STRONGER TOGETHER: COALITION PRACTICES FOR NAVIGATING TENSION AND DISAGREEMENT

Coalitions bring together organizations with different interests, access to resources, and relationships to power to work on a shared campaign. These organizations are stronger together and more prone to disagreement. This workshop supports participants to dig into questions of purpose, strategy and decision-making, among others, to get clarity about why they’ve experienced disagreement in their coalition. Participants will have time to learn tools to disagree well and navigate tension in ways that are generative and instrumental in advancing our collective efforts to win big and shift conditions for our people.

WHAT TO EXPECT

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1 hour Orientation
- Join us on zoom to meet fellow organizers and members of The OC training team, set learning goals, and make plans for achieving them over the course of our journey together.
2-3 hours of Self-Paced Learning
- on your own schedule, dig into videos, readings and worksheets to learn the basic concepts. At the end, submit the questions you want to answer, the challenges you are facing, and what you want to practice during the live practice & coaching session.
- During independent learning you will have the option to focus on one, or more, areas including:
  - What your coalition chooses to work on together
  - Why organizations join your coalition and what capacity they have to offer
  - How your coalition makes decisions and who gets to make them
  - How you treat one another, navigate power, build relationships and share responsibility
2 hour Live Practice Session
- you will practice and strengthen the skills you learned in the previous weeks with feedback from experienced organizers. Be prepared to be on camera, practice, and receive feedback. Having a computer with strong internet connection and the ability to connect to video will ensure the best experience.

By the end of this workshop you will have:

Identified common challenges faced by coalitions and the root causes of disagreement and conflict
Learned tools that support groups to make decisions and disagree, build cultures of shared responsibility and cooperation, and navigate power dynamics and conflict
Developed next steps for your coalition with these building blocks in mind