I regularly facilitate a range of training and seminars in the United States and Germany.
Trainings offered through the Center for Civic Reflection, hosted by the Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement (PACE) at Salisbury University
Civic Reflection Train-the-Trainer Training (sixteen-hour training)
Civic Reflection Facilitation Training (eight-hour training)
Seminars offered through the Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement (PACE) at Salisbury University
Civic Engagement Across the Curriculum (10-week workshop)
Civic Engagement Across the Curriculum Mini-Workshop (four-hour seminar)
Online: Civic Engagement Across the Curriculum
Seminars offered (Germany)
Social Change in America: The Power of Community Organizing – Developing your community organizing toolbox
Time: 2 hours – 12 hours
- Developing/assessing group values
- “The world as it is; the world as it should be” – how to select and engage an issue in your community
- Foundations of democratic practice for community organizing
- Social movement theory
- Social movement history in the United States
- Relationship building in community organizing
- One-on-one interviews and deep listening
Social Change in America: The Power of Community Organizing – Engaging your community
Time: 2 hours – 12 hours
- Examples of community change led by social movements (US perspective)
- Critical reflection as a way to make meetings and support civic engagement
- Theories of community organization for social change
- Facilitating meetings
- Engaging homogenous and diverse communities
- Finding resources to support community organizing
Race to the White House
Would you like to be the next president of the United States? We can’t promise you an actual seat in the White House, but we can show you what it is like to participate in an election campaign and run for office. During this workshop, you will learn about the interesting and odd features of US elections, such as the Electoral College. We will answer questions such as: Why is the US election process so complicated? How does the US process differ from federal elections in Germany? And why are some states “blue” and others “red”? Get involved with the dynamics of election campaigns and learn how important charisma, campaigning in key states, and money can be, especially if you are an outsider candidate who doesn’t belong to one of the two big parties.
US Presidential Campaigns
Discusses presidential elections in the US through the lens of campaign style and videos.
- Overview of US presidential elections
- Comparison of the US and German federal elections
- Historical overview of US presidents
- Overview of US parties (historically and in the present)
- Overview of US interest groups and election funding
- Campaign strategies in the US
- The role of the campaign video in US presidential elections
- Creating a campaign video
Garbage and Everyday Live
Time: 2 hours – 12 hours
Why do we make so much waste? And what can we do about it?
In 2021, the average German generated 1.8 kg of waste each day. Where does this waste come from? What is the composition of this waste? What do we do with it? Why do we have so much waste in the first place? Does it matter? This seminar askes these specific questions as well as the broader political, social, and economic relations of waste to explore what our wasting habits can tell us about the causes and consequences of environmental degradation. Specific topics of focus will include current and historical waste management practices, attempts to reduce waste and increase recycling, the problem of plastic, waste and equality, and whether the creation of waste is a necessary component of daily life.