This training is open to all progressive staff and any volunteer who is ready to take a leap in their organizing skills. It will take place three weeks before municipal elections in order to learn how you can plug in to help local candidates. This event will occur the third Thursday of every month, 5:30–7:30 p.m., at the Lewiston MPA ... Read More

Open to seasoned managers and those stepping into management roles for the first time. Learn what it takes to manage effective teams and get stuff done, and how to bring progressive values into your leadership approach. This training will be two days and one overnight at MPA's China house. Because space is limited, we may not be able to accept ... Read More

This training is open to all progressive staff and any volunteer who is ready to take a leap in their organizing skills. What makes organizing different from mobilizing? Relationships! To help a person grow their leadership, we have to understand where they’re coming from. And we start with 1:1 meetings. This training will take us through identifying potential new leaders, ... Read More

This training will cover both the basics of navigating the legislative process in Maine, as well as more advanced skills like winning funding for your legislation, and asking open-ended questions to assess self-interest. Lobbyists, law makers, executive directors, campaigns managers, people considering a run for office, and anyone else responsible for moving policy in the legislature will find this helpful. ... Read More

Designed to take advantage of the unique opportunities that occur when starting a new role, this training covers core leadership concepts, dealing with organizational conflict, developing sustainable workplans, and more. It is two days and one overnight at the farm in China. Because space is limited, we may not be able to accept everyone who applies. Please tell us a ... Read More

Designed particularly for communications staff and other staff or volunteers whose roles include creating and executing communications strategies, this training will cover why we do communications work and basics about the media. Attendees should expect to leave the daylong training having practiced these skills and with a packet of materials to inform their comms activities. Staff and volunteers expected to ... Read More

Timed to help people considering a run for municipal office, this training will cover how to tell your personal story, build your campaign team, and raise the money you need to win. Because space is limited, we may not be able to accept everyone who applies. Please tell us a little bit about yourself and why you want to come ... Read More

Most of us have faced challenges and had to make (sometimes impossible) choices. Telling the stories of how we found ourselves in those situations is one way we make sense of the world and start to imagine a new one. In this training we will learn the basics of personal story sharing in the context of community organizing and advocacy ... Read More