Serie de capacitación sobre el Centro de la Academia del Medio Oeste de Clean Air

Clean Air recently hosted a Midwest Academy Hub Training Series – we are thrilled to share that this series was a resounding success, with 32 local organizers across a multitude of movements participating in the full certification training, and an additional 82 members of the public joining us on Saturday for a “crash course” non-certification training in the basics of the Midwest Framework, led by our cohort of organizers.

Thanks to funding from our friends at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and space offered by Trinity Episcopal Church and PUSH Buffalo, we were able to offer this training series for FREE to all participants, and some even received stipends for taking time off of work to attend.

La Academia del Medio Oeste es una 50+ year old training institute for organizers based out of Chicago, and it’s framework stems from lessons learned from Chicago’s labor and community organizing dating back over a hundred years. Clean Air utilizes the Midwest framework in our organizing campaigns, and all our staff are certified by Midwest.

Anyone can become an organizer – but organizers need to be trained and supported in their professional development, and campaigns need to be strategic rather than reactive in order to be impactful.

Our hope is that by offering this training to local organizers across movement lines, we can work collectively and cohesively together to meet the current crisis moment.

We also hope this is just the first of an annual series, with a mix of national training organizations being brought each year to Buffalo to train up area organizers – if you have ideas for national training schools you would like to see brought to Buffalo, por favor contacta con Bridge, and if you are a funder interested in supporting future training series, por favor contacta a Chris.

Below are some of our favorite photos from the training series!