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Even in the face of rising threats and real harm targeting our communities, we remain clear: there is hope . What re:power is building with you is the kind of power that can carry us through. So take a breath, read through these highlights from the first half of the year, and remember that you are not alone . We are growing something powerful, together.
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🌟 Camp re:power 2025: We Back Outside!
In March, nearly 200 organizers from 34 states gathered in Charlotte, NC for Camp re:power 2025. What unfolded was nothing short of transformative. Together, we explored liberatory strategy, adaptive leadership, healing justice, and sustainable organizing. We visioned, we vibed (yes, even at karaoke), and we recommitted to the long road ahead.
This year’s Camp reminded us what happens when we gather with purpose. Our fearless facilitators brought the strategy, our artists and DJ brought the energy, and adrienne maree brown brought the fire as our keynote speaker. Camp wasn’t just a training—it was a movement moment. And we’re still glowing from it. Together, we created a space full of joy, honesty, and real transformation. Campers made powerful commitments—to their communities, their leadership, and each other—and they left knowing they’re not alone on the long road ahead. Camp re:power was a moment—but the Campers made it a movement.
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[link removed] [[link removed]] ✊🏾 Power Building with 9to5 in New Orleans
In January, we teamed up with 9to5—an organizing force for economic justice for women and nonbinary people of color since 1973—for a three-day Grassroots Organizing Training . From narrative strategy to campaign planning, we helped organizers sharpen their tools and build stronger leadership teams rooted in community power. With a dynamic all-BIPOC coaching team and a focus on 9to5’s state-based work in Georgia, Wisconsin, and Colorado, the training left organizers with renewed clarity and connection. Huge shoutout to our Program Manager for Movement Building, Andy Ornelas, for leading this incredible work.
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Our digital safety training series—led by re:power’s own Lee Anderson—helped organizers protect their work and their communities online. Across two days, participants explored practical tools and strategies to stay safe in a shifting digital landscape. Here’s what we heard from participants:
🗣️ “I had not heard of re:power before but now will be on the lookout for more resources and trainings!”
🗣️ “Great webinar. I'd definitely be interested in a longer series.”
PGA in action [[link removed]] 🏫 Collaborative Governance in Chicago and Seattle
PGA [[link removed]] From the Midwest to the Pacific Northwest, we helped electeds govern powerfully. In Chicago, where a progressive school board was elected for the first time to oversee the nation's fourth largest school district, we trained new members in family-centered governance alongside the Chicago Teachers Union. Meanwhile in Washington, PGA and Puget Sound Sage brought together 20 state, local, and school board electeds for a deep dive into shared governance—facilitated by re:power trainers Councilwoman Delishia Porterfield and former State Senator Elizabeth Olsen. These trainings help ensure our movement leaders not only win elections—but govern powerfully.
✊🏾 Rooted in Power: Black Women EDs Cohort Kickoff [link removed] [[link removed]]
In partnership with RWJF and BOLD, we launched a transformative cohort for Black women Executive Directors. Over five days in New Jersey, participants reconnected with ancestral wisdom, shared stories, and built healing practices to sustain themselves and their leadership. This kickoff embodied re:power’s vision of care, connection, and community-driven power.
[link removed] [[link removed]] ⚖️ Shifting Power in the Courts
We welcomed our most diverse State Courts on the Power Map cohort yet—trans and GNC folks, formerly incarcerated leaders, and organizers from across the South and beyond. Together, they’re mapping power, tracking threats, and organizing around state courts as key terrain in our fight for racial, gender, and reproductive justice.
💻 Leveling Up Movement Data Skills
At this year’s in-person Data Analytics Camp, participants dove deep into how data can power our campaigns from targeting to visualization to digital security. Whether new to data or pivoting into leadership roles, organizers left with real tools to sharpen their strategy and win change on the ground.
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📚 Over 1,000 Organizers Trained!
We’re meeting the moment with digital, data, and organizing skills that grow grassroots power. In-person and online, our trainings evolve to meet our communities where they are.
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As a remote, majority-BIPOC organization, we believe in the power of gathering—not only through our trainings, but also through intentional staff convenings that bring our values to life and build lasting community. That is why our staff came together in San Diego to reconnect, strategize, and continue our collective journey around race and gender justice. We also welcomed back Sarah Allsbrooks [[link removed]] , Director, Institutional Giving and new staff members Andy Ornelas [[link removed]] , Program Manager, Movement Building, and Devon Fryer [[link removed]] , Director, Individual Giving!
re:power re:commends
[[link removed]] Loving Corrections by adrienne maree brown
Twice as Hard by Jasmine Brown
[[link removed]] Queenie [[link removed]] (based on the novel by Candice Carty-Williams)
Sinners [[link removed]] (film by Ryan Coogler)
[[link removed]] Room for You by Mereba
DJ Lex on Loud [[link removed]] (provided the hits all week at Camp re:power!)
[[link removed]] @forthosewhogather [[link removed]] (The Great Unlearn)
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