Leadership Training
2021 TRAINING FOR RESILIENCE HUBS, NEIGHBORHOODS AND SPACES
From January-September 2021 The NorCal Resilience Network brought together dozens of sites, 150 community leaders and 16 government partners for a ground-breaking 8-month training session to catalyze resilience hubs, spaces and neighborhoods, preparing sites with critical skills needed to be “ready for anything” and thrive. We pilot tested the curriculum and strategies with a variety of sites during the training, from community centers to neighborhoods to co-housing communities.
The training took a holistic and action-oriented approach to resilience, with a variety of skills-based training sessions, from conflict resolution to off-grid energy needs, while developing partnerships and collaborations with community members rooted in trust and authentic relationships.
To combat centuries of disenfranchisement, marginalization and disinvestment, the Resilience Hubs Initiative prioritizes resources and support for projects led by Black, Indigenous and People of Color community leaders.
The training session was largely funded by and based on the resilience hubs guidelines developed by the Urban Sustainability Directors Network, and in collaboration with both local governmental agencies and community-based organizations.
PROGRAM GOALS
- To plan for, create and support resilience hubs, spaces, neighborhoods and blocks throughout Northern California that build the skills, relationships and capacity to respond effectively to change and crises
- To uplift and learn from existing resilience-based programs and sites
- To root equity, Indigenous wisdom and culturally relevant programming at the center
- To introduce an equitable holistic approach to resilience: the integration of trauma-informed, permaculture-based climate solutions with disaster preparedness
- To support new funding strategies that will help to develop new projects and infrastructure
THE TRAINING PROGRAM INCLUDED
MONTHLY SESSIONS LED BY COMMUNITY EXPERTS
- Highly interactive 2-hour sessions
- Topics include: permaculture design, water conservation, trauma resilience & healing practices, off-grid energy systems, food distribution, mutual aid, community organizing and more!
- Content experts include both community-based organizations and representatives from local governmental agencies
SKILL SHARES
- Between sessions, participants have the opportunity to to dive deeper into the monthly topics – including socially-distanced work days (presented by Network members and partners).
- Potential skill share topics include water conservation systems, emergency preparedness plans, Indigenous solidarity and conflict resolution
- Skill shares will be offered as both in-person COVID-safe work days and online workshops
RELATIONSHIP BULDING
- The training sessions are also focused on building trust and relationships between sectors and communities – especially between local governmental agencies and community-based organizations
- Mentorship opportunities provided with sites already serving as resilience hubs
- The sessions will integrate Joanna Macy’s acclaimed curriculum “The Work that Reconnects” and other innovative educational modalities
THANK YOU TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS AND SPONSORS!
The Resilience Hubs Leadership Program was thrilled to be partnering with a diversity of both local governments and local community organizations to plan and implement the leadership training program. THANK YOU!
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Meet some of the Training Session Sites
The BCAC Fremont Wellness Center is providing support for the most vulnerable communities, from providing meals to helping the unhoused finding housing. Read their case study here.
The Refuge is an intentional community, organic farm and healing sanctuary in the Tuolumne River watershed (Jamestown, CA). Learn more about them here.
The Canal Community Resilience Council, part of the Multicultural Center of Marin, is working to mitigate the local impacts of climate change in the Canal area of Marin County. Read more about them here.
The East Oakland Black Cultural Zone Collaborative Partners works with a coalition of residents, government agencies, churches, and community groups to help keep Black folks in East Oakland. Read more about their work here.