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Daring To Be Powerful
Community Organizing Training
These are the training dates for this Winter 2016!
Saturday, January 23rd and Sunday, September 24th
11:00am – 5:00pm both days
This session of Daring to be Powerful will be held in the ALP Manhattan Office:
147 West 24th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY, 10011
ABOUT THE AUDRE LORDE PROJECT
The Audre Lorde Project is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming
People of Color community organizing center focusing on the New York City area. Through
mobilization, education and capacity-building, we work for community wellness and progressive
social and economic justice. Committed to struggling across differences, we seek to responsibly
reflect, represent and serve our various communities.
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING TRAINING
The Audre Lorde Project aims to build both individual and collective power to better challenge
the multiple oppressions faced by LGBTSTGNC People of Color communities. This training
program therefore allows for skills-building, analysis of oppression, power & current issues, and
offers opportunities for strategizing and additional investments in community organizing.
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The training is specifically designed for LGBTSTGNC People of Color
A training outline will be shared with confirmed participants before the first session
Participants are expected to attend both days of training from 11:00am – 5:00pm
Resource packets will be distributed as a part of the training materials
Lunch and light refreshments will be provided
There is no fee for participation
REGISTRATION
***Please complete and return the registration form by Wednesday, January 13th, 2016***
Send form via e-mail to cleo@alp.org.
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Contact Information
Name: Ren Liu
Organization (if any): City Year AmeriCorps
Address: 468 W 145th St, New York, NY 10031
Tel: 714-768-7175
Email: liu_karen@outlook.com
Experience & Interest
What do you hope to gain from participating in this training?
I expect to see growth in my capacity as a leader and activist. I hope to develop working
relationships with community leaders as we critically analyze and share ideas for strategies and
nuanced insights to topical issues affecting our intersectional communities.
What, if any, experience have you had with community organizing?
In 2015 I started working with Asian Pacific Islander youth leaders on the Youth Leadership Council
of API Equality-Los Angeles, a grassroots community-based organization that advocates for API
LGBT equality and equity. With an emphasis on collaboration and coalition building, I worked with
youth to build awareness on policies that affect the API communities, and program community
events including a youth-centered panel on mental health and trauma as children of diaspora to
stimulate open dialogue with elder members of the API LGBT community. I was also a founding
member of a grassroots student-run organization on campus that advocated and fought for
representation, diversity, and institutional support for marginalized communities. Having recently
graduating college, I moved to NYC to work as a City Year corps member, mentoring and tutoring
students of color by implementing individualized support through a social emotional learning
model. At the same time, I aim to further my involvement and radicalization in social justice
initiatives and trainings centered on LGBTSTGNC People of Color and familiarize myself with NYC
community organizing at the Audre Lorde Project.
If you have had experience with community organizing, please state the number of years: 1.5
How do you plan to use the knowledge and skills gained from participating in this training?
My participation in ALP’s Daring to Be Powerful Training would allow me to grow in areas such as
public speaking, practicing fundamental organizational strategies, improving workshop facilitation
skills and gaining a better understanding of community organizing in NYC. My future goal as a
professional is to continue working with and for intersectional communities of color in the areas
of social justice education, youth organizing and policy work.
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Have you attended ALP’s Daring to Be Powerful Training in the past? Yes or No
Please identify membership in any of the following:
 ALP working group, committee or board
 LGBTSTGNC People of Color Group
 People of Color community organizing group
 LGBTSTGNC group
 AIDS Service Organization
Logistics
Appetizers will be ordered in advance, please specify any dietary restrictions: none
Please specify any other accommodation needs: none
Demographics
The following information will be used for statistical purposes only.
Country of Birth: USA
Place of Residence: Harlem, New York, NY
Age Group: 22
Gender Identity (For example: Female, Trans Man, etc.): Genderqueer
Sexual Orientation (For example: Lesbian, Bisexual, etc.): Pansexual
Race/Ethnicity: Asian/Chinese, Korean
IF Multiracial, please specify:
Audre Lorde Project
147 West 24th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10011