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PARTICIPANT’S WELCOME PACKET EMAIL

NOTE TO FACILITATORS: Once you have pasted this email into a new message, please be sure to follow the red, italicized instructions to customize the email, and then delete all of these instructions before sending.

Greetings future political organizers,

We’re very excited to welcome you to the (insert state name.) CWA Tier I Political Activist Training!

With fellow CWA members, we will spend an exciting 6 weeks (+) building a strong and committed force of working people’s power. You will be a part of a now five-year tradition to internally organize CWAto make us conscious and skillful in our fight against the broad corporate agenda to disenfranchise, confuse, and dismantle true working-class power. Please see an overview of the training document attached for your convenience.

THINGS TO DO/KNOW BEFORE YOU GET HERE

Î Commitment Form: Please review and sign the attached Commitment Form. Upon completion of the form, please email it to your training facilitator (Insert training facilitator name, email, andphone number.). If applicable, once this document is completed, lodging and travel information will start to be solidified for your training experience. (Attach form.)

Î Article: Please read the following welcome article: Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart, By David Leonhardt, 2017 (http://bit.ly/broken-economy)

Î Activist Facebook Group: Join the Political Activist Facebook (http://bit.ly/CWA-Facebook-Group) group to be connected with the CWA political activist family. This closed group comprises the CWA Political Activist Program facilitators and activists who have undergone the same training journey that you are currently starting! Please use the group to communicate with, share with, and learn from fellow activists and organizers who are also dedicated to the movement for justice.

Come ready to learn, listen, observe, participate, and grow! The 6-week experience is meant to be intensive, engaging, and cultivating. We need your full participation, willingness, and expertise for this training!

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SCHEDULE(Mock dates below; please fill in accurately.)

Each training day is from 8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Extreme lateness/the full missing of days disqualifies lost-time pay and graduation from the program.

Î Wednesday, September 00: travel day

Î Thursday, September 00: check-in/ registration: 8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.; training day: 8:15 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Î Friday, September 00: check-in/registration: 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.; training day: 8:15 a.m.– 6:30 p.m.

AGENDAPlease see the attached agenda. We have a short amount of time to get a lot done, so we expect that you’ll be on time. Late arrival, early departure, or complete non-attendance on any of the training days will result in the omission of lost-time pay. (Attach agenda.)

MEALSIncluded in your registration are breakfast, healthy snacks, and lunch. Participants are to cover their own dinner costs each evening. The evening of Day 1 of the training, the full training group usually has a nice group dinner at a select location (TBD). This time allows the training group to mingle and bond.

DIETARY RESTRICTIONS

Please see the attached Dietary Restrictions Form. If you have dietary restrictions, please complete and submit the form to your training facilitator along with your training Commitment Form. We will make our best attempt to meet your dietary needs. (Attach form.)

TRAINING LOCATION

(Mock location below; please fill-in accurately).

National Education Association0000 Z Street NW Washington, DC 00000

TRANSPORTATION(Please supply all necessary travel information here.)

CONTACTIf you have questions about the training, please contact (Please insert contact information for all necessary contacts for the training. If more than one contact is available, please clearly specify each person’s role.)

Please do not hesitate to contact us with all questions and concerns.

THANK YOU AND SEE YOU SOON!

(Insert name of training facilitator here.) (Insert state name here.)

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