About the Organizer's Institute
The DART Organizers Institute is a paid field school that recruits and trains great community organizers to go on to lead DART organizations in building power to win justice on the critical issues our communities face.
Graduates of the DART Organizers Institute have gone on to build powerful congregation-based community organizations capable of successfully challenging the economic, political and social systems that create and perpetuate injustice. Whether it’s affordable housing, accessible healthcare, public education reform or other issues facing the community, the DART Organizers Institute is developing organizers with the necessary skills to win needed community change.
The training begins with an intensive 7-day classroom orientation led by veteran organizers. Next, Organizer Trainees are placed for 4 months in the field with a mentor at a local community organization to practice and develop their skills. DART will then work to place successful graduates into full-time salaried positions within our network of twenty-one affiliated organizations. DART also provides two years of advanced training for our graduates to ensure ongoing support and professional development.
The process is simple - learn to organize through the best experiential training around and then go onto a full-time career building power to win justice.
