API Movement Boston: Activist Training Institute

for Boston folks!

API Movement Boston: Activist Training Institute (ATI), Summer 2007

What is it?
The Activist Training Institute (ATI) is a TRAINING for ASIAN PACIFIC
AMERICAN (APA) youth and young adults to build LEADERSHIP and
ORGANIZING skills within a context of COMMUNITY work and building a
social movement. The training existed as the Weekend Activist
Intensive in the first year and it has developed into a four-weekend
summer institute in this second year.

The overall goal is to build a COHORT of young leaders in the APA
community who can support each other and grow into POSITIONS OF
LEADERSHIP in APA community-based agencies. This year, the training
will focus on the issue of IMMIGRATION.

We, the organizers of the training, believe that young leadership is
CRUCIAL to the sustainability of the APA community. Our vision is
that this training will bring together youth and young adults of like
mind who want to grow and develop IN COMMUNITY with others and help to
rebuild an APA movement.

Who should apply?
APA youth and young adults who
• Are between the ages of 18 and 26
• Live or work in Boston (though this isn't a strict requirement)
• Are 1st or 2nd generation immigrants
• Are committed to working within the APA community
• Want to be connected to others who share a desire for social change
and social justice

What can you get out of it?
SKILLS – leadership, organizing, critical analysis of issues
SPACE – intense teambuilding, opportunities for debate & discussion,
immersion in an APA community
SUPPORT – peer relationship building, mentoring from older activists
and organizers, connections built with community agencies

Dates of the sessions:
Friday, June 22 and Saturday, June 23
Friday, June 29 and Saturday, June 30
Friday, July 20 and Saturday, July 21
Friday, August 10 and Saturday, August 11
Fridays sessions would be from 6-9pm. Saturdays would be all day.

Cost: Suggested donation of $20 - $50 depending on your own financial
status. Please bring your donation to the first training day. Cash
or check will be accepted.

More information and details on the application attached.
Deadline for application is June 8th.

For questions and info, contact Movement Resource Center at ATI@aamovement.net.