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Transformative Organizing is an entirely new form of social justice organizing that equally values personal transformation and societal transformation, and sees them both as essential and integrated into a unified theory of change. Transformative Organizing 101 and 201 workshops will emphasize understanding new frameworks that distinguish change from fundamental transformation, and focus on concrete practices that change the organizer as well as the organized. The workshops will be based on the work of the Transformative Organizing Initiative (TOI), a multi-year training program that is currently training 85 staff and 70 grassroots leaders from 17 organizations in New York City. TOI is developing a model for transformative organizing – a model that is based on the belief that transforming ourselves (by aligning our behaviors/actions with our values and beliefs) and the way we do social change work can lay the foundation for the long-term transformation of society. TOI focuses on generating transformative practices that inform organizing strategies, organizational development, political education, and personal transformation.
