Retreat/Agenda

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MORNING SESSION

• Intros / check-in (20 min)
• Go over the agenda (10 min)
• Caucus orientation (45 min)
  • Presentation: History of reform caucus organizing in our union (Dylan)
  • Presentation: History and context of RNFDU
  • Presentation: Overview and updates from our UC Divest reps
  • Review consensus decision-making and community norms, discuss any updates
• Group discussion: What are our core values as a caucus? (30 min)

MID-MORNING

• Group discussion: What are the key lessons we’ve learned from the past year and a half of organizing as a caucus? (30 min)
• Post-its activity and group discussion: What are our caucus’s goals for (1) upcoming contract negotiations and our next contract, and (2) our other organizing, including Palestine solidarity organizing? (45 min)

AFTERNOON SESSION

• Goal-setting for the coming year(s)
  • Facilitated overview of pre-lunch goals discussion (10 min)
  • Group discussion: How do we achieve these goals? Guiding questions: (1 hour)
    • How do we effectively pressure the UC?
    • How do we work with and against leadership to achieve our goals?
    • How do we grow and retain new members as a caucus?
    • How do we manage our internal capacity and ensure work is fairly distributed?
• Training: Security culture (Jonny) (20 min)

GROUP WORKSHOPS

See: Retreat/Workshops

• Training: 1:1 outreach conversations (Dana) (30 min)
• Breakout groups: What are your group’s plans for this year (in alignment with full caucus plans)? What do you need to make these plans possible? (45 min)
  • Frontlines (security, self-defense, delivery pickets, etc.)
  • Propaganda (emails, social media, toolkits and resources, art and design, etc.)
  • External outreach (building/maintaining connections with undergrads, faculty, other unions, aligned orgs, etc.)
  • Teach-ins and other political education
• Wrap-up (15 min)
  • Retreat summary
  • Determine regular school-year meeting schedule