Servicio Social y Cambio Social: Una Estrategia de Construcción de Movimiento

During this session by the Building Movement Project, participants will explore alternatives that will allow them to:
-Understand how service agencies can serve as sites for movement building work
-Reimagine how their own service work can incorporate social change models
-Hear examples of how this work is happening locally and nationally
-Work with organizers to explore and strategize around the idea of a formal network sustained regionally and locally that promotes a different view of service work and supports movement building among these groups
-Learn about and develop strategies for lifting up the sort of leadership that needs to be developed within agencies and groups in order to implement a social change agenda (i.e. constituent leadership, ‘next generation’ leaders)
-Reposition the Detroit service sector–which has been on the forefront of this work for the past 7 years–as a place where solutions to problems are created not simply imposed by outside groups
Part 1 of the session will share strategies for implementing civic engagement and social change models at the organizational level. Part 2 of the session will focus on building upon these organizational models towards a broader movement for social change.