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Common Courage: Pillars Activation Training of Trainers Application

We are excited to announce the opening of applications for a Pillars Activation Training of Trainers (TOT), scheduled for Tuesday, October 13 through Thursday, October 15 (7-9:30pm ET Tuesday and 7-9pm ET Wednesday and Thursday).  In this TOT, participants will:

  • Develop an understanding of essential elements of activating people's courage to undermine authoritarianism and strengthen democracy,
  • Practice training, facilitation, and coaching components of this Pillars Activation training, with attention to contextualizing for specific audiences, 
  • Join a cohort of trainers and facilitators working on cross-pillar collaboration, and
  • Gain access to Common Courage training resources and support for integrating content into your future organizing and training.

This TOT is for experienced trainers and facilitators who are interested in incorporating approaches to activate more deeply within and across pillars to encourage shifts away from supporting authoritarian systems and toward bolstering democracy. The content is based on a guide to pillars activation, as well as ongoing research Horizons has been supporting with the University of Texas-Dallas and Johns Hopkins SNF Agora Institute. We’ve had the opportunity to conduct initial workshops to make the content more practical for organizers and community leaders and have truly appreciated the feedback we’ve received.

Accepted TOT participants who commit to doing at least one Common Courage training for their community will receive a $500.00 stipend upon completion. This stipend is meant to cover your time to contextualize the curriculum for your training audience (including incorporating Common Courage elements into existing trainings), and it can also be used to secure space, childcare, and training materials for in-person trainings.

We are accepting applications through October 9, 2026.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Alicia Talamas at alicia@horizonsproject.us.

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Please share a phone number or Signal username so we can share passwords to access secure documents and get in touch quickly the day of the training if necessary. 
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Please provide more detail about your accessibility needs, including anything we can do to make this training more accessible for you: 
Have you taken a Pillars Activation training before? If you have had any other previous training experience in nonviolent collective action, dialogue, mediation, or negotiation, please explain below.  *
What organizing or training models or approaches do you use in your work? 
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For example, nonviolent collective action, dialogue, mediation, faith-based organizing, labor-based organizing, base-building, etc. 
Are you planning to facilitate a Pillars Activation training or integrate the Pillars Activation curriculum into your training offerings? (select all that apply)
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We know that success is supported by working with a buddy/co-facilitator or small team and encourage you to sign up for this with a buddy. If you are, please list their name(s) here to help us with planning. 
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Tell us about your training audience(s).

Who and where are the people you plan to engage in Pillars Activation? Are they part of targeted groups and/or have they been experiencing acts or threats of political violence and/or repression? Do they work on a particular issues?
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