*December 28th - January 9th: Dominican Republic* & *February 6th - 8th: New Orleans, LA *
Email info@solidarityignite.org for more information.
We're committed to ensuring participation from students of diverse backgrounds- including economically, and value the perspectives of working class students! Even if these programs would typically be financially inaccessible for you, please reach out to us, as we're happy to work with you to make it happen. Sign up here for an online fundraising skill-share and learn more about our need-based scholarships.
SOLIDARITY IMMERSION TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 12/28/14 - 1/9/15:
Join student organizers from all over and leaders in the movement for social justice across the Dominican Republic and Haiti for an up-close look at how our global economy and fight for change is woven together!
Apply Here!
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Highlights:
- Listen and learn directly from the personal stories of organizers at the forefront of the fight for social justice on the ground in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Gain a first-hand understanding of the bigger picture of human rights in the global economy through direct testimony from workers in the factories and fields, from garment-industry to Call Centers to agriculture in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
- Share skills with rad student organizers from around the country who have won campaigns! If they can do it, you can do it! Lots of hands-on workshops, role plays, games, discussions, and campaign planning that will jump-start your organizing into the new semester. Build alliances with a network of amazing students from campuses across the country who are fighting for change, just like you!
- Have a whole lot of pure, simple, fun, with an amazing community of organizers in one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Enjoy the fantastic music and dance scene, the natural beauty, hike, go to the beach, hang out with local families! Bachata, Merengue, Dembow! Cook delicious Dominican food with homestay families in Villa Altagracia!
- Meet the inspiring leaders of Alta Gracia, the first ever living-wage union-made factory producing college logo apparel. This article in The Nation and this fun video made by United Students Against Sweatshops share the history, or check out this short documentary film from past trip participants. Come see for yourself how more than a decade of student worker solidarity continues to transform the Free Trade Zone and community of Villa Altagracia.
- Stay connected! Plug in to networks that will drive this movement forward when you get home. Whether sharing ideas and advice to help each other out on calls post-trip or meeting up at regional conferences, we stay involved in the labor justice movement post-trip!
NEW ORLEANS SOCIAL JUSTICE STUDENT ORGANIZING RETREAT, 2/6/15 - 2/8/15:
Students from across the country converge in New Orleans for a weekend of building our organizing skills, strengthening the foundations to a unified social justice movement, and enjoying the Big Easy!
Register Here!
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Highlights:
- Share skills with students from campuses across the country! With a focus on concrete campaigns for economic justice and labor solidarity, you’ll also have the chance to learn from experiences organizers in the movements for immigrant rights, women's and LGBTQ+ rights, environmental justice, anti-human trafficking and more!
- Swap skills with students who have won concrete campaigns! Learn how to build campus coalition, turn out people to events, master organizing conversations, and more! Don’t have a campaign you’re currently working on? We’ll help you kick-start something on campus!
- Explore one of the country's most wondrous cities with cool leaders interconnected in the global movement for justice! Mardi gras with new friends! Live Music! Parades! Action!
- Need help getting there? We’re happy to provide fundraising support, connections to local carpools, and information about need-based scholarships!
- Lodging and meals are provided with your sliding scale conference fee! Register today to hold your spot!
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