In this interactive workshop, learn how deep canvassing works and see video of an actual conversation. You will practice some of the core skills involved in the practice: asking curious questions, listening without judgment, sharing vulnerable stories, addressing concerns, and making your case. The case study around which the workshop builds comes from deep canvassing in support of organizing in LA around reinvesting funds from the Sheriff’s budget into community resources and alternatives to incarceration.

Presenter Kristen Brock-Petroshius is an Assistant Professor of Social Welfare at Stony Brook University. She studies attitude change to build support for racial, economic, and social justice policies. She is particularly interested in how community organizing tactics and message frames—including methods that explicitly discuss systemic racism—can shift dominant political attitudes. She has an interdisciplinary background with training in the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics and Political Psychology subfields of Political Science.