Twin Cities Friends Meeting House
1725 Grand Avenue, St Paul, MN
Date: March 26-27, 8am-5pm
Limit: 22 participants
Costs:
$220 before February 5, 2010            $250 after February 5, 2010

A Limited number of scholarships are available. Please inquire. (Scholarship application attached.) For those who are able, paying the entire fee allows others who can’t afford it to participate.

Healthy snacks, available throughout the training, are included in the fees. Lunch, on your own, is available within walking distance from the site, or participants may bring their own lunch. Please contact us for housing options for traveling participants.  An optional evening dinner gathering on Friday night is being planned.

If you're interested in offering a place to house traveling participants, please contact us.

To register, please contact Mao Moua at Good Work, Inc.
Phone: 651 298 1343
Email: Training@goodworkinc.org

Please make checks payable to Good Work, Inc and send registration fees to:
Good Work, Inc
400 Selby Ave. Suite O
St. Paul, MN 55102

If you’re interested in future trainings – please ask to be put on the contact list.

GWI is committed to ensuring that people with limited incomes and from communities traditionally under-represented are welcomed and included in developing and directing Transition Initiatives in the Twin Cities. Towards those ends, GWI is making every effort to ensure that scholarships are available. GWI has pledged $500 of its own funds for scholarships and is seeking additional scholarship funds from other committed organizations and individuals.

If you would like to ensure that the Twin Cities Transition Town efforts are representative and inclusive of the diversity in our city, please make a check payable to Good Work, Inc. and indicate it is for scholarships. All donations are tax-deductible.

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