Training Videos
Momentum 101: Intro to the Hybrid
This video series serves as an introduction to the core concepts of the Momentum theory of organizing and is an abridged version of our larger 101 training. Our curriculum is designed to give organizers the tools to build progressive popular social movements to win on the most pressing justice issues of our time, drawing on lessons and skills from contemporary and historic social movements. These recordings are from our March 2020 online training for People of Color.
How to Build the Movement in a Moment of the Whirlwind
In the summer of 2020, The Movement for Black Lives made what many thought impossible, possible. Cities across the country are seriously considering defunding the police, and hundreds of thousands took to the streets in cities across the world to confront white supremacy inherent in our institutions and systems.
We break down how we got to this moment: how mass protest works, how movements build momentum by using moments of crisis to spotlight issues, craft demands, reframe the fight, continue to grow and sustain, and more.
Mass Trainings
How do we remove bottlenecks and give people the skills, strategy, support and permission they need to lead? How do we give people access to transformative experiences and leadership development without staffing up or centralizing control? How do we allow people to self-organize and act autonomously and without waiting for permission from a centralized group — without losing sight of our goal or our unified theory of change?
In this webinar, Dani Moscovitch describes IfNotNow’s mass training program, how it allowed them to bring in thousands of new volunteers in a ‘moment of the whirlwind,’ core features of how to build your own, and mistakes they made that you should avoid.
Sunrise Movement
How did Sunrise study and build towards the ‘moment of the whirlwind’ around the Green New Deal? How did they use the spotlight on elected officials to build more public support and a more powerful movement? How have they learned to absorb the thousands of people who want to follow their leadership? Watch this webinar with Sunrise on their movement building lessons, and what this political moment demands of organizers around the country.
Online to Offline Mobilization: Lessons from A Day Without Immigrants
During the Trump administration, organizations across the country faced a similar challenge: What do you do when thousands of people come knocking on your door, ready to take action? Learn how Thaís Marques used digital tools to recruit thousands of immigrants across the country to take part in the largest immigrant-led actions in a generation during A Day Without Immigrants on May 1, 2017. In this webinar, you’ll learn how she used innovative digital tools to engage passive supporters of the movement to turn them into active participants to grow their organizational capacity.
What makes nonviolent movements succeed?
Watch this webinar for an interview with Dr. Erica Chenoweth, author of “Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict.” We asked her questions about what her research reveals are the best strategies and tactics from movements around the world that have succeeded and failed in taking on oppressive regimes.
Learning from the Umbrella Movement
Watch this webinar with Johnson Yeung, one of the organizers behind Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement, a massive civil resistance movement fighting for democracy. He analyzes and shares the movement cycle of the Umbrella Movement, key learnings around escalation in their 15-month campaign of civil disobedience, lessons in how they framed their issue, and how their tactics worked or didn't work.