Workshops & Curricula

Worcester Roots Project is in the process of making all of our curricula available online. New workshops and handouts will be posted on this page as they are available. Please contact us with any questions about the resources found on this page, and please let us know if you make improvements to the curricula we have posted here.

Community Organizing Training:

• Historical background:
  1. Panther film
  2. Ashanti Alston (speaker)
  3. Video coming soon!
• Power mapping:
  1. EPOCA’s Power Mapping Presentation (PPT – 733kb)
  2. Power Mapping Worksheet (1 page PDF – 78kb)
• Environmental Health and Justice in Worcester:
  1. Toxic Soil Busters Co-op
  2. Regional Environmental Council’s Environmental Health and Justice
  3. Health Disparities: Keesha LaTulippe’s presentation on racial inequity
• Strategy Handouts from The Change Agency (website with several useful worksheets)
• Anti-oppression: Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA)
• Interpersonal Organizing Tactics:
  1. Home Parties: Mosaic & Black Legacy Home Parties presentation (PPT – 106kb)
  2. One to One’s – Information coming soon
  3. Volunteer engagement and recruitment / door – to – door Information coming soon

Youth Development Curricula:

1. Community Organizing Workshop
   • Activity Handout (Word doc) / Activity Handout (PDF doc)
   • More info on One-On-One’s (Word doc) / More info on One-On-One’s (PDF doc)
2. Cooperative Business Activity (handouts included – Word doc) / (PDF doc)
3. Environmental Justice Workshop
   • Activity Handout (Word doc) / Activity Handout (PDF doc)

   Case Studies:

   • One Page on Boston Univ.’s Biohazard Lab (Word doc) / One Page on Boston BU Lab (PDF doc)
   • Larger Report on Boston Univ.’s Biohazard Lab (PDF doc)
   • Fact Sheet on San Fransisco Toxics (PDF doc)
   • Full report on San Fransisco Toxics (PDF doc)
4. Talking to the Media
   • Short activity on Talking to the Media (Word Doc) / (PDF Doc)
   • Short activity on Public Speaking (follow up to media workshop – Word Doc) / (PDF Doc)
5. Meeting Facilitation, “No More Boring Meetings”
   • Agenda for the workshop (Word doc)(PDF doc)
   • Handout for the workshop (Word doc) / (PDF doc)
   • Scenarios for the bingo game (Word doc) / (PDF doc)
   • Bingo Board #1(Word doc) / (PDF doc)
   • Bingo Board #2(Word doc) / (PDF doc)
   • Bingo Board #3(Word doc) / (PDF doc)
   • Bingo Board #4(Word doc) / (PDF doc)
   • Bingo Board #5(Word doc) / (PDF doc)
   • Role Play Handout (Word doc) / (PDF doc)