September 18 & 19 "Connection: Accelerating Ideas" (OEP Alums Only)

"Connection: Accelerating Ideas" Workshop - two x 3.5 hour sessions

2-Day Intensive- listed in Eastern Time (New York):

• Thursday, September 18 from 10:00 am-1:30 pm ET
• Friday, Septembe 19 from 10:00 am-1:30 pm ET

Description: This workshop focuses on connecting people and ideas across time, space, expertise, and identity - and on accelerating our ideas by investing in the diversity of our knowledge sets. This workshop will make each of us smarter, individually, and also more intelligent collectively.

Broken into multiple sessions, our virtual workshops connect participants in pairs, in small groups, and as a cohort via Zoom. Because our workshops are based on discovery through group interaction, we ask all participants to commit to the full workshop experience (start to finish).

Participants emerge with concrete results (op-ed drafts and more) and they will also receive access to our national network of journalist mentors for individual follow-up on their op-ed drafts (contingent on completing the workshop in full).

"Connection: Accelerating Ideas" is for alums of The OpEd Project’s core “Write To Change The World” workshop and Public Voices Fellowship only. If you have not yet taken the core workshop, you can view the full workshop schedule here.

Who should attend? We welcome people of all identities, backgrounds, genders and positions. We seek to always overrepresent the underrepresented, including women. As our curriculum is based on expanding our thinking, it is suitable for those with or without publishing experience.

Scholarships: The OpEd Project is building a sustainable model for social justice. Our public workshops are designed to break even (with neither profit or loss) while providing scholarships for up to 30% of participants in any workshop. Scholarship application here.

Accessibility Please contact The OpEd Project at info@theopedproject.org if you need an accommodation to fully participate in an event due to a disability. Please make the request as soon as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.

About: The OpEd Project’s mission is change who writes history. We are a community of thought leaders, commentary writers, journalists, and change agents who actively work to diversify knowledge and accelerate solutions to society’s greatest challenges. We believe the world becomes more intelligent when it is more inclusive. We believe the best ideas, regardless of where they come from, should have a chance to change the world. We have stunning results.