This is the place where the trainings Semillas de Poder has built come together, the bilingual curriculums our members already learn from and the academies we are getting ready to open to the public, and it is honestly still being built, so what you see here is the real work as it stands today and not a finished catalog.
We are putting this page up while the work is still in progress because we would rather show you the truth of where we are than wait for everything to be polished. Some of these trainings are already in use with our members and partner groups, others are being written and tested right now, and the library will keep growing as each one is finished and translated into plain language in both English and Spanish. If something you need is not here yet, it is very likely on the way, and you can tell us what would help your group most.
A library under construction. New trainings, plain-language summaries and public academy dates are added here as they are ready. Members get word first, so if you want to know when something opens, join as a member and we will keep you posted.
These are real curriculums built by Semillas de Poder, written to be taught in both English and Spanish. Each card says plainly what the training covers, who it is for, and where it stands today.
Bilingual four-part curriculum
A practice-oriented training that prepares people to stay calm and protect themselves and their neighbors during immigration enforcement. It is not only information, it is rehearsal, with role-play and scripts so the knowledge holds up under stress. The four parts build on each other:
Who it is for: immigrant families, mixed-status households, neighbors who want to be a steady presence for the people next door, and any community group preparing to defend its members.
Multi-session organizing curriculum
A complete organizing curriculum, built around a two-day Community Organizing Academy model that we are adapting for our own communities. It takes a group from the basics all the way to a real plan they can act on together.
Who it is for: members ready to move past one election, partner groups that want to run their own campaigns, and anyone who wants the full arc of how organizing works.
The Semillas de Poder organizer pipeline
The curriculum that brings new organizers in, settles them into the work, and keeps building their skills over time. At its center is a six-competency framework for organizer development, paired with a self-assessment tool so each person can see honestly where they are strong and where they want to grow.
Who it is for: people stepping into an organizer role for the first time, and the mentors and partner groups responsible for developing them.
Guides for the Foro Comunitario
The facilitator guides and the reusable forum skeleton that keep the weekly bilingual community forums, the Foro Comunitario, running well week after week. They hold the shape of the gathering so any member can step in and lead it.
Who it is for: members taking a turn facilitating, planning teams, and partner groups that want to run their own steady community forum.
Voter contact and plain-language civics
Training materials for getting out the vote and for talking with voters one at a time, set alongside plain-language civic education on how government actually works. It connects the everyday questions, what an office does, how a decision gets made, to the practical work of reaching neighbors before an election.
Who it is for: first-time voters, canvassers, and anyone helping their neighbors understand and use their vote.
The community-to-leadership pathway
The pathway that walks a person from their first time at a forum to a real leadership role, one steady step at a time. It is built on the belief that leaders are grown, not found, and that the move into leadership should feel natural rather than sudden.
Who it is for: members who feel ready for more responsibility, and the organizers helping them see what they are capable of.
Most of these trainings connect to a single ladder. A member is welcome at any rung, and can climb at their own pace, because there is a real place here for everyone, whether they have five minutes a month or want to lead.
Right now these trainings run with our members and partner groups. We are getting them ready to open to the wider public, and when a session is set we will announce it here and let our members know first.
Opening to the public soon
This is the Community Organizing Academy described above, getting ready to open as a public program. It runs as a multi-session course, built on the two-day academy model, that takes a group of community members through organizing fundamentals, power mapping and campaign planning, and finishes with a capstone campaign the group chooses for itself, so people leave not only with the ideas but with real work already underway.
We are setting dates and the details of how to register. When the first public session is scheduled, members will hear about it before anyone else.
Opening to the public soon
The Community Defense and Know Your Rights curriculum is being shaped into a public-facing academy, a short bootcamp-style course that any neighbor can take. It carries the same four-part curriculum, Arraigo, Comprender and Conocer, with the same hands-on practice and role-play, so people finish ready to protect themselves and stand with the families around them.
Dates and locations are being arranged. As with the Organizing Academy, members will be the first to know when a session opens.
If any of this is something you or your group would want, the simplest thing is to join as a member, because members are notified first when an academy opens, when a new training is published, and when a session is scheduled near them. Partner groups can also reach us to ask about running a training with their own people.