In its first full year since George Lakey's departure, how did Training for Change do in terms of offering workshops to organizations? Pretty good according to our statistics. Check out our 2008 mini-report of the year 2008!

In 2008, Training for Change led 36 workshops! Compare this to TFC’s history: 2001 at 44 workshops, 2002 at 36, 2003 at 56, and 2004 at 60 workshops. The workshops range widely, form TSATs, the Super-T, Transformational, direct action prep workshops, nonviolent action, anti-oppression, strategy, de-escalation, and facilitation.

LENGTH OF WORKSHOPS
Just over half of the workshops were under 1 day ("minor" workshop): 19 workshops. The remainder (18) are major workshops, with most over 2-days or over in length (14)!

TYPES OF WORKSHOPS
The bulk, 11 workshops, were Training of Trainers. 9 were generic nonviolence or activism workshop, compared to 3 workshops as specific action preparation workshops. 7 were strategic planning retreats primarily for an organization. 7 were anti-oppression workshops, the bulk of which were focused on race.

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
Twenty-three of those workshops were on the East Coast (thirteen in Philadelphia). Nine were in the Midwest. Two were in the West (Colorado) or West Coast (Washington State). One was outside of the United States (South Korea).

WHERE THEY CAME FROM
7 workshops were public Training for Change workshops. The bulk were for an organization or at the request of local organizers. Only a few workshops came through Training for Change's office: only about three or four. The vast majority came through a TFC trainer relationship or organized by trainers.

GROUPS WE WORK WITH
The groups worked with represent a wide range of movements: grassroots electoral organizing, disability rights, community organizations, peace and justice, Korean unification, anti-casino, student activism, food co-op, veterans/military families against the war, religious justice, anarchist. This does not include the range of people who came to our public workshops which is even greater.

Organizations included: Military Families Speak-Out, Olympia Food Co-Op, Delco Wage Peace and Justice, RNC Welcoming Committee, National Conference on Organized Resistance (NCOR), Companions of the Holy Cross (Midwest Region), Choice USA campus chapters, Wellstone Action, ADAPT (disability rights org.), Casino-Free Philadelphia, Swarthmore Student Council, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Swarthmore College, Campus Progress, Muhlenberg College, Center for Progressive Leadership, and the Coalition for Free Libraries.

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