VTU's Membership Organizing and Tenant Solidarity (MOATS) working group has developed the following workshops to support VTU members and neighbourhood chapters. Contact MOATS to learn more or to book a workshop: [email protected]
Consciousness Raising
These workshops provide basic "know your rights" information for BC tenancy laws.
These workshops are useful for:
- Open/Public Events
- External community groups
- Groups of VTU members or renters wanting to learn their basic rights
Eviction Self Defense Length: 30-60 minutes Reviews the material covered in the Eviction Self Defense Handbook |
Keep Your Landlord in Check Length: 40-60 minutes Reviews the material covered in the Keep Your Landlord in Check Handbook. These are basic renters rights for situations not related to evictions. The workshop provides an agitational framing to encourage renters to consider collective solutions to common issues. |
Tenant Organizing
These workshops provide basic tenant organizing skills, based on the Jane McElevy style of labour organizing
These workshops are useful for:
- New VTU members or groups of members who want to learn basic organizing skills
- Renters who want to organize their building or in their neighborhood
Organizing 101: Talking to Your Neighbours and Organizing Your Building Length - 60-90 mins
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Organizing 102: Building the Dream Team Length - 90 mins
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Organizing 201: Building to Majorities for real Tenant Power *In development* |
Administration Workshops
These workshops provide useful information about the administrative aspects of running a VTU working group or neighbourhood chapter
These workshops are useful for:
- Volunteer members who want to facilitate meetings or chair a working group
- Tenant organizers who are signing up new VTU members
VTU Basics Length - 40-90 minutes An introduction to VTU's constitution and bylaws, and how to run a working group or neighbourhood chapter meeting. |
Spreadsheets, Nationbuilder & Privacy Basics Length - 60 minutes Introduction to using Nationbuilder, our member database, to upload and download member contact information for the purposes of organizing. This workshop also includes best practices for respecting members' privacy rights. |