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MAAP Dinner 2009 on Facebook!
Tuesday June 23, 2009
We are trying to generate some buzz around the dinner this year and also start a discussion around the big one next year. We feel our extended community of allies can provide us the most valuable input as we move forward. Please RSVP HERE and let the discussions begin!
P.S. You do require a facebook account to proceed with the RSVP.
SAVE THE DATE: AUGUST 7, 2009!!
MAAP Dinner Scheduled
Tuesday May 12, 2009
MAAP 2009 will commence June 15, 2009, with the Orientation Week. The arduous 8 week cycle will culminate in the MAAP Dinner on August 7, 2009. As CTWO gears up for its 30th Anniversary in 2010, treat this as a teaser for the grand anniversary celebrations. Look out for something extra special this year and as always the opportunity to reconnect with close friends and allies. See you August 7, 2009!
Applications for MAAP 2009 are now closed!
MAAP 2009 CYCLE: June 15 - August7, 2009
Monday May 11, 2009
The MAAP Application process is now complete.We have made our selections and will very soon announce the names of the next generation of racial justice leaders. Watch this space for more updates!
NDABA: THE GREAT SITTING DOWN
Tuesday November 18, 2008
On November 7, 2008, CTWO hosted a 'great sitting down' of some of the most active and prominent members of the organizing world.
Many important issues were discussed and pertinent questions raised. To read more about the evening CLICK HERE
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"For a lot of young people of color, MAAP is the THE program for getting the skills that we need to build power for our communities. Since I've graduated I've continued using the skills and building on them."
- Sara Mersha, MAAP 1997 - Director, Direct Action for Rights & Equality (DARE)
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| MEET 2009 MAAP INTERNS |
For the past 25 years, the Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO) has been on the cutting edge of change efforts in communities of color. CTWO's stance and innovative work to advance a racial analysis and ideology in organizing campaigns is acknowledged by peers, constituent group leaders, and funders as key contributions to the broader social-justice movement. Over the years, CTWO has supported the creation of multi-racial, multi-ethnic organizations and campaigns; has fearlessly challenged racist policies and practices of the state and other institutions; and has continuously sought opportunities to build bridges among a wide range of communities and activists of color.
CTWO's theory of change guides our strategies and actions. It provides a framework for understanding how our work fits into a larger perspective about social change. We believe that race permeates every aspect of our social existence, and that race has major influence on the way that identities, institutions, and society as a whole are shaped. Racial inequality is a fundamental characteristic of our social order--often interlocked with other systems of oppression like class, patriarchy, and xenophobia--that affects the organization and distribution of social resources, including power, privilege, and wealth.
Change occurs when perceptions of injustice in the racial order, an order structured and enforced by the state, precipitate the development of social movements and organizations that represent racially defined groups, that articulate these groups' perspectives, and that politically mobilize for their interests. For 25 years, CTWO has worked diligently with organizations and communities of color to advance a racial-justice analysis and to secure significant changes in policies, practices and the distribution of resources for communities of color.
CTWO's organizing strategy prioritizes the role of organizations in engaging our communities to develop and assert a more equitable vision of society through concerted action and reflection. It is through the work of these organizations, in alignment with other key players in the social-change community (i.e. legal, media, academic, policy and research, religious, and cultural), that ideas gain traction and allow more radical transformation to take place.
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The Center for Third World Organizing is a racial-justice organization led by people of color whose mission is to achieve social and economic justice.
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