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In this Issue:

CCDS Honors UFE

“UFE has supported the Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity (CCDS) in different ways, especially by strengthening the skills of our team in popular education, a tool that is key in the cooperative and solidarity economy work CCDS does with the immigrant community, mostly Latino, in East Boston.” -Catalina, Liliana and Luz, CCDS Staff

At CCDS's end of year celebration, United for a Fair Economy was recognized with a certificate for our continued support of CCDS since the project’s inception three years ago. CCDS is a Massachusetts-based community working to create a more fair economy by creating space for grassroots organizers in working class communities of color.

80 Ways to Make Your Presentation More Effective

There are so many ways to turn your "audience" into active participants. If we want people to take action to end inequality we can't afford to use the same top-down learning methods over and over. We want people to leave feeling that they have the solution and the means to implement it.

We know from experience that learners are more likely to understand, retain, and apply knowledge if they are engaging their heads, hearts, and hands. Well, here's a new tool for just that! We call it “80 Methods of Teaching and Learning.” It contains 25 creative methods of conveying a topic and 55 dynamic methods to engage participants around that topic.

Advanced Training of Trainers

At our three-day intensive Training of Trainers held at the Highlander Center in October, participants learned about the role of popular education in movement building and gained tools they can use as educators, organizers and activists in their communities to analyze the roots of our current crisis, heal themselves and others, and take action for profound change. Among these participants were individual organizers from around the nation looking to strengthen their skills and members of various grassroots social change organizations, including The Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity (CCDS).

Catch up with our director, Jeannette Huezo!

UFE’s Executive Director and Senior Popular Educator, Jeannette Huezo, made several appearances on panels and podcasts in 2019. Back in May, she was featured on a Labor Panel at Lowell National Historical Park, and that same month she spoke on a panel about fair wages in Philadelphia.

Get more resources and news on our blog

We've posted a ton of updates recently, including a powerful reflection by our National Education Director, Riahl O'Malley: When Facilitating Silence Isn't Awkward, It's Essential.

In Solidarity,
United for a Fair Economy

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