Chattanooga Organized For Action Announces Annual Assembly & “Organize The Hood” Trainings

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Chattanooga Organized for Action is holding an “Organize the Hood” training and its first annual assembly during a three-day series from Thursday, July 26 to Saturday, July 28, at Renaissance Presbyterian Church, 1211 Boynton Drive, in the Westside community of downtown Chattanooga. 

The “Organize the Hood” training series will feature popular education on the theory and practice of grassroots community organizing and will be held on Thursday, July 26, through Friday, July 27, from 5-10 p.

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The first annual Membership Assembly will be held on Saturday, July 28, and will feature the election of a new board of directors from within the membership as well as an overview of the work of the organization in the previous year. 

The public portion of the assembly will be held from 2-5 p.m.


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