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Community Organizing Cohort
Kaohly Vang Her, MN House of Representative District 64A, was the final guest speaker to close out the 2018-2019 academic year.
Vivian Ihekoronye ’13, an organizer with ISAIAH addresses an audience in the Harmon Room in 2019.
Students table on Election Day 2020 to encourage their peers to vote.
Students table on Election Day 2020 to encourage their peers to vote.

“The work of social justice should be grounded in one’s own authenticity and liberation rather than pure achievement or the quest to save others.”

Vivian Ihekoronye ’13

The Community Organizing Cohort is a space to learn and practice the principles and skills of organizing. Community Engagement Center staff and professional organizers host this semester-long space for students to explore their personal connection to injustice and to find their place in movements for social change.

Participants in this group work to articulate their self-interests, share stories, learn about the nature of power, and relate to legislative or electoral decisions in Minnesota. This cohort serves those who know little about organizing and those wanting to develop further.

For a number of cohorts, organizers from the statewide, nonpartisan, multiracial community organization ISAIAH have hosted workshops, drawn on case studies, and demonstrated the basics of community organizing and collective action with students.

The Community Engagement Center also offers additional trainings and experiences throughout the year to help students learn the skills and principles of organizing.

Contact Sam Wegner at [email protected] for more info or to get involved!