Leadership Development
  • held trainings for more than 8,000 individuals; workshops on racism, sexual orientation discrimination, and the economy, and ongoing training programs to help people learn leadership skills, such as: speaking in public, chairing a meeting, fundraising, meeting with legislators, working with the media, etc.
  • developed teams of “home-grown” facilitators for some workshops, providing training and experience at the local level
  • added a community organizer apprenticeship position
  • held a workshop with authors Barbara Ehrenreich and Helena Cobban on how to increase the flow of op-ed pieces appearing in newspapers statewide
  • provided campaign strategy and organizational development assistance to more than 70 groups throughout the state working on a wide range of issues and skills
  • held a Leadership School that included training on media and on how to get people active in a campaign
  • co-taught a Principles of Community Organizing class at the University of Virginia in conjunction with the Carter Woodson Institute for African and African-American Studies
  • held a training event on computer-based strategic research for VOP staff and labor union organizers from Virginia led by Will Collette of the AFL-CIO Research Department
  • held a roundtable discussion with journalist Bill Greider
  • led a workshop on Engaging New Constituencies and New Voices at the National River Rally in Wintergreen, Virginia, sponsored by the River Network
  • led a workshop on Organizing for the Long Haul at the Institute of Management and Community Development in Montreal, Quebec

What We Do