Trainings & Workshops

Trainings and popular education are an important part of bringing about fundamental change. Catalyst Project focuses on working with other white people and with majority-white organizations. This is a response to generations of encouragement from activists of color for white people to take on this responsibility with each other, and to take collection action against racism in coordination with leadership from working-class, grassroots-led communities of color.

Our trainings are intersectional and emphasize the institutional nature of racism in the US, its function as a system of “divide-and-control,” and the ways that anti-racism is a catalyst to overcome those divisions and build powerful, effective organizations and movements. Our approach is experiential and participatory, designed to engage diverse education levels, life experiences, and learning styles.  

We offer: 

  • Workshops
  • Organizational consulting and strategic planning
  • Panels for conferences and gatherings
  • Skills-based training

Trainings are in-person or online and range from a half day, one day, one week, to multi-year organizational partnerships. Our trainings are designed for people and organizations who want support building their anti-racist/racial justice skills and analysis.

We tailor our trainings to a group’s needs and offer a range of topics we can build into your training.  Our fee structure can be found HERE. Contact us at info@collectiveliberation.org for additional inquiries.

Workshops we offer include:

  • Development of racism in the U.S.
  • Institutional racism: impacts and resistance
  • White supremacy and other systems of oppression
  • White privilege in social justice movements
  • Anti-racist organizing principles 101

  • Anti-racist organizing principles 201
  • Leadership development and alliance building
  • Countering racism in our organizations, campaigns, programs

  • Histories of State and Political repression
  • Case studies
  • Principles for resisting political repression and building stronger movements

  • White supremacy, xenophobia, and the history of immigration in the US
  • Contemporary immigration myths and narratives
  • Immigrant Justice vision and strategy
  • Understanding citizenship privilege
  • Accountability to and taking leadership from directly impacted communities
  • Taking strategic action toward multi-racial movements for immigrant justice

  • Aligning our politics with our funding
  • How and why to make your work accountable to your community
  • Fundraising for anti-capitalists

Some Organizations We've Worked With:

TESTIMONIALS

White People 4 Black Lives is grateful for the training we received on security and resisting state repression. The Catalyst Project approach to conveying the information was grounded in care for our comrades and for the movement. It was not only a positive learning experience, but the advanced preparation, real world examples to process, and community building with the facilitators was important for the leadership of the collective. The training expanded our security mindset to make additional shifts to avoid being a movement liability. This was especially useful for members who were new to our leadership and reinforced the primacy of security culture.
—Dahlia Ferlito, co-founder, White People 4 Black Lives
During a time where many different communities are economically hurting because of the impacts of COVID 19, it was amazing to work with Catalyst Project to support undocumented families. They are so enthusiastically ready and willing to push themselves and their community to support those who are directly affected by systems of oppression. It was refreshing to work with principled individuals who support and uplift leadership of immigrant communities!
—Alejo, UndocufundSF, Executive Director, Trabajadores Unidos Workers United (TUWU)

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Catalyst Project organizes, trains, and mentors white activists and majority-white organizations to be bold, strategic and accountable anti-racist leaders as a part of multiracial movements for liberation. Support this work with a gift today.

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