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The C.O.O.L. Idealist Civic Engagement Curriculum is designed to provide students and campus administrators with training in the essential tools and strategies needed to enact social change in communities and on campuses across the country.
This set of trainings is currently made up of more than 25 workshops that can be easily used and adapted by student leaders, community service directors, and many others on college campuses. (Additionally, Idealist On Campus staff may be available to deliver these trainings on campuses.) The curriculum addresses a variety of aspects of civic engagement, including service, activism, advocacy, and political involvement. Each workshop includes a suggested level of experience, goals, timeline, materials list, outline, and appropriate handouts to make it easy for anyone to lead a workshop on this diverse set of topics.
The original set of training modules was developed in partnership with The Bonner Foundation and the staff and students from the 75 campuses that participate in the Bonner Scholar and Bonner Leader Programs. This curriculum is free for public use.
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Acting
Up: Action Plan Development
Advocacy
101: Tools for Exercising Citizenship
Building
a Personal Network
Cover
Story: A Fun Shared Vision Exercise
Creating Asset Inventories
for Service and Engagement
Creating
a Shared Vision
Developing a Solid
Foundation for Managing Peers
Facilitation
101: Roles of Effective Facilitators
Facilitation
201: Approaches and Techniques
Facilitation
202: More Tools and Techniques

Games and Icebreakers
Identity
Circles: Developing Self-Awareness and Appreciation for Diversity
Leadership Compass:
Deepening Perceptions of Self and Others
Learning
Circles as a Tool for Diversity Dialogue
Linking With
Resources for Financial Support
Manage
by Calendar: A Tool for Project and Time Management
Managing
Up: Helping You Help Your Supervisor
Mapping Connections: A Tool for Forming a Network
Meeting With
Your Congressperson
Planning
Effective Meetings
Planning
a Leadership Transition
Recruiting
Volunteers: A Total Approach
Setting
Objectives
Stand
and Declare: Building Appreciation for Diverse Ideas
Utilizing Community Assets
Want Ads: A Tool for Transitioning Leadership
Who Wants To Be a Coalitionist?
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