POWER BUILDING

LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

ÓRALE’s Academia De Liderazgo Comunitario has conducted a series of political educational workshops inspired by SOUL, the School for Unity and Liberation. Workshops seek to invoke civic engagement amongst low income immigrant women living in Long Beach. These workshops have taken place in the evenings with multiple cohorts since 2020. Through these workshops, community members will learn and discuss the concept of identity and how it shapes our daily life in relation to power and its effects. In our program, participants have learned about and discussed economic inequality, sexism, homophobia, and how to organize for their community's need. Participants gain organizing tools that they apply to local and state advocacy campaigns, with many having attended city council, school district, and other legislative meetings. Multiple graduates from our program have gone on to participate in Leadership Academy 2.0,  where they continue their learning by to practicing what they learn via co-facilitation of classes.