About the course
The Digital Safety and Security training will support participants to better understand the difference between safety and security, to practice making their campaigns more secure across all devices, and to become more confident in their ability to protect themselves and others from potential harm online.
Who is this course for?
From organizers and campaigners looking to keep themselves and their devices safe, to digital and data folks tasked with collecting and ensuring the safety of our communities’ data, this course was designed for anyone who uses digital tools to organize. Here are some attributes shared by all our applicants:
- Technical Aptitude: Whether you have experience in organizing online or not, we are interested in organizers and campaign practitioners who want to rapidly develop their technical skills.
- Organizing Insight: You don’t need to be a professional politico, but we’re looking for applicants with experience doing organizing work on the ground. That work can be tied to grassroots, electoral, and/or issue organizing. We seek to support organizers who are currently part of a campaign effort or are seeking to build one.
- Dedication to Inclusive Politics and Intersectional Solutions: At re:power, we center race, class, gender and sexuality across all our trainings—it’s part of our practice of inclusive politics. We want organizers to be open to new ideas regarding it and to the ideas and contributions from their fellow organizers who will reflect our diverse communities.
Course Expectations
This is an interactive course. We ask participants to write in the chat box, share verbally, and participate in group discussions. We understand that folks have a lot going, so if you are not able to participate in group discussions you can let the tech moderator know. We encourage, but do not require, participants to turn on video during breakout discussions.
Lesson Plan
Day 1
- Module 1: Historical context of Digital Security, and Shifting to a Democratized Digital Safety Plan
- Module 2: Phishing, Malware, and Social Engineering, and An Introduction to the DigiSec Ecosystem
Day 2
- Module 3: Safer Communication and Internet Browsing
- Module 4: Workplace Safety Planning at Home, Field, or Office and How to Secure Networks & Devices
