A homelessness-experience grassroots advocacy group instilling dignity, respect, love, and hope to everyone with homes, and those without, to our neighbors and the greater communities; in loving memory of all those experiencing homelessness who have died of inclement weather.
Homelessness
Community Ambassador
Training Program
UNIT 1 – HOPE & SELF-EMPOWERMENT
- Belief Systems
- Respect & Hope
- Mutuality
- Common Experiences
- Hope of Recovery
- Trust, Safety, & Respect through Community
- Resisting Pessimism & Realizing Dreams
- Personal Responsibility
- Beyond your Comfort Zone
- Growing into a ‘Greater’ Purpose
- Delivering the Mission Far Away
- Peers of Peers [Experiencing Homelessness]
- Peers of an Agency’s Personnel
- Canvassing
- Empowerment Principles
- Within the Individual
- Within a Group / Community
- Power Dynamics
- “Control” within Relationships
- Exerting “Control”
- Choice & Trauma
- Accepting Others’ Choices
UNIT 2 – ALIGNING ENVIRONMENT & VALUES
- Refereeing
- Reasonable Accommodations
- Communication Styles
- Public Speaking
- Support Group Function & Design
UNIT 3 – DEFINING LEADERSHIP
- Defining Leadership
- Values / Principles
- “The Big Picture”
- Defining a Mission & Vision
- Culture & Diversity
- Divisions of Leaders
- Qualities of Effective Leaders
- Perspective-taking & Self-reflection
- Honesty & Trust
- Valuing Strengths
- Balancing priorities
- Responsibilities & Functions
- Supporting Leadership
- Leadership Qualities
UNIT FOUR – FUNCTIONAL TASKS & TIME
- Direction Setting
- Prioritizing Tasks
- Communicating with the Government
- Letters to the Editor & Media Relations
- Analyzing Problems – Exercise
- Action Planning – Exercise
UNIT FIVE – APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY & SUCCESSION
- Giving Guidance
- Blame and Appreciation
- Effective Supervision
- Following Up Exercise
UNIT SIX – VOICE FOR A CAUSE
- Defining Advocacy
- Self-Advocacy
- Peer Advocacy
- Systems Advocacy
- Serving on Boards / Councils / Committees
- Service Area Authorities & BH Local Advisory Councils
- Non-Profits: Lobbying v. Educating
- Presenting Your Case Exercise
- Peer & Systems Advocacy Exercise(s)