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Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant CommunitiesJanuary 2003Chapter 5Training Unit—Conducting Outreach and Running Meetings§ 5.1 IntroductionThis chapter is designed to teach the leaders how to do outreach and how to lead a meeting on atopic. While the topic used in this chapter is naturalization, the steps taught in this session aretransferable to doing outreach and leading a meeting on almost any topic.This session should last approximately three and a half hours, including a 15 minute break, ifthere are six leaders or fewer per trainer. If there are more leaders per trainer, then this sessionwill take considerably longer.§ 5.2 AgendaReview the following agenda with the leaders before beginning the session:Introduction and Overview of Agenda (5 minutes)Individual Work on Worksheets (10 minutes)Group Discussion on the Worksheets (25 minutes)Role-Playing Exercise A (35 minutes)Role-Playing Exercise B (35 minutes)Role-Playing Exercise C (85 minutes)§ 5.3 Outreach Worksheet ReviewTrainers should give every leader a copy of the worksheet found in Appendix 5-A. Trainers needto translate the worksheet to the native language of the leaders participating in the training. Theleaders should spend 10 minutes answering as many of the questions on the worksheets aspossible. It is important to tell the leaders to do the best they can, and they do not need to answerall the questions if they do not have enough time.After giving the leaders 10 minutes to complete the worksheets, lead a 25-minute groupdiscussion on the three questions from the worksheet. Write the answers the leaders come upwith on butcher paper or a chalkboard so everyone can see them. After the day’s training, typeup notes and distribute them to the leaders at the next training session. Following are somepossible answers you may receive to the three questions:Question 1Why do we need to do outreach to the community about applying for U.S. citizenship throughnaturalization? (Trainers may replace this with another relevant question.) (5 minutes)5-1
Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant CommunitiesJanuary 2003Some Possible Answers Include:• To explain to people that they are eligible and have the right to apply• To tell people they can get inexpensive help to apply• To help people apply• To explain to people why it is important to apply• So that more people will be able to vote, which means more power for immigrantcommunitiesQuestion 2Where and how would we do this outreach? (10 minutes)Some Possible Answers Include:• Make presentations or distribute flyers at meetings at churches, workplaces,apartment buildings, homes, community centers, libraries, parks, etc. (Discuss whysome locations are better than others.)• At an established group• Radio, TV and newspapers• Flyers distributed in neighborhoodQuestion 3If we wanted to hold an informational meeting, how would we set it up? What would we dofirst? What steps should we take? (10 minutes)Some Possible Answers Include:• Determine a location and topic.• Confirm a meeting place and any co-sponsors.• Choose a date.• Get a commitment from some people to come to the meeting and ask them to inviteothers to come.• Follow up on those people who committed to come by sending a reminder or callingto remind them to come.• Create a flyer announcing the meeting.• Distribute the flyer, knock on doors and make announcements.• Get speakers, write an agenda, and practice the presentation.• Confirm with speakers by mail or by phone before the presentation.§ 5.4 Role-Playing Exercise A: How to Convince Someone to Host a MeetingThis is the first of three role-playing exercises on outreach. This role-play is designed to modelhow to convince somebody to host a meeting on a topic such as the importance of applying forU.S. citizenship through naturalization. After a model role-play, which the trainers perform for5-2
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