Growing Power
Outreach to people we don’t know is essential for building the power we need to win the social justice advances we seek.
In this session, we’ll explore how to get over the jitters of approaching someone you don’t know; how to reach people in respectful, effective, and creative ways; and how to move people from interest to active participation in planning, research, actions and leadership. Led by Noelle Damico, Director of Social Justice at the Workers Circle, who also teaches grassroots organizing and political advocacy at NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
The Workers Circle Headquarters
247 W. 37th St. 5th Floor, NYC
The Activist Academy is a series of monthly workshops, held in-person in NYC, that are open to all teens and led by renowned frontline organizers that teach specific grassroots organizing skills. As a social justice organization rooted in Jewish culture and activist history, we believe in uniting across cultures and races in the fight for a "shenere un besere velt far ale," a better and more beautiful world for all. In our Activist Academy programs we continually tap our distinct histories and heritages as gifts to power social transformation. All are welcome!
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Noelle Damico is the Director of Social Justice at the Workers Circle and joined our staff in April 2020. With 30 years of experience in grassroots and institutional organizing at the local, regional, and national settings, Noelle is an adjunct teaching organizing and political advocacy at NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She has worked alongside the Coalition of Immokalee Workers for two decades to build consumer support for the farmworkers’ Campaign for Fair Food which gave birth to the internationally recognized Fair Food Program that has dramatically advanced human rights for farmworkers and the Worker-driven Social Responsibility paradigm. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, Noelle previously served as national staff focused on human trafficking and farmworker rights for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and directed the United Church of Christ’s legislative network on Capitol Hill. Noelle has lectured widely on human rights, forced labor, and corporate accountability including keynotes at the OSCE and the US Department of Justice conferences. She holds a B.A. from Swarthmore College as well as a M.Div. and Th.M from Princeton Theological Seminary. She resides in White Plains, NY with her husband Jeffrey Geary and their son August Xavier.