DART Organizers Institute
Direct Action and Research Training Center (DART)
- Program Education
- Program Area Building Organized Communities
- Grant Amount $150,000
- Grant Period January 1, 2009–December 31, 2010
- Location Miami, FL, United States
- Geographic Focus Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio
About this grant
The greatest need identified in the field of community organizing is for additional trained organizers, a professional role that demands a sophisticated and disciplined skill set including the ability to: develop and challenge leaders; identify and facilitate training needs; analyze social and economic conditions; learn a community’s local history; develop hundreds of relationships across all sectors of a community; and lead critical evaluation and reflection sessions on the organization’s development and work. This grant will support a response to this need by funding an organizers institute founded by the Direct Action and Research Training Center.