Grassroots Connect

### Context Profile for Grassroots Connect

1. **Organization Mission & Cause**:
   - **Mission**: Grassroots Connect aims to foster emotional resilience and accountability among educators, particularly those who identify as white, to promote an anti-racist culture. They focus on creating safe spaces for self-reflection and community engagement, emphasizing the importance of personal growth in the context of social justice.
   - **Cause**: The organization serves as a fiscal sponsor for Apokalypsis, which indicates a commitment to supporting initiatives that align with their mission of anti-racism and community empowerment.

2. **Type of Activities**:
   - **Training Programs**: They offer courses such as the "Emotional Resilience and Accountability Training," which includes both self-paced and live components aimed at educators.
   - **Workshops**: Regular workshops like "Cultivating Belonging in Our Schools" are part of their programming, focusing on community-building and professional development.
   - **Community Engagement**: They facilitate discussion groups and provide opportunities for participants to share experiences and reflections in a supportive environment.

3. **Tone of Voice**:
   - The tone is **friendly**, **supportive**, and **inspiring**. The language used is approachable and encourages participation and self-reflection. Phrases like "thank you for participating" and "we look forward to seeing you" foster a sense of community and belonging.

4. **Emoji Usage**:
   - The website and email communications do not prominently feature emojis. The tone is maintained through text rather than visual elements, focusing on clarity and professionalism.

5. **Key Facts**:
   - **Founding Info**: Specific founding details are not mentioned on the website.
   - **Scale**: Grassroots Connect has conducted 5 forms and 16 email campaigns, indicating active engagement with their audience.
   - **Impact Metrics**: The organization offers professional development credits for course participation, enhancing its credibility and value for educators.
   - **Volunteer Info**: There is no specific mention of volunteer opportunities on the website, but community engagement is a core aspect of their activities.

6. **Writing Guidelines**:
   - **Style**: Use clear, concise language that is accessible to a broad audience. Avoid jargon and ensure that messages are straightforward.
   - **Personalization**: Incorporate personal touches, such as addressing recipients by their first names, to create a sense of connection.
   - **Call to Action**: Encourage participation and engagement through inviting language, such as "join us" or "we look forward to your involvement."
   - **Emphasis on Community**: Highlight the importance of community and shared experiences in all communications, reinforcing the organization's mission of fostering belonging and accountability.

This context profile provides a comprehensive overview of Grassroots Connect, enabling AI assistants to generate personalized and relevant content that aligns with the organization’s mission, tone, and activities.

Any additional donations go to Apokalypsis, not Grassroots Connect (GC). This form says it goes to GC because they are our fiscal sponsor.

General admission

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This group will meet over Zoom from 12-1:30pm PST on May 10th. If you cannot make this time, you can still register for access to the recording. This lunchtime workshop is the second of an ongoing resiliency workshop series for white-bodied and white-presenting folks. Why a resiliency series? For many white people, the topic of racism, colonization, and the racialized system in which we find ourselves in our schools and places of work can feel overwhelming and confusing, commonly leaving them unequipped to stick with goals of inclusivity and anti-racism. This resiliency series aims to give white folks tools to help them stabilize, ground, and fully engage with accountability and movement towards a healthier culture. With these tools, white folks can fully engage with untying the inherited knots of collective racialized trauma. For this second of four workshops, we will focus on understanding our personal nervous system responses. Part of building resiliency is to understand and notice how our bodies, minds, and emotions tend to react when being called in/out, and talking about whiteness and racism with other white folks, as well as folks of color. We need to be able to make space to notice if we tend to get defensive, collapse in shame, rattle-y, numb out and intellectualize, dissociate, hide out, etc. When we practice awareness of our own tendencies, we can allow space to let those reactions move through us without taking us over.  Attending the first workshop is not required, but will enhance what you get from this second workshop. You can purchase access to the recording of the first workshop at <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/61a544a1-8f05-4d61-9c55-a3db981cd983" target="_blank">https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/61a544a1-8f05-4d61-9c55-a3db981cd983</a>

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Apokalypsis Resiliency Series: Understanding our own personal nervous systems

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$22