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State Courts on the Power Map Judicial Cohort

Overview

Given both the urgency and the opportunities we have to grow and strengthen our power in this arena, re:power’s State Courts on the Power Map (SCPM) programming aims to meet this moment by investing in the people and organizations that are most impacted, delivering the knowledge and skills we need to navigate and organize in the judicial arena, while working with partners on the ground to build and sustain our capacity in this realm. SCPM addresses the critical need to understand and navigate courts at the state level as key decision-makers in our collective fight to win racial, gender and reproductive justice as we work to defend our rights and achieve our long-term vision of building a liberated multi-racial democracy.

re: power invites directly impacted and/or BIPOC organizers and leaders working in or entering the State Supreme Courts field to apply for the State Courts on the Power Map Judicial Cohort. The cohort will accept 14 participants from different states to participate in a 15-week learning lab to develop research strategies and tools to better understand and navigate state courts using your own home states as a learning container to learn, experiment, and build strategic campaigns targeting the State Courts. The training focuses on building the strategic skills and training capacity of strategists, movement lawyers, and organizers who work across issues.   

SCPM centers the communities who are the most impacted by the decisions state courts are making: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, especially women, trans and queer folks.

Learn more about State Courts on the Power Map

Who is this course for?

Our primary objective for this work is to collaborate with state allies to build sustainable BIPOC-led infrastructure that can successfully organize state courts that reflect the communities they serve and that stand for justice.  We will work with: 

  • Movement-focused partner organizations and communities of all levels of experience who are committed to learning new frameworks and building strategic skills to navigate the judicial arena
  • Directly impacted and/or BIPOC organizers and leaders working in or entering the State Supreme Courts field
  • Folks involved in related movement work: We seek to support leaders who are currently part of organizations or efforts to advance and defend issues that are impacted by the courts and are seeking to educate and engage new and existing allies in efforts to impact the judicial arena.
  • Relational & people-focused participants who are excited to build relationships, invest in the leadership of others, and build teams of purpose-driven leaders.

What will you learn?

Our 15-week learning lab cohort is designed with our movements in mind. This learning container will offer a week-by-week training and skill building approach to help you learn:  

  • The judges sitting on your State Supreme Court Bench and unpack how they’re selected, evaluated, and held accountable 
  • Strategies used by the Right to attack to pack, limit, and weaken state supreme courts 
  • Identify, track, and organize around key cases moving forward in your state’s Supreme Court
  • The importance of judicial diversity and representation in our supreme courts  and how to build judicial pipelines in your state
  • Conduct a state-specific SWOT analysis and power map that includes state courts 
  • Learn the different ways to organize in and around state courts from experts and leaders in the field
Lesson Plan

State Court Judicial Selection & Composition: Learn about your state’s judicial selection method and begin to gain an assessment of the cohort’s state court structure. 

Identifying Opportunities and Threats: 2025 Key Cases Moving Forward: Learn how to identify and unpack key cases moving forward in the Supreme Court. Understand the relationship between the courts, state laws, and the rights we are fighting to protect. 

Identifying Opportunities and Threats: 2025 Legislation Impacting Courts: Understand the relationship between courts and other branches of government. Participants will learn how to identify and track important pieces of legislation as they relate to the courts. 

State Courts Under Attack: Unpacking the Threats to State Supreme Courts 

Judicial Evaluation & Accountability: Learn about the types of judicial evaluation in your state. Identify official and unofficial evaluation mechanisms in your state. 

Understanding the Importance of State Courts and Organizing:  Learn what organizing around state courts looks like from BIPOC and WOC leaders across the nation. Provide a container for dialogue between cohort and state court leaders 

Talking About State Courts: Developing movement-centered communication & narrative around State Courts

Who is Sitting in Our State Supreme Courts?:  Working to diversity our State Supreme Courts 

State Courts SWOT Analysis: Identifying the Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats in our state court system 
Building Campaigns Around State Courts: Expanding our campaigns to include state courts on our power map

Expectations

This is an interactive course with live practice, 1:1 coaching, and bi-weekly assignments. Our learning sessions require active participation from our cohort, including engaging in the chat box, sharing verbally, and participating in group breakout discussions to practice key concepts and skills we are learning. We encourage but do not require, participants to turn on video at all times, especially during breakout discussions. 

To join the cohort, participants must: 

  • Commit to attending our cohort in-person team launch 
  • Commit to attending  all 9 bi-weekly learning sessions 
  • Attend 4 coaching sessions
  • Complete state-specific case study work 
Make-up Policy

In case of a work or family emergency that cannot be rescheduled without putting jobs/health in jeopardy, participants may miss up to two scheduled sessions (lectures or coaching sessions). Make-up work will be required.

2025 Cohort

  • May 6 – Aug 13, 2025

15 weeks, in-person & virtual

In-person convening:
May 6–8
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Virtual sessions:
May 14–Aug 13
Wednesdays 4:00–6:00 pm ET

Stipend provided*
Apply by Feb 17, 2025

Apply

*$2,850 total per participant for 3 months. Payments will be made on a monthly basis at the rate of $950/month, based on attendance and participation. If you have any questions regarding compensation, please reach out to us at civicengagement@repowerfund.org.

Policies & FAQ

For more information regarding payment, refund policy, and other frequently asked questions, please refer to our Training Policies page. Contact us at electoral@repowerfund.org if you require further assistance.

Women of Color Leadership Development Cohort

Overview

Women of Color Leadership Cohort is a 12-week cohort experience curated specifically by and for self-identifying women of color (WoC), with learning spaces designed to amplify the unique leadership abilities within women of color while building connections and continued growth. This cohort experience focuses heavily on heart work—an intentional focus on personal development of women of color mentally and emotionally—addressing participants’ holistic needs to step into authentic liberated leadership.

Participants will cultivate a national network of WoC leaders; develop skills in management, and strategy; and practice centering their intersectional identities as leaders, managers, and organizers. The cohort will develop skills and practices that address the needs of WoC in management and leadership roles including addressing root causes and issues, strategic planning, and organizing as a leader. This program will also cultivate spaces for relationship-building, resource-sharing and health and wellness to help participants find sustainability and joy in the work. The experience will culminate in transitioning to coaching, mentoring, and joining re:power’s alumni network. 

Who is this for?

  • People identifying as both women and people of color (Black, Indigenous, Latine, Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, and Multi-racial)
  • Organizers, legislative and policy advocates, and campaign leaders
  • Mid-level managers and directors from various sectors and regions
  • Folks who are passionate about and want to deepen their impact professionally and personally
  • People who are looking for space to pause, reflect and vision to grow their leadership

What will you learn?

  • Develop skills and practices that address the needs of WoC in management and leadership roles, including addressing root causes and issues, strategic planning, and organizing as a leader
  • Practice healthy ways to address stress, historical traumas, and internalized oppression through our practices in meditation, circle practice, breathwork, and collective activities

Month One: WoC Leadership Past

  • Connecting & Leadership Foundations
  • Exploring WOC Leadership Field Trips
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Organizing & Leadership
  • Organizing as a WoC

Month Two: WoC Leadership Present

  • Management & Strategy
  • Re:defining our Power
  • Deconstructing white dominant practices and leadership styles
  • Applying Emergent Strategy
  • Brain Trust

Month Three: WoC Leadership Future

  • Funding & Communication
  • Visions of Liberation
  • Root Cause Analysis Remixed
  • Visualization Practice
  • Our Vision for Impact

Expectations

This is a dynamic cohort experience and if you are applying, you should prepare to be fully present and engaged throughout. 

We will meet twice in person at the beginning and end of the cohort experience, and we request that you read and follow our COVID-19 protocol.

  • Participants should set aside 3 days for each in-person convening
  • To maximize connection and community-building during in-person gatherings, we will not offer a hybrid virtual option.

In between the in-person meetups, we will meet virtually once a week for eight sessions.

  • For the virtual sessions, we ask that participants actively engage by using the chat function, coming off mute to share verbally, and participating in breakout group discussions. If you are able, we strongly encourage participants to turn on video during virtual sessions.
  • Participants should set aside approximately 4 hours a week for coursework—including attending virtual sessions and homework.

We will be meeting in person during this cohort experience. Please read our latest COVID-19 protocol before proceeding with your application.

COVID-19 Protocol

2025 Cohorts

  • Jul 22 – Sep 11, 2025

12 weeks, in-person & virtual

In-person Opening:
July 22–24, 2025
Baltimore, MD

Virtual Sessions:
July 31–September 4, 2025
Thursdays, 6:00–8:00pm ET

In-person Closing:
September 9–11, 2025
Durham, NC

$350–$7,000*

Apply

*Please refer to the Training Policies page for more information on our sliding scale system. Please reach out to {contact email} if you have any questions.

Policies & FAQ

For more information regarding payment, refund policy, and other frequently asked questions, please refer to our Training Policies page. Contact us at wocprograms@repowerfund.org if you require further assistance.

Campaign School for Issue Organizers

Overview

Campaign School for Issue Organizers is built to support issue-focused organizers to connect the dots between elections and year-round issue-based organizing. Through the boom and bust of election cycles, many grassroots organizations find themselves scrambling when money is brought in during big election years. This training will equip organizers in the skills and tools they need to be prepared for these moments.

In this course, we will take participants through the full-cycle of electoral campaigning, from how to calculate a win number and create a field plan, to campaign budgeting and fundraising, to launching and managing a canvass. While the primary focus is on electoral skills, this course is intended to build the confidence, rigor and strategy that organizers need to transfer these skills to issue-based grassroots organizing. This is a four-week course that meets twice a week, for two hours per session. Participants will have access to coaches throughout the duration of this course.

Who is this course for?

  • Grassroots Organizers, Base Builders, Campaigners who want to build inclusive, productive and positive work environments
  • Issue-focused organizers who are, or will be receiving, C3 or C4 dollars to manage electoral programs to uplift issue-focused campaigns ie. ballot measures, pro-working class candidates, etc.
  • Folks who have 3+ years of organizing experience

What will you learn?

At the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Create a strategic, winning, and movement-building campaign plan
  • Incorporate healthy campaign culture into your work
  • Build strong teams of paid and volunteer staff to drive your campaign
  • Craft persuasive and effective scripts for organizing conversations
Lesson Plan

Overview a Field Plan and Direct Voter Contact Basics
Learn why you need a field plan and program to be successful. Get an overview of what a field plan looks like, how to create your “North Star” (i.e. your campaign Win Number), and the basics of direct voter contact. 

Campaign Budgeting & Fundraising
Understand your role as fundraisers while building your confidence, and how to hold leadership in raising election dollars before, during, and after a campaign cycle.

Targeting Voters & VAN
Learn how to target the key voters that your campaign needs to talk to, how to determine your win numbers, and the basics on how to use the Voter Activation Network (VAN) and navigate its limitations. 

Base Building and Digital Tools
Explore how to build an inclusive base of support and how to craft what you say to your base once you have identified them. 

Script Building
Practice organizing conversations to help shape and inform our field programs. Participants will role play and get the opportunity to write an effective script that connects your target audience with desired outcomes.

Building a Volunteer Program
Identify the 5 elements of a great volunteer program, understand your role in volunteer recruitment and retention, and how to develop volunteer leadership through a ladder of engagement.

Launching & Managing Canvasses
Learn one of the key ingredients of a successful field program: the door-to-door canvass. Participants will learn how to effectively set up canvasses and manage canvass staff.

Managing Up & Across Your Team
Learn to better coordinate and communicate with their peers and managers in order to achieve the shared vision and goals of the campaign.

If you’re applying to an in-person training, please read our latest COVID-19 protocol before proceeding with your application.

COVID-19 Protocol

Training Dates

  • Apr 7 – Apr 30, 2025

4 weeks, virtual

Mondays & Wednesdays
3:00–5:00 pm ET

$75–$350*

Apply by April 4, 2025

Apply
  • Jun 24 – Jun 26, 2025

3 days, in-person

Minneapolis, MN

$275–$5,500*

Apply by May 2, 2025

Apply

*Please refer to the Training Policies page for more information on our sliding scale system. Please reach out to electoral@repowerfund.org if you have any questions.

Policies & FAQ

For more information regarding payment, refund policy, and other frequently asked questions, please refer to our Training Policies page. Contact us at electoral@repowerfund.org if you require further assistance.

Data Analytics Camp

Overview

Data Analytics Camp (DAC) equips progressive leaders with cutting-edge data and analytics skills necessary to support electoral campaigns and issue-based organizing. Applicants will be asked to commit to full participation for an intensive 5-day in-person training. We work to accommodate practitioners at various points in their organizing journey and pull from best practices in data, analytics, engineering and organizing to help campaigners and activists build winning online and offline campaigns.

Who is this course for?

  • Folks who are data-curious, whether or not data is a part of your formal role
  • Organizers and field staff who want to learn how to use data to inform their campaigns
  • Folks who want to become future Data Managers & Directors: Past students have successfully pivoted to data manager & data director roles after completing this course.

What will you learn?

Training topics include
  • Intro to Movement Data
  • Data During Electoral Cycles
  • Data for Issue Organizing
  • Lists and Targets 
  • Reports and Queries
  • Data Collection 
  • Data Visualization 
  • Experiments and Tests
  • Digital Safety and Security

If you’re interested in this course but not able to join us in person, please check out our virtual Data Strategy course which offers the same strategy curriculum in an online format. Please note, the virtual Data Strategy course does not include the engineering components of DAC, which are offered as separate virtual offerings.

Expectations

This is an intensive 5-day in-person training course with high expectations for participation. 

During training sections and breakouts we ask participants to be present, share verbally, and participate in breakout group discussion. Participants will be asked to work in groups to complete a group-based assignment.

There are limited spaces available for participants in this course. We ask that you commit to meeting these expectations if you apply to the training.

If you’re interested in this course, but not able to join us in person—please check out our virtual Data Strategy course which offers the same strategy curriculum in an online format. Please note, the virtual Data Strategy course does not include the engineering components of DAC, which are offered as separate virtual offerings.

We will be meeting in person for this training. Please read our latest COVID-19 protocol before proceeding with your application.

COVID-19 Protocol

Training Dates

  • May 19 – May 23, 2025

5 days, in-person

Durham, NC

$275–$5,500*

Apply by April 4, 2025

 

Apply

Policies & FAQ

For more information regarding payment, refund policy, and other frequently asked questions, please refer to our Training Policies page. Contact us at data@repowerfund.org if you require further assistance.

Grassroots Organizing School

Overview

re:power Fund’s Grassroots Organizing School is an 18-week course built to provide BIPOC grassroots organizers with the training and support necessary to develop a baseline of relational organizing skills.

The curriculum, based on Professor Marshall Ganz’s successful “Leadership, Organizing, and Action” program, is designed to take participants through a full campaign learning journey and includes sessions on public narrative as a leadership tool, building organizing relationships, creating interdependent leadership teams, developing campaign strategy, and taking action with your community. 

Relational organizing is at the heart of Grassroots Organizing School’s approach. At re:power Fund, we believe that movements must center base building in all their strategies and that engaging new people, developing their leadership capacity, and placing them in positions of real responsibility is essential to long-term success beyond any individual campaign. With that in mind, our entire curriculum is built to enhance our organizers’ relational skills and their capacity to distribute responsibility and develop the leadership of others.

Who is the course for?

  • Organizing professionals who are doing work on the ground. That work can be tied to grassroots, electoral, and/or issue organizing. We seek to support organizers who are currently part of a campaign effort or are seeking to build one. Ideal candidates are actively responsible for building out a base of people in order to engage them in political work.
  • Leaders who are excited to build relationships, to invest in the leadership of others, and to build teams of purpose-driven leaders.
  • Movement activists who are looking to make a substantial investment in themselves and their work

What will you learn?

Course modules include:
  • Introduction to Organizing
  • Coaching as a Leadership Practice
  • Public Narrative: Stories of Self, Us, and Now
  • Relationship-Building
  • Building Interdependent Leadership Teams
  • Creating Shared Strategy
  • Tactics & Timeline
  • Mobilizing for Action
Structure

The course will launch with an in-person convening. Following that, we will meet virtually every week from June 9 until August 18. Participants will also be required to meet once every 2 weeks with an assigned small group of peers to complete a group assignment (a Skill Practice Assignment, or “SPA”).  

We’ll close with a final in-person convening.

Expectations

This is an intensive, interactive course, with high expectations for participation. 

During lectures & sections:

  • We ask participants to write in the chat box, share verbally, and participate in breakout group discussion. 

Outside of class time, participants will be asked to:

  • Apply their learning to their work in real time, 
  • Complete required readings,
  • Write biweekly reflection papers, and 
  • Complete biweekly short group projects alongside a small group of other participants. 

Participants should expect to spend about 5 hours a week for coursework—including attending live webinar sessions and completing assignments.

There are limited spaces available for participants in this course. Please be prepared to meet these expectations if you apply.

Make-up Policy

In case of a work or family emergency that cannot be rescheduled without putting jobs/health in jeopardy, participants may miss up to two scheduled sessions (lecture or sections). Make-up work will be required.

We will be meeting in person for this training. Please read our latest COVID-19 protocol before proceeding with your application.

COVID-19 Protocol

2025 Cohort

  • May 29 – Aug 31, 2025

18 weeks, in-person & virtual

In-person Opening: May 29–Jun 1, 2025

Virtual Sessions: June 9–Aug 25, 2025

In-person Closing: Sep 5–7, 2025

$350–$7,000*

Apply by May 2, 2025 

Apply

*Please refer to the Training Policies page for more information on our sliding scale system. Please reach out to grassroots@repowerfund.org if you have any questions.

Policies & FAQ

For more information regarding payment, refund policy, and other frequently asked questions, please refer to our Training Policies page. Contact us at grassroots@repowerfund.org if you require further assistance.

Digital Organizer School

Overview

The Digital Organizer School (DOS) is re:power’s core offering for progressive organizers, digital practitioners, and communicators who are looking to build technical skills and invest in strategic ability and leadership within the movement. Applicants will be asked to commit to full participation which includes a pre-training online gathering and a 5-day in-person training. 

Digital Organizer School is an intensive 5-day training designed to meet people at different points in their career. Whether you are brand new to digital organizing or have been practicing for 1–3 years, you will discover new skills and tools, new strategies and approaches for your work and new relationships with others across the movement. We emphasize strategic decision-making and leadership development to make the training a powerful experience for participants at all levels.

At DOS, you’ll learn how to execute essential digital tactics such as writing effective emails, shifting dominant narratives, online ads, organizing on emerging media platforms, and analytics. You’ll also focus on strategic decision-making and developing digital organizing plans that will be most impactful in your unique community. Finally, you’ll invest in your own leadership at your organization or campaign. This emphasis on strategic decisions and leadership development makes the training a powerful experience for participants who arrive with varying levels of digital organizing experience.

The program begins with an intensive 4-day in-person training where you’ll work in teams to practice what you’re learning through a campaign simulation. On day 5, you’ll present your work to the full group and receive feedback from trainers.

Who is this course for?

  • Field Organizers and Communications folks who are new to the digital organizing landscape
  • Digital Organizers with under 3 years of experience
  • People who want to learn how to integrate a digital program into their current organizing campaign
  • Folks who work for organizations with a digital presence but would like to learn how to be in the role of digital organizing and engagement
  • Organizing Insight: Folks with experience doing organizing work on the ground. That work can be tied to grassroots, electoral, and/or issue organizing. We seek to support organizers who are currently part of a campaign effort or are seeking to build one.
  • Openness to learning: Regardless of experience in organizing online, we are interested in organizers who are excited about challenging themselves to learn new ways of doing the work and partnering with others to come up with creative solutions. People should come ready to be present and engaged.

What will you learn?

  • Writing emails 
  • Building strong digital relationships with your supporters
  • Challenging dominant narratives & incorporating stories into your online campaigns
  • Analytics & Testing 
  • Online Advertising 
  • Mobile Campaigning 
  • Digital Security
  • TikTok and New Media
  • Online Fundraising 
  • Storytelling Online 
  • Content Creation & Design for the Movement

Expectations

This is an intensive 5-day in-person course with high expectations for participation. 

During training sections and breakouts we ask participants to be present, share verbally, and participate in breakout group discussion. Participants will be asked to work in groups to complete a group-based assignment. While some time will be structured for group projects, groups are expected to work together outside of class time as-needed to complete the assignment.

There are limited spaces available for participants in this course. We ask that you commit to meeting these expectations if you apply to the training.

If you’re interested in this course, but not able to join us in person—please check out our virtual Introduction to Digital Organizing course which offers the same curriculum in an online format and paced out over 3 weeks.

We will be meeting in person for this course. Please read our latest COVID-19 protocol before proceeding with your application.

COVID-19 Protocol

Training dates

No upcoming trainings

*Please refer to the Training Policies page for more information on our sliding scale system. please reach out to digital@repowerfund.org if you have any questions.

Policies & FAQ

For more information regarding payment, refund policy, and other frequently asked questions, please refer to our Training Policies page. Contact us at digital@repowerfund.org if you require further assistance.