MAIN UPDATE In Solidarity for  Peace, Bread and Justice!
A Joint Project of the Maine Association of Interdependent Neighborhoods and  Maine Equal Justice
Volume 9  No. 2		August 2005

Maine Association of Interdependent Neighborhoods 
invites YOU to attend 

MAINe Leads: Daring to Learn, Teach and Lead Together!

M.A.I.N. 2005 Conference

Saturday, November 19, 2005
9:00 am—5:00 pm

Calvary United Methodist Church, Sabattus St. Lewiston

FREE Conference! FREE Food! FREE Childcare!
(Donations gratefully accepted)

Building leadership within the low-income community!

Learn and teach skills, support and encourage each other, and share your knowledge, 
ideas and feelings about what it takes and what it means to be a leader. 

We can dare to be leaders in ending poverty 
by working together to learn, teach, and support each other.

Topics to be covered

What it means to be a leader — redefine leadership; identify and learn to deal with barriers to being a leader; hear stories from low-income people who are leaders.

How to organize—reaching hearts and minds and getting people involved.

How to run a meeting—getting people to attend and participate; ways to run a meeting (Robert’s rules of Order, consensus…).

How laws get made and how you can be involved—user-friendly presentation by MAIN members and others who have been involved. Learn about the legislative process.

Finding the courage and learning how to speak in public—talk about how it feels to speak in public; role playing.

How to work with the media—covering press releases; editorial boards; letter writing campaigns and press events. 

How to be a good leader: the ethics of leadership—modeling respectful behavior; creating unity in a diverse group; dealing with discrimination and other “divide and conquer” tactics; dealing with self-doubt and lack of self-worth.

 Register online or Print and mail a registration form 

For more info or to volunteer: 

Chris at Maine Equal Justice, 1-866-626-7059 ext 204 or crusnov@mejp.org. 

Steve at mainefun40@hotmail.com – type “MAIN” in the subject line. 

Russell at advocate@direcway.net

 

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