WEEK 5: REJUVENATE
Start here for program overview December 9 – December 13, 2024
You did it! You spent the last four weeks doing an intentional reset from your 2024 experience and restoring yourself for the work ahead. You are now ready to spend this final week focusing on ways to REJUVENATE yourself for your next phase. This week is all about setting intentions, integrating what you’ve learned, and finding clarity on what you will need to sustain in this work.
But here’s the twist – we’re not rejuvenating you with motivational speeches, inspirational calls to action, and reminders of the urgency of this moment. Instead, we are anchoring you in some time-honored lessons that will set you up for long-term success. We are tapping into ancient wisdom and teachings, highlighting current research, and gleaning wisdom from the people in our field who have been doing this work with clarity, balance, impact, and focus over a long period of time. We will REJUVENATE you with resilience and purpose, not platitudes.
To start, former Congressman Steve Israel will join us to discuss how the ancient philosophy of Stoicism provides us with the wisdom and guidance we need in this moment. As a student of history, a meditator, a Stoic, and a successful politician, Congressman Israel has a recipe for succeeding and sustaining in this work that you won’t want to miss. Join him on Zoom on Wednesday, December 11 at 3pm ET. The Zoom link is here and here: https://zoom.us/j/93973068022.
Then on Thursday, December 12 at 1pm ET, seasoned campaign professionals Emily Parcell from Agency Strategies, Travis Tazelaar from VoteVets, and Steph Noguera from GAIN Power will join us for an in-depth discussion about how to sustain in this field for an entire career. But real-talk: this is not your standard political panel. Emily is going to talk to us about the latest research on happiness – that’s right, happiness. Because if we’re not getting our own happiness equation right, we’re off track right from the start. Travis Tazelaar will share an incredibly helpful framework he learned as a Marine that he now applies in his work as a campaign professional. And Steph will give us her secrets on how she finds balance and clarity in this intense field. Their insight is going to surprise you! The Zoom link is here and here: https://zoom.us/j/92355500283.
Our goal for the end of this week is that you feel ready for 2025 and rejuvenated for the work ahead. We hope this week, combined with the resources form the last four, will give you the tools you need to sustain in the difficult but incredibly rewarding work of campaigns, advocacy, and social change.
Ready? Let’s dive into our final week of the After Action 2024 workshop!