Reconnecting

• Rename yourself with your:
• Name
• Site / Role
• Pronouns

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2. In the chat, write one big learning that you’ve taken from the Fellowship so far

Oakland Teacher Political

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Leaders Fellowship

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WELCOME to Session 4!

JANUARY 25, 2021 @ 4:30pm

Highlights & Questions from Last Session

• What district do you live in? Who is the local school board representative for your school? (tip: http://gisapps1.mapoakland.com/ousd/)

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• 2) In public life there are no permanent enemies or friends, only permanent __________?

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• There are ______ Oakland School Board seats up for election in the fall of 2022.

For extra credit, of the seven districts, which districts are up?

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• When organizing for change within public institutions, it is important to look at the world through a political lens where _______ and ________ often outweigh what might be perceived by some as the “right” or “good” thing to do.

Recap Quiz

Where are we going?

Session 4

Session 3

Session 2

Session 1

Purpose

Resources

Date

Principle

Graduation + Dinner

Thurs. Feb 3 4:30-6:15pm @ Oakland Unity HS

Today’s Agenda

• Welcome / Purpose / Introductions 4:30 - 4:45
• Reflection: The Power of Narrative 4:45 - 4:55
• Breakouts “If you hear…” 4:55 - 5:15
• Break 5:15 - 5:25
• Power in Practice 5:25 - 5:45
• Breakouts 5:45 - 6:15
• Summary / Next Steps / Graduation 6:15 - 6:30

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Guiding Principle:

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Define the situation - Control the outcome.

Corey Timpson

Senior Organizing Consultant

• A story that, when told in many different ways, can shift public consciousness and change what is possible.

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• A dominant public narrative is one that overrides other narratives and has the most power to shape what is possible.

A PUBLIC NARRATIVE IS…

If you hear:

• Charter schools are draining traditional public schools of resources.

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• Charter schools are not performing better than district schools and/or do not serve underserved populations.

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• Billionaires are privatizers that are trying to destroy public education and using parents and nonprofits as puppets.

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How do you respond ?

Creating a New Narrative

• Identify dominant narrative
• Share personal experience / pain
• Present alternative narrative
• Offer a different purpose/choice

3 Breakout Groups

15 minutes:

• Name, school & role.

• Review Narrative Shapers Toolkit for 1 of 3 common narratives

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• Practice how to shift the narrative in the moment

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• Note any reflections or questions for the large group.

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Small Group Highlights & Reflections

Introduce your small group and share highlights from your discussion and practice conversations.

BREAK

(10 minutes)

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Please return at 5:25 PM

Oakland Charter Schools

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Civic Engagement 2022 Campaign

Building sustainable infrastructure and leadership capacity for civic power in Oakland education

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C3 / C4 / PAC

Political Action Committee: PAC

Raise funds, send mail and buy ads to influence election outcome

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OUR VISION

• FIA will increase access to quality education through building organizing infrastructure and grassroots leadership capacity across our 38 charter schools.

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• FIA will leverage the voting power of our schools by supporting the families of Oakland’s 16,500 charter students to register and turn out to vote.

OUR GOALS

• Triple voter registration of charter families from 16% to 48%

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• Pre-register 100% of eligible 16 and 17 year olds at charter high schools

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• Develop 15 school based leadership teams each with 10 volunteers (youth, parents, and teachers)

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• Raise $250K from individual donors for C4

Charter Family Voters = 16.5% registered

KEY: strong turnout among charter families (82.7%) but by increasing the voter universe in key districts, we can be MORE impactful

Your School’s Voter Universe

Murmuration matched your school file to the Oakland voter file.

• % families are registered voters
• % families are eligible
• % families are not currently registered and MAY be eligible

What GOAL will you set for voter registration at your school?

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Our goal across Oakland is to triple voter registration from 16% to 48%

Sites whose data we have: Lighthouse, Lodestar, Yu Ming, Urban Montessori, CSCE, ASCEND, Achieve, Latitude, Lazear, LWL, Cox

Strategy 1: Civics Curriculum

We must engage our students, staff and families in understanding the importance of civic engagement and to register to vote, check their registration or pre-register (youth 16-17).

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High School Curriculum [HIGH SCHOOL]

Family Curriculum: Coming Soon!

How can you use the curricula at your school?

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Who can help? Who is your point person for families? Students

Strategy 2: Communications Toolkit

Your voice is your power!

• School leader letters
• Social media posts
• Parent Square blurbs
• Event fliers

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Comms Tool Kit [ENGLISH] [SPANISH]

Social Media [ENGLISH] [SPANISH]

How can you use the Comms Tool Kit at your school?

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Who can help? Who is your point person for communications?

Strategy 3: Voter Registration

Student recruitment, enrollment and re-enrollment is the ideal time to ask families to grow your school’s voter universe.

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>> Engage your ops team in this effort

How can you integrate voter reg into school enrollment?

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Who can help? Who is your point person for operations?

FIA LEADERSHIP TEAMS

FIA has worked to build grassroots leadership for civic engagement with teachers, administrators, students and parents!

How can you engage teachers & administrative leaders at your school?

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Sites with FIA Leadership Teams: Lighthouse, Lodestar, Yu Ming, Cox, Bay Tech, Lazear, KIPP Bridge, Unity, OCHS, AIMS, CSCE

Timeline

Power in Practice: Breakout Groups

Link to teacher commitment spreadsheet

• What's already happening at your school in each of these areas?

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• What do you commit to doing at your site in the next 2-3 months?

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• Who could you collaborate with around civic engagement strategy at your site?

REPORT BACK

RSVP today: https://qrco.de/WLI2022

Join Us!

Closing & Next Steps

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• Application of Learning
• Continue to share what you learned in this fellowship with others in your organization
• Follow up on your “Power in Practice” commitments
• Fill out the evaluation survey
• Nominate new cohort members

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• Evaluation of Today
• Share in chat box or out loud
• A word that captures how you are leaving this session
• 1 or 2 elements you liked
• 1 or 2 elements you would change

Website

www.fiaoakland.com

Email Adress

info@fiaoakland.org

Join FIA's Social Media

https://qrco.de/bcU44Q

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FAMILIES IN ACTION FOR QUALITY EDUCATION

FIA Spin Out

• Founding coalition: EFC, Aspire, AMPS, LCPS & OUHS
• 100% funded through philanthropy; a fiscally-sponsored project of Education for Change

Families in Action for Quality Education C3

• develop family/youth leadership citywide
• lead quality campaigns and comms
• build infrastructure for civic engagement
• NEW: independent non-profit 501c3 with own board of directors
• NEW: charter school + FIA partnership MOU
• NEW: funding through charter schools make annual contribution to FIA $10/student + philanthropy

Families in Action4Justice C4

• NEW: parents/youth evaluate and endorse candidates
• NEW: expand electoral power and impact
• NEW: independent non-profit 501c4 and own board of directors

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Action: Putting Power in Practice

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C3, c4, PAC

Political Action Committee: PAC

Raise funds, send mail and buy ads to influence election outcome

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Public sentiment is everything…�

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With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.

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Consequently he who molds public sentiment, goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions.

He makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to be executed.

- Abraham Lincoln

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Schools Being Starved

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(Malevolent Conspiracy)

Billionaire Boys Club

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(Class, Gender and Racial Oppression)

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FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL OF PUBLIC EDUCATION!

Privatization Scheme

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(Anti-democratic corporate takeover)

Sound Familiar?

EFFECTIVE NARRATIVES…

• HELP MAKE SENSE OF THE WORLD
• Provide an understanding or interpretation of people and complex situations.

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• REFLECT STRONGLY HELD BELIEFS
• Are grounded in a larger perspective, belief system or worldview

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• TAP INTO DEEP VALUES
• Are most powerful when they draw on what is already prized.

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• CLARIFY A COMPELLING PURPOSE
• Are designed to intentionally shape possibilities and outcomes.

Civic Engagement 2022 Strategy

• Use our Elections Communications Tool Kit to influence our community
• Use our Murmuration data to set goals and target our efforts
• Integrate Voter Registration into student recruitment and enrollment (Ops team)
• Leverage Parent or Youth leadership teams and new Teacher Political Fellows to partner in voter registration
• Engage Voter pre-registration/registration through civic engagement curriculum for families and high school students
• Lead new FIA Candidate Endorsement process with parent, youth and teacher leaders (c4)

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