Description
Join us for this 3-hour in-person workshop titled Our Roles in Community: Past, Present, & Future.
When: July 12th from 12 pm – 3 p.m.
Where: Minneapolis, MN. The location will be shared with registrants after payment.
Price: $50. Three free community-funded tickets are available. Please contact moconnor@cococanary.com to receive the coupon information.
What: This workshop was developed by five burnt-out community organizers who were having an identity crisis. They all came from different fields (popular education, environmental justice, adult literacy, psychology, and more), but they all felt they needed a change. They came together to help each other reflect on how they wanted to engage in community work moving forward, and through this process, they developed a workshop in hopes that it could help others.
Workshop Agenda
(1) Reflect on the roles you’ve been playing in your community
(2) Discuss learnings, challenges, and why these roles may or may not serve you and/or your community
(4) Dream and decide how you want to engage in community moving forward
Workshop Outcome: We hope you leave this session with more clarity on the role you want to play in the community moving forward.
The facilitators posing after leading the Our Roles Workshop in March 2025
About The Facilitators (from left to right):
Molly O’Connor: Molly is a queer facilitator, evaluator, artist, and community organizer who uses art to shape conversations with community partners to elicit their input while also infusing creativity and joy into the process.
Angela Allen: Angela is a queer BIPOC therapist, community organizer, educator and advocate. She is guided by the belief that none of us are free until all of us are, and that the only path towards true liberation is alongside community, along with the dismantling of capitalism and other oppressive systems that plague our world. She is most excited about political and popular education that empowers people to take action and helps them make connections between their lived experiences, policy, and the lives of their community members.
Carrie Pomeroy: Carrie is a queer writer, educator, restorative justice practitioner, community organizer, and mother who’s trying to grow into being a good elder. As a facilitator, she loves to offer writing and conversational prompts that give people space to reflect on their experiences, connect the personal to larger historical and social currents, and cultivate compassion for themselves and others—and hopefully move toward clarity and fresh perspectives along the way. She has published her writing in the anthology Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers, the St. Paul Almanac, and other publications.
Ilse Griffin: Ilse is a queer educator, writer, and community organizer. They are most excited about education that is tangible and skill-based (such as basic bike maintenance or conversational English), as well as politically and contextually grounded. They think that the best learning and activism happen always with and alongside others. They love helping to facilitate the connections that happen between different people, groups, and ideas.
Cydnee Sanders: Cydnee is a BIPOC educator, facilitator, and community organizer. She is passionate about culture and storytelling, whether that is through her extensive traveling, working with people across different cultures, or watching endless movies and television. She strives for community engagement and social justice through collaborative, human-centered dialogue that explores our identities and cultures.
COVID INFO: We will meet indoors. There is no expectation of wearing your mask indoors, but please have one on hand in case a fellow member requests it (we will also have some available).