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Conscious Social Change Training

Our long-term goal is to advance a culture of social entrepreneurship whereby women lead  innovative grassroots change, sustained by their own community.  To reach this goal, Global Grassroots offers a 40-hour intensive personal transformation and social entrepreneurship course.  The course involves four primary elements:

RECLAIMING THE SELF 
Often these women have been victimized so greatly that they feel they have nothing to offer the world. By helping these survivors map out their gifts and capabilities that can be leveraged for social change, we deepen their sense of personal power, and identify ways to make their own unique contribution to their communities.  

CONSCIOUS LEADERSHIP
We also employ ancient Eastern practices in mindfulness, meditation, consciousness, self-expression and personal transformation.  We invite women to contemplate the roots of the oppression they have experienced so they understand their role in transforming suffering among their immediate neighbors and larger society. This mindfulness practice helps women develop the capacity to initiate social change from a place of clarity grounded in their unique sense of purpose.  We believe it is essential for future social change leaders to invest as much in inner transformation as they do in outer solutions, so that they may avoid the pitfalls of burn-out, abuse of power, reactivity, or pursuits that detract from the potential for positive social change.

CORE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS
Finally, we assist participants in mapping social issue priorities and diagnosing core causes. With an in-depth study of successful models of systemic change, we undergo a rigorous creative problem-solving process. Project teams enter an intensive venture design process to construct a mission and vision, operational plan, organizational design, budget, creative resourcing strategies, evaluation metrics, strategic partnerships, a code of conduct and communications strategy. The course covers all the skills needed to create a plan for a viable social enterprise.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, SEED FUNDING AND HIGH-ENGAGEMENT SUPPORT
After graduation, teams that have projects which meet our criteria for social impact and sustainability are eligible for up to $3000 of seed funding for start-up and early stage operating expenses. Our local staff work with each project team for two to three months to prepare for launch.  After launch, Global Grassroots provides an additional twelve months of hands-on advisory support and actively employs evaluation metrics and ongoing assessment to support long-term sustainability.  

Global Grassroots accesses new communities through strategic partnerships with other civil society organizations.  If you are interested in learning how we may be able to offer our training in your community, please CONTACT US for more information.

Please see SOCIAL VENTURE SEED FUNDING for more information on our selection criteria and seed funding process.
Learn more about our NEWEST SOCIAL PROJECTS.