Education & Capacity Building

The Education and Capacity Building Program works to create a multiracial, multiethnic, multilingual and anti-oppression movement led by those bearing the brunt of the effects of injustice and oppression: low-income immigrant and refugee communities themselves.

Grounded in popular education methods and philosophies, the Education and Capacity Building Program develops spaces to share our experiences, understand those of others, share strategies, and develop collective visions for a better world.

Key components include:

• Building a Race and Immigration Dialogue in the Global Era (BRIDGE). The BRIDGE curriculum is a set of popular education tools and exercises designed to engage immigrant and refugee community members in dialogue about racism, labor, migration and global economic structures in relation to migration. Click here to read a description of the eight BRIDGE modules.

• Immigrant and Refugee Rights Training Institutes (IRRTI). National and regional trainings provide a space for community organizers and leaders to develop their skills and analyses as popular education facilitators in the context of movement building.

• The BRIDGE Popular Education Trainers’ Circle provides referrals and peer support, develops new workshops and modules, and shares best practices through a national network of popular educators in the movement.