2014 Young Leader Training Curriculum

ACT! Action for Conflict Transformation

A two-year training curriculum that teaches the tools of social entre reneurshi ! "n year one Young Leaders will learn fundamentals# such as $isioning# critical thin%ing# lanning# and e$aluation# necessary to ta%e a leadershi role in romoting social &ustice! Year two will focus on the e'ecution of ro&ects (y small grou s of Young Leaders! Current Young Leaders and 2012 and 201) cam ers will (e in$ited to artici ate in si' wee%end-long seminars in "srael! *enior Leaders will (e as%ed to facilitate grou s and ser$e other training roles! +ach seminar will consist of se$eral modules# each lasting 2-) hours and led (y e' erts rimarily from "srael and ,alestine! Creati$ity for ,eace-s dialogue methodology will (e integrated into all sessions! *eminar 1 1! ,alestinian . "sraeli Historical Neratives! 2! Visioning! /ow do you identify your ersonal and social $ision and how do you organi0e it1 )! Choosing a theme! " want to change the world2 how can " determine what ins ires me the most1 4! Mapping community needs! /ow do " learn what eo le need or want1 *eminar 2 3! Critical thinking! 4hat else do " need to %now1 4hat if51 6! Gender! 7ur uni8ue role as women in social change! +'am les from history! 9! Young womens voices from the ground ! A anel of young women and their e' eriences as social acti$ists! :! Emotional leadership! /ow to use the Creati$ity for ,eace tools and s%ills in our leadershi wor%! *eminar ) ;! trategic planning! /ow to (uild and use logframes! 10! !heory of change! 4hat is it1 /ow do " use this in my wor% as a social acti$ist1 11! Monitoring and evaluation! /ow to (uild an effecti$e monitoring and e$aluation lan 12! Evaluation tools! /ow do " measure my successes and failures1 1

*eminar 4 1)! "ho is with me1 "dentifying the artners in my grou ! 14! Effective communication! /ow to communicate my cause# goals# and o(&ecti$es! 13! #dvocacy! /ow to (e an effecti$e ad$ocate for my issue and target my message! *eminar 3 16! $uilding a team! /ow to recruit more eo le to my ro&ect! 19! Ethical leadership! +thical 8uestions in social acti$ism 1:! %ersonal leadership! <aintaining (alance and resilience *eminar 6 1;! &undraising! The (asics of fundraising! 4here can " find the money1 20! How to write a grant proposal! =ringing your idea to reality (y using a logframe to create a ro osal 21! 'n(line crowd(funding and other methods! /ow do " as% eo le for money1

>e(ruary 10# 2014