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Data Analytics Camp

Overview

Data Analytics Camp (DAC) equips progressive leaders with cutting-edge data and analytics skills necessary to support electoral campaigns and issue-based organizing. Applicants will be asked to commit to full participation for an intensive 5-day in-person training. We work to accommodate practitioners at various points in their organizing journey and pull from best practices in data, analytics, engineering and organizing to help campaigners and activists build winning online and offline campaigns.

Who is this course for?

  • Folks who are data-curious, whether or not data is a part of your formal role
  • Organizers and field staff who want to learn how to use data to inform their campaigns
  • Folks who want to become future Data Managers & Directors: Past students have successfully pivoted to data manager & data director roles after completing this course.

What will you learn?

Training topics include
  • Intro to Movement Data
  • Data During Electoral Cycles
  • Data for Issue Organizing
  • Lists and Targets 
  • Reports and Queries
  • Data Collection 
  • Data Visualization 
  • Experiments and Tests
  • Digital Safety and Security

If you’re interested in this course but not able to join us in person, please check out our virtual Data Strategy course which offers the same strategy curriculum in an online format. Please note, the virtual Data Strategy course does not include the engineering components of DAC, which are offered as separate virtual offerings.

Expectations

This is an intensive 5-day in-person training course with high expectations for participation. 

During training sections and breakouts we ask participants to be present, share verbally, and participate in breakout group discussion. Participants will be asked to work in groups to complete a group-based assignment.

There are limited spaces available for participants in this course. We ask that you commit to meeting these expectations if you apply to the training.

If you’re interested in this course, but not able to join us in person—please check out our virtual Data Strategy course which offers the same strategy curriculum in an online format. Please note, the virtual Data Strategy course does not include the engineering components of DAC, which are offered as separate virtual offerings.

We will be meeting in person for this training. Please read our latest COVID-19 protocol before proceeding with your application.

COVID-19 Protocol

Training Dates

  • May 19 – May 23, 2025

5 days, in-person

Durham, NC

$275–$5,500*

Apply by May 2, 2025

 

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Policies & FAQ

For more information regarding payment, refund policy, and other frequently asked questions, please refer to our Training Policies page. Contact us at data@repower.org if you require further assistance.

Database Management Using SQL

Overview

If you are looking to manage data using something more powerful than a spreadsheet, this course is for you. You will learn how the backend of a database works. SQL is a coding language that is used to build many databases. It’s likely that you’ve used a database built with SQL! 

In this course, you will practice finding data in a database, adding data to a database, and learn the fundamentals for building your own database. For the duration of this course, we will provide sample data, and a “sandbox” account where you can work with the data.

Who is this course for?

Pre-requisites: 

  • No prior SQL knowledge is necessary; you should however understand how to do use the Vlookup formula in Excel or Google Sheets.
  • If you are looking to learn Vlookup, you can take our Building Analytics Reports in Google Sheets course
  • If you already know some SQL, including WHERE, SUM, and AVG, we suggest taking one of our other courses.

Ideal applicants come from all walks of life, from seasoned organizers and campaigners looking to sharpen their skills, to beginners who are passionate about organizing and want to start their learning journey. 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.

Lesson Plan

  1. Intro to SQL + Data Structures
  2. SELECT Statements
  3. Aggregates
  4. JOINS
  5. Case Statements
  6. Maps + GIS

Questions? Please email data@repower.org.

Applications Closed

Type Virtual Training
Category Movement Technology
Cost $100–$600 (full cost)*
Dates October 4 – October 20, 2022
Location Online
Time Tuesdays & Thursdays 6:30-8:00 pm ET

*We believe people with more wealth, privilege, and access to money—and who benefit from systems of oppression—should pay more.

If you work at an organization with more than 60 employees, please ask your employer to cover the full cost of this training. If there’s anything that would help you make the request, please let us know.We know that this might be a new way of looking at things. Please reach out to data@repower.org if you have any questions.

Additional Information

Data Engineering with Python

Overview

This course focuses on understanding the baseline principles of computer programming through Python (a computer programming language). Beginning with basic concepts like variables and arrays, over the course of six weeks, we’ll build on this knowledge to identify the types of scripts or languages necessary for data work. Students will walk away with the ability to write functions, create for loops, and work with various packages for data standardization.

Who is this course for?

  • Folks completely new to computer programming or back-end languages
  • Folks who are familiar with Python or another programming language, but want to get more comfortable with loops, IF statements, functions, and how to apply them*

*If you’re already very confident in these concepts, and know how to use modules, then you might be too advanced for this particular course.

  • Organizing Insight: Folks 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.
  • Technical Aptitude: Organizers and campaign practitioners who want to rapidly develop their technical skills. 

Training Dates

  • Sep 9 – Sep 23, 2025

2 weeks, virtual

Wednesdays
6:30–8:30 pm ET

$75–$350*

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*Please refer to the Training Policies page for more information on our sliding scale system. please reach out to data@repower.org if you have any questions.

Policies & FAQ

For more information regarding payment, refund policy, and other frequently asked questions, please refer to our Training Policies page. Contact us at data@repower.org if you require further assistance.