Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant Communities - ILRC

Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant CommunitiesJanuary 2003o Trying to keep the INS from building a detention center in the communityo Garnering community support around the Latino Immigrant Fairness Act(LIFA)o Supporting bilingual educationo Increasing minimum wage and working towards having a living wagestandard in the communityo Unaccompanied immigrant minor issueso School issueso Community safety issueso Community housing issueso Workplace health and safety issueso Encouraging people to apply for naturalizationo Encouraging people to vote• Each group must present it’s chosen topic via some form of role-playing:12:00-1:00 Luncho Have a press conference—write a press release and host a mock pressconference with the audience as the press.o Develop an organizing campaign—create a blueprint for such a campaign,explain the campaign and demonstrate short talks to groups such as churches,asking for signatures on a petition or some other form of support for thecampaign.o Conduct mock congressional meetings to convince members of Congress tosupport the issues.o Conduct public hearings on some important issue.1:00-2:30 Outreach Exercises in Small GroupsEach small group should have at least one trainer.A. AgendaComplete Individual Work on Worksheets Found in the appendix. (10 Minutes)Group Discussion on the Worksheets (40 Minutes)Example Role-Plays “A” and “B” and Exercises (40 Minutes)B. Group Discussion: The trainer should lead a group discussion on each of the fourtopics listed on the worksheet. (40 minutes) Write the answers the leaders come upwith on butcher paper or a chalkboard so everyone can see them. After the day’straining, type up notes and distribute them to the leaders at the next training session.Following each question are some possible answers you may receive:1. Why do we need to do outreach to the community? (5 minutes)12-34