Courses, Workshops, and Certificates to Grow the Movement
VCW’s programs, trainings, and certifications are designed with an intersectional, abolitionist framework. Our offerings are rooted in abolitionist values of collective care, accountability, and counteracting harm through community-building. As a Black-led Queer and Trans POC organization, VCW is committed to recognizing and honoring the intersecting identities our communities occupy.
We center the lived experiences of QTBIPOC, disabled, undocumented, immigrant, low-income, and others who are harmed and marginalized by oppressive systems of dominance and power.
When you are looking to build your capacity to better serve your community, navigating threats of violence as community organizers, or seeking conflict transformation support for long-term relational well-being, we’ve got you covered.
Get In Formation Training
Series | G.I.F.T.S.
Interested in learning more about community safety practices? Curious about creating a security team for events and actions? Want to practice tactical tools such as verbal de-escalation and risk assessment?
Apply for a spot in G.I.F.T.S., a sequential virtual workshop offered monthly to large and small groups.
Online and in-person. Action-based. Immersive.
VCW offers short- and long-form programs that run for just a few hours to several months, formatted to support diverse organizational needs and capacities. Our courses and workshops provide specific, targeted strategies for on-the-ground movement work. Designed with a trauma-informed, community-focused approach, they are priced to meet a range of budgets.
With over twenty trainers bringing 15-40 years of experience to the table, you can put your trust in us to deliver impactful and relevant material. In solidarity and with care.
Grow capacity and skill-up on your own time, at your own pace.
VCW’s online self-paced workshop offerings will provide you with core content that fosters deep learning at a pace that aligns with your unique needs.
Once you’ve completed the first workshop, you will get access to VCW’s weekly virtual community safety office hours where you can book a time to speak one-on-one with one of our community safety practitioners to ask questions from the trainings and/or troubleshoot issues. The Building Our Own Electoral Safety Training Series is meant to provide a solid introductory foundation for electoral community safety and security work. For more in-depth training and capacity-building, we recommend attending our Community Safety & Security School, which is a 9-month organizational cohort training and implementation program.
At the moment, this training does not include Spanish Interpretation or American Sign Language. Please indicate accessibility needs in the registration form.
First, fill out this registration form. at least 48 hours before your desired training date. You’ll need the following information to register:
Then, after your registration has been received and vetted, you will receive the training information overview. Each individual registered member of your group will receive a personalized zoom confirmation form. Each registered member should complete their zoom confirmation form by 12pm EST on the day of your training. Each registered member will then be emailed a personalized zoom link for the training.
To make our trainings as accessible as possible, Vision Change Win is offering five scholarships each month to BIPOC, low-income folks, Immigrants, Queer or Trans folks, Disabled folks, or other marginalized communities. These slots are first come, first served. Participants only need to indicate in the registration form they are applying for a solidarity seat. We encourage participants applying for a Solidarity Scholarship to apply early, as seats go quickly.
The electoral safety training series is for progressive electoral organizers to strengthen their community safety practices to prevent and address violence or harm that may impact their organization. It is especially designed for people in the following roles:
Electoral security is a set of practices that build the collective capacity of progressive electoral organizers to address violence and harm meant to disrupt progressive electoral organizing. VCW uses a holistic approach to electoral security to build collective capacity of progressive organizers and organizations.
I'm so excited and grateful to have gotten to do this training, and I'm really looking forward to more of my team members completing it as well over the next month or two, so that we can start to build out some of this work within our org. [The Facilitators] are amazing, they created such a welcoming and warm learning atmosphere and shared so much brilliance and insight. All of the frameworks offered in the training make the ongoing work of building safety and security processes/practices just a bit less daunting and it makes such a difference."
"I loved how there was a part in the beginning to show where the de-escalation tactics came from, and the history they reside in. It was much needed context, and provides a great baseline to begin to see where these tactics came from."
"Whether you're 2 months, in 2 years in, or 20 years into this work this is an engaging training. It reflected y actual experiences organizing and was relevant for Black-centered orgs. I hope more of this can be dispersed throughout our communities."
Join us in reimaging how our communities can prevent and respond to harm. Spark long-term learning within your group to build and strengthen an infrastructure of resistance and collective care. Go beyond the basics and learn how to cultivate deliberate safety and security practices to counteract harmful and oppressive systems—systems that actively leverage tactics of fear, disconnection, disruption, and chaos to weaken movement building.
Together, we can win.
