Join the Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership as we celebrate one year of teaching free movement-building classes for nearly 2,000 individuals and groups in five cities and towns in three counties of Western Massachusetts.

We’ll be hosting a panel discussion with four experienced, radical activist/organizers from Western Mass to Washington, D.C.:

• Jo Comerford ~ National Campaign Director for MoveOn.org
• Netfa Freeman ~ Institute for Policy Studies and a Pan-African Community Action organizer
• Jennifer Matias ~ Leadership coach, consultant, and trainer, Dance the Dream Coaching and Consulting for Social Justice and Social Change
• Nelson Roman ~ Executive director of Nueva Esperanza, Inc., Holyoke Ward 2 City Councilor, activist and organizer

Marcia Gomes of Just Keep Climbing Music will open the evening with a song. The Rev. Dr. Andrea Ayvazian, Truth School Founder and Director, will moderate.

Q&A to follow. Ask our panelists…
~ Where should we be directing our energy now?
~ What movement-building strategies are most effective long-term?
~ How do you find hope in these dark times?
~ What fuels and sustains your activism?
and more…

Friday, May 18, 2018
7:00 PM
Edwards Church
297 Main St., Northampton, MA

Wheelchair Accessible ~ All Welcome!

Sponsors: Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership, Institute for Policy Studies, Northampton Democratic City Committee, Youth Rise Together, The Resistance Center for Peace and Justice, Traprock Center for Peace & Justice, Pioneer Valley Progressive Muslims, Pioneer Valley Physicians for Social Responsibility, Pioneer Valley Workers Center, Nueva Esperanza, Inc., Mothers Out Front – Pioneer Valley, Badass Activists in the Pioneer Valley, Indivisible Noho, Pioneer Valley Resist Coalition