Four-month course in embodied leadership, political education, and organizational effectiveness for Black Directors or Lead Organizers at Black / Black-led organizing formations or multiracial organizations with significant Black membership bases.
*Bold Basics for Black Bodies is a prerequisite for first-time applicants.
2024 Retreat Dates:
Three-month course for Black organizers on foundational transformative organizing skills including base-building and leadership development, the Black Radical Tradition as well as an embodied approach to learning and developing their skills. This course includes Fundamentals as well as Praxis, where participants are “live” on a concrete campaign hosted by a BOLD organization.
* Bold Basics for Black Bodies is a prerequisite for first-time applicants.
Retreat Dates:
These course offerings build the embodied competency of alumni to be ‘exemplary movement leaders’ capable of leading and using power that creates more trust within organizations and movements.
Centering Presence
Eight-week online intensive for alumni seeking to strengthen their centering practice toward building a more compelling and trustworthy leadership presence. Participants will take part in the 30 Days of Practice cadre that will lead Daily Centering Calls. Successful participants will earn BOLD’s Leading Centering Level 1 certificate.
Retreat Dates: March 4th-7th
Online Application Period Closed
Coordinating for Excellence
The BOLD Coordinating for Excellence in-person intensive is an invitation to move into greater coordination for the sake of our collective excellence. Designed specifically for BOLD organizations [defined as those organizations where one or more of its Director level leaders have completed a BOLD course] actively preparing or implementing a project that requires high levels of coordination.
Retreat Dates:
Application Period: March 1st-April 12th
Unleashing The Dragon
Four-week hybrid intensive for alumni seeking to shape and sharpen their political embodiment and movement leadership through deep comradeship, radical rigor, and political study during the month of Black August. The course includes in-person training from August 5th-9th as well as online Black August activities.
Retreat Dates: August 5th-9th
Application Period: June 10th-June 20th
Quilombo School (Directors and Leads)
Four-month course in embodied leadership, political education, and organizational effectiveness for Black Directors or Lead Organizers at Black / Black-led organizing formations or multiracial organizations with significant Black membership bases. * Bold Basics for Black Bodies is a prerequisite for first-time applicants.
2024 Retreat Dates:
Application Period for 2024 is closed.
Amandla! Purpose, Power, and Praxis
Three-month course for Black organizers on foundational transformative organizing skills including base-building and leadership development, the Black Radical Tradition as well as an embodied approach to learning and developing their skills. This course includes Fundamentals as well as Praxis, where participants are “live” on a concrete campaign hosted by a BOLD organization. * Bold Basics for Black Bodies is a prerequisite for first-time applicants.
2024 Retreat Dates:
Application Period for 2024 is closed.
Exemplary Movement Leadership (EML)
These course offerings build the embodied competency of alumni to be ‘exemplary movement leaders’ capable of leading and using power that creates more trust within organizations and movements.
Centering Presence | March 5th-April 30th
Eight-week online intensive for alumni seeking to strengthen their centering practice toward building a more compelling and trustworthy leadership presence. Participants will take part in the 30 Days of Practice cadre that will lead Daily Centering Calls. Successful participants will earn BOLD’s Leading Centering Level 1 certificate.
Coordinating for Excellence | July 22nd- Oct 11th
The BOLD Coordinating for Excellence in-person intensive is an invitation to move into greater coordination for the sake of our collective excellence. Designed specifically for BOLD organizations [defined as those organizations where one or more of its Director level leaders have completed a BOLD course] actively preparing or implementing a project that requires high levels of coordination.
Unleashing The Dragon | August 1st-29th
Four-week hybrid intensive for alumni seeking to shape and sharpen their political embodiment and movement leadership through deep comradeship, radical rigor, and political study during the month of Black August. The course includes in-person training from August 5th-9th as well as online Black August activities.
We will be hosting this national convening in person for the first time in 4 years, and we don't want you to miss out!
BOLD National Programs offer focused experiences for alumni to deepen their development as exemplary movement leaders. click on an image to learn more or register for programs.
*Programs are for BOLD Alumni Only.
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