Our Community Advocacy Training is full for 2025!
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Are you interested in gaining new skills and advocating for system and policy change to address the root causes of poverty? Then our annual Community Advocacy Training (CAT) might be the training for you!
What is CAT?
It is a no cost six-week training program for up to ten people from Guelph and Wellington who have direct experience living with low income and are interested in advocating on poverty issues.
The training program is focused on learning and skill building in the following areas:
- Anti-oppression
- Storytelling
- Public speaking
- Advocacy and government relations
- Media relations
- Advocating in different contexts
When is it?
The training will take place for 6 weeks on Wednesday mornings from May 14th – June 18th.
Who can participate?
Space is limited to ten participants. To be eligible for CAT, participants must:
- Live in Guelph or Wellington
- Have direct experience living with low-income
- Be interested in advocating on poverty issues, such as:
- Decent work (e.g. low wage work)
- Income insecurity (e.g. living on social assistance or other income benefits)
- Housing issues and homelessness
- Food insecurity
- Health issues (e.g. not able to afford dental care or medication)
If this sounds like the right fit for you, please fill out the below Expression of Interest or learn more by taking a look at the Program Outline below.
Program Outline & Expression of Interest:
To submit your form or to ask any questions about the Expression of Interest form, please reach out to us at [email protected].