Immigrant Rights Platform Campaigns Policy Updates Coalition Meetings Capacity Building Solidarity Work Capacity Building BAIRC builds the capacity of member organizations by creating a learning environment within our campaigns (for more information on BAIRC campaigns, click here). As members contribute to BAIRC’s campaigns, we learn new strategies from peers, strengthen our organizing skills, build relationships with organizations from other sectors and ethnic communities, and increase our impact on issues affecting immigrant communities. BAIRC also provides skills-building trainings that enable our members to more effectively advocate for social change. Some training sessions are focused on specific issues (e.g. how to talk about the CLEAR Act), while others offer an introduction to general skills. Sample trainings include: Training Description Trainer(s) Month/ Year Cross Ethnic Organizing Organized training at BAIRC’s Immigrant Rights Summit to examine why obstacles arise when different ethnic communities work together, and to brainstorm solutions and strategies for building a cross-ethnic movement for immigrant rights. (Simultaneous Spanish translation provided) Lian Cheun and Danielle Mahones, Center for Third World Organizing March 2005 Worry-Free Lobbying Organized training at BAIRC’s Immigrant Rights Summit to clarify the guidelines for nonprofits engaging in lobbying, and what actually constitutes lobbying according to those guidelines. Participants also learned the breadth of opportunity that exists for nonprofits to influence policy without threatening their tax-exempt status. The session also visited what nonprofits can and cannot do in an election season. (Simultaneous Spanish translation provided) Debbi Lerman, San Francisco Human Services Network March 2005 Influencing Elected Officials Organized training at BAIRC’s Immigrant Rights Summit to allow participants to hear from a seasoned legislative advocate and a staff member working for an elected official about what tactics are most effective in influencing political leaders. (Simultaneous Spanish translation provided) Vivek Malhotra, ACLU California Legislative Office in Sacramento and Rachel Redondiez, Office of San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly March 2005 Countering Anti-Immigrant Messages Trained grassroots organizations to: critically analyze the values and framing of anti-immigrant messages; articulate our own values; and advance messages that fairly and accurately portray immigrants and their numerous contributions to our society. (Simultaneous Spanish translation provided) Diana Ip, SPIN Project March 2005 Media 101 Trained grassroots organizations on media basics, dos and don’ts, issue framing, messaging and spokesperson skills. (Simultaneous Spanish and Cantonese translation provided) Diana Ip, SPIN Project September 2004 Mobilizing Immigrant Voters As part of the Mobilize the Immigrant Vote 2004 campaign, co-organized a full-day training to help grassroots organizations train their staff and volunteers to register, educate and mobilize immigrant communities to vote. (Simultaneous Spanish translation provided) MIV 2005 Campaign Collaborative August 2004 CLEAR Act Speakers’ Training Conducted a series of speakers’ trainings on the CLEAR Act, a bill that would require local law enforcement agencies to do the work of federal immigration agents. (Simultaneous Spanish translation provided) BAIRC’s CLEAR Act Campaign Committee Fall 2003
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