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Las becas Judith C. Jones (JCJ) para talleristas de color promueven el liderazgo de talleristas y organizadores de color, los cuales trabajar\u00e1n en organizaciones de base para desarrollar su poder, habilidades y conocimientos en sus comunidades.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=\u00bb4.19.0″ _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb type=\u00bb2_5″ theme_builder_area=\u00bbpost_content\u00bb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\u00bb1″ module_id=\u00bbperson-popups\u00bb _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ background_color=\u00bb#ffda73″ global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00bb4_4″ _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ custom_padding=\u00bb|||\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb custom_padding__hover=\u00bb|||\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ border_style=\u00bbsolid\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb]<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb column_structure=\u00bb1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″][et_pb_column type=\u00bb1_4″ _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ custom_padding=\u00bb|||\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb custom_padding__hover=\u00bb|||\u00bb][et_pb_team_member name=\u00bbNicole Ektnitphong\u00bb image_url=\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.trainingforchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Nicole_2017_JCJ_Fellow.png\u00bb admin_label=\u00bbNicole Ektnitphong\u00bb _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ animation_direction=\u00bbleft\u00bb border_style=\u00bbsolid\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb]Nicole Ektnitphong is an educator, organizer, youth worker, and trainer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota with roots in Thailand and Laos. She dreams of intergenerational building and ways to continue centering healing in movements. Raised in Southwest Minnesota, Nicole\u2019s organizing community has grown + blossomed through her relationships and work with youth of color in her hometown of Worthington, the Divestment Student Network, the broader climate justice movement, Voices for Racial Justice, and Asians for Black Lives. Rock climbing, eating noodle soups, writing, and planning adventures are nourishing ways of being for Nicole\u2019s soul.
\n[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=\u00bbHeidi Lopez\u00bb image_url=\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.trainingforchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heidi_2017_JCJ_Fellow.png\u00bb admin_label=\u00bbHeidi Lopez\u00bb _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ animation_direction=\u00bbleft\u00bb border_style=\u00bbsolid\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb]Heidi Maria Lopez is a first generation, queer, Quiskeyana who believes in people and our power to shape our lives, heal and create new possibilities. Heidi Maria builds relationships that change this world so that Black and Brown people, particularly poor Black and Brown people, take back was has been taken from us, (re)claim our history and shape our own lives without the intervention of racist and oppressive systems.<\/p>\n
Heidi Maria has had paid work in a variety of settings from youth development to higher education and city government; she brings organizing, healing, love and liberation into all the settings she’s in. Ms. Lopez has a GED and an MSW. Heidis’ current organizing is as a racial equity and liberation facilitator all over the world and in the gatherings she hosts in her hometown of Washington Heights that center ancestral wisdom, racial equity, healing and building community.
\n[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00bb1_4″ _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ custom_padding=\u00bb|||\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb custom_padding__hover=\u00bb|||\u00bb][et_pb_team_member name=\u00bbNico Fonseca\u00bb image_url=\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.trainingforchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Nico_2017_JCJ_Fellow_02.png\u00bb admin_label=\u00bbNico Fonseca\u00bb _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ animation_direction=\u00bbleft\u00bb border_style=\u00bbsolid\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb]Nico Fonseca is a gender variant disabled fat femme nuyorican from Brooklyn. They’re a cultural worker and brujx with deep commitments to ancestral work, legacy and knowledge and connecting those to political strategies towards liberation. Their pronouns are they, them and papi. They practice healing, resilience and resistance through laughter, dancing and learning from their peoples in struggle.
\n[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=\u00bbCleopatra Acquaye-Reynolds\u00bb image_url=\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.trainingforchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Cleo_2017_JCJ_Fellow.png\u00bb admin_label=\u00bbCleopatra Acquaye-Reynolds\u00bb _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ animation_direction=\u00bbleft\u00bb border_style=\u00bbsolid\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb]Cleopatra (aka Cleo aka Cleopatra From The Bronx) is an African-American Femmeboiant Queer who was born, raised, and lived in The Bronx, New York for 28 years. As a first-generation born child of Ghanaian immigrants, education and access has always been a huge focus in Cleopatra’s life and she aims to make both priority issues in all areas of her life. Cleopatra hopes to collapse universes that hold our collective oppression and trauma in effort to make space for truth and new galaxies that build our values of resiliency and abundance. Cleopatra\u2019s pronouns are She, Her, and Sir. She describes her facilitation persona as a Top Femme Daddx. When Cleopatra isn\u2019t organizing, she can be found not finishing her Cosplay* for the comic book convention that is two days away.
\n[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00bb1_4″ _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ custom_padding=\u00bb|||\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb custom_padding__hover=\u00bb|||\u00bb][et_pb_team_member name=\u00bbAshley %22AG%22 Green\u00bb image_url=\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.trainingforchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/AG_2017_JCJ_Fellow.png\u00bb admin_label=\u00bbAshley %22AG%22 Green\u00bb _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ animation_direction=\u00bbleft\u00bb border_style=\u00bbsolid\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb]AG is a movement organizer and trainer focused on working at the intersections of racial and economic justice. They are an Atlanta-native, but have spent the last few years invested in growing community power across the state of Florida with the Dream Defenders. This includes campaigns like Kids Not Criminals, focused on ending the school-to-prison pipeline in Hillsborough and Pinellas County. They cut their teeth in movement building as a student organizer at Rollins College, fighting for LGBTQ safety and inclusion on campuses in Central Florida. From there, they had a brief stint as a political organizer, working on local, state, and national campaigns, including the successful campaign to re-elect President Barack Obama in 2012. It\u2019s in their work with Dream Defenders, and in the Childs Park community, that they’ve found their greatest sense of purpose. They remain steadfast and committed to building a world where black and brown youth can see their dreams and aspirations fully realized, free from fear of jail cells or the trap of poverty. Ashley is also a life-long lover of comic books and hopes to one day run a Black-centric novelty shop.
\n[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=\u00bbRachel Gilmer\u00bb image_url=\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.trainingforchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rachel_2017_JCJ_Fellow.png\u00bb admin_label=\u00bbRachel Gilmer\u00bb _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ animation_direction=\u00bbleft\u00bb border_style=\u00bbsolid\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb]Rachel Gilmer is a Black feminist organizer with nearly 10 years experience in advocacy, programs, leadership development, research and writing on issues of racial and social justice. Rachel has been with the Dream Defenders since 2015.<\/p>\n
Prior to this, Rachel served as the Associate Director of the African American Policy Forum (AAPF). During her time with AAPF, Rachel helped to develop national advocacy and research campaigns to call for the inclusion of women and girls of color in racial justice frameworks organized under the hashtags #BlackGirlsMatter, #SayHerName, #HerDreamDeferred and #WhyWeCant. Through this effort, Rachel helped to establish a national town hall hearing series focused on creating public opportunities for women and girls of color to break the silence on the challenges they face across a range of issues, including criminalization, school pushout, sexual assault, domestic violence and poverty.<\/p>\n
Rachel has organized on issues of racial and social justice in a variety of settings, including schools, prisons, community based organizations and government. In 2013, she led a campaign against the forced removal of Portland\u2019s historically Black neighborhoods which resulted in the allotment of 20 million additional dollars towards affordable housing and the establishment of a right of return policy for former residents of the community.<\/p>\n
Rachel graduated from Vassar College in 2010 with a degree in American Culture and Africana Studies. As a fourth year student, she received an award for her thesis, a critical analysis of the rise of Barack Obama as both an emerging hero of the African Diaspora and the new face of American hegemonic power. While researching the project, she received a grant to conduct fieldwork in France, where she worked with various civil rights organizations in Paris, studying the impact his presidency has had on Black French people\u2019s view of themselves and America.
\n[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00bb1_4″ _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ custom_padding=\u00bb|||\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb custom_padding__hover=\u00bb|||\u00bb][et_pb_team_member name=\u00bbNikki Shaffeeullah\u00bb image_url=\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.trainingforchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Nikki_2017_JCJ_Fellow.png\u00bb admin_label=\u00bbNikki Shaffeeullah\u00bb _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ animation_direction=\u00bbleft\u00bb border_style=\u00bbsolid\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb]Nikki Shaffeeullah is a Toronto-based facilitator, director, performer and community-engaged artist who supports people in telling their own stories and facilitates the development of creative communities. Nikki believes art should disrupt the status quo; centre the margins; engage with the ancient; dream of the future; and be for everyone. Her current projects include serving as artistic director of The AMY Project, a devised theatre and arts mentorship program for young women and non-binary youth; associate artistic director of the community arts company Jumblies Theatre, and half of the community-engaged puppetry and music duo Sea Lettuce. She facilitates training for community-engaged artists through programs at Jumblies and AMY and is committed to increased support, training, and resources for community artists who are IBPOC (Indigenous, Black, and People of Colour), particularly those from queer and trans communities. For four years she was editor-in-chief of alt.theatre magazine, Canada\u2019s only professional journal dedicated to the intersections of politics, cultural plurality, social activism, and the stage. She has lead and supported community-engaged theatre and art projects across Canada and internationally. Nikki holds an MFA in Community-Engaged Theatre from the University of Alberta and her thesis Staging Diversity: A Decolonial Praxis of Intercultural Feminist Theatre Creation won the 2013 Canadian Association for Theatre Research in Intercultural Theatre. She is informed by 15+ years of anti-racist organization, 10+ years of feminist and queer organizing; a family who loves music, food, and justice; and an inherited and unshakeable love of puns.
\n[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member name=\u00bbNaomi Doerner\u00bb image_url=\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.trainingforchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Naomi_2017_JCJ_Fellow_01.png\u00bb disabled_on=\u00bbon|on|on\u00bb admin_label=\u00bbNaomi Doerner\u00bb _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ animation_direction=\u00bbleft\u00bb border_style=\u00bbsolid\u00bb disabled=\u00bbon\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb]Naomi Doerner is a first generation Latina American feminist. Born in Chicago, she and her then single and undocumented mother traversed the city together, her mother constantly seeking economic opportunity and upward mobility. Naomi and her family’s lived experiences have shaped her career as a social justice and racial equity organizer, urban planner and strategist working within the national transportation community. Over the last ten years, she has successfully advanced safe, accessible and affordable public transportation options with and for communities, particularly historically marginalized communities, through the creation of inclusive planning and participation processes. She recently co-organized, \u00abThe Untokening: A Convening for Just Streets & Communities\u00bb in Atlanta, GA. Over 130 mobility justice leaders of color and people from other marginalized groups from around the country participated to discuss and identify shared justice values in their collective work. These untokening values will help shape local and national actions and mobility agendas in 2017 and beyond, which she and her Untokening collaborators will continue to organize and facilitate.<\/p>\n
Naomi is principal and co-founder of Seneca Planning, an equity and justice-centered transportation research, advocacy and planning consultancy. She holds a Master of Urban Planning from New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and a Certificate of Geographic Information Systems from Kennesaw State University. She serves on the Boards of ioby and PlayBuild. Naomi, her husband and aloof cat live in New Orleans, LA.
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Con el apoyo de un entrenador de TPLJ, los becados crean un plan de trabajo de un a<\/span>\u00f1<\/span>o, definiendo los objetivos de aprendizaje que buscar<\/span>\u00e1<\/span>n lograr a lo largo de la beca. Este plan puede incluir el desarrollo de dise<\/span>\u00f1<\/span>os de taller, nuevas herramientas, la planificaci<\/span>\u00f3<\/span>n de programas de taller, recibir comentarios sobre su trabajo, la incorporaci<\/span>\u00f3<\/span>n de lectura o teor<\/span>\u00ed<\/span>a en el trabajo y la escritura, entre otras actividades.<\/span><\/p>\n Los becados, junto con el apoyo de su entrenador, llevar\u00e1n a cabo un seguimiento de su progreso durante todo el a<\/span>\u00f1<\/span>o e identificar\u00e1n oportunidades de aprendizaje adicionales, tales como: talleres de TPLJ, intercambio de experiencias de taller con otros talleristas y talleres con otras modalidades de taller. Se invita y alienta a los becados a trabajar mutuamente en proyectos y a participar en otros eventos de TPLJ. La beca es un compromiso de un a<\/span>\u00f1<\/span>o, de enero a diciembre, con la oportunidad de ser renovada por un segundo a<\/span>\u00f1<\/span>o.<\/span><\/p>\n Como parte de la beca Judith C. Jones, cada participante recibir<\/span>\u00e1<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ border_style=\u00bbsolid\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=\u00bbhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5lrWtdhzwDg\u00bb _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ animation_direction=\u00bbbottom\u00bb custom_css_main_element=\u00bb box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.4)\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_code _builder_version=\u00bb4.16″ global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb]\n
Para mayor informaci<\/span>\u00f3<\/span>n sobre el impacto que a tenido \u00a0el programa JCJ de a<\/span>\u00f1<\/span>os anteriores, vea el siguiente video del a<\/span>\u00f1<\/span>o 2015.<\/span><\/h4>\n