The Solidarity Is Cohort 2026 is a six-week virtual training programme for emerging activists and organizers. Led by Solidarity Is at the Building Movement Project, the cohort focuses on transformative solidarity, movement relationships, conflict navigation, trust, and sustainable organizing practices. Applications close on Monday, July 20, 2026, at 1 p.m. EDT.
Programme Snapshot
Programme: Solidarity Is Cohort
Category: Activist and Organizer Training Programme
Host: Solidarity Is at the Building Movement Project
Format: Virtual training through Zoom
Duration: Six weeks
Programme Dates: September 24–October 29, 2026
Session Time: Thursdays, 12:00–2:30 p.m. EDT
Application Deadline: Monday, July 20, 2026, at 1 p.m. EDT
Eligible Applicants: Emerging activists with one to three years of experience who are connected to a movement organization or group
About the Solidarity Is Cohort 2026
The cohort is designed to help emerging activists and organizers strengthen their understanding and practice of transformative solidarity. It builds on the Solidarity Is Practice Guide and provides practical tools that participants can use within their organizations and movements.
The programme brings participants together as a community of practice. It emphasizes accountability, shared learning, trust, mutual support, and sustainable engagement in long-term movement work.
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Programme Format and Sessions
The Solidarity Is Cohort includes six live virtual sessions and group practice. Participants will meet once each week through Zoom.
The six sessions are scheduled for:
• September 24, 2026
• October 1, 2026
• October 8, 2026
• October 15, 2026
• October 22, 2026
• October 29, 2026
Each weekly session runs from 12:00 to 2:30 p.m. EDT and includes a ten-minute break. Participants will engage through presentations, chat activities, audio contributions, and optional breakout-room discussions.
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What Participants Will Learn
The curriculum explores the principles and practices needed to build stronger solidarity within organizations, communities, and movements.
Session topics include:
• Mapping Social Change Roles and Ecosystems
• Understanding Transformative Solidarity
• Solidarity as Strategy
• Transforming Conflict and Building Trust, Part One
• Transforming Conflict and Building Trust, Part Two
• Sustaining Ourselves for the Long Haul
Participants will develop practical approaches that can help them:
✓ Assess and strengthen organizational conditions for solidarity
✓ Improve individual and organizational solidarity practices
✓ Navigate conflict and movement dynamics
✓ Develop ecosystems of support and sustainability
✓ Build communities of practice centred on accountability, learning, and trust
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Who Can Apply?
The cohort is intended for emerging activists who have between one and three years of experience.
Applicants must:
• Be connected to a movement organization or group
• Have one to three years of activist or organizing experience
• Be prepared to participate in the six-week virtual programme
Only one person from each organization may apply. This rule is intended to allow the cohort to include participants from a wider range of organizations.
Training Resources and Accessibility
Participants are encouraged to join the Zoom sessions through a computer or laptop when possible. The training uses screen sharing, slides, music, chat, audio participation, and breakout-room activities.
Confirmed accessibility and participation support includes:
✓ Zoom closed captioning
✓ A technical and accessibility support person during training
✓ Optional participation in breakout-room conversations
✓ The choice to accept or decline invitations to speak
✓ Related resources after training, including slide decks and available recordings
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Key Dates
• Applications opened: Late February 2026
• Application deadline: Monday, July 20, 2026, at 1 p.m. EDT
• Notification decisions: Thursday, July 30, 2026
• First cohort session: September 24, 2026
• Final cohort session: October 29, 2026
How to Submit an Application
Applicants must complete the official Solidarity Is Cohort application page. Before applying, candidates should confirm that they meet the experience and organizational connection requirements.
Only one application may be submitted from each organization. Applicants should also ensure they can attend the six virtual sessions scheduled between September 24 and October 29, 2026.
Application Deadline
Applications for the Solidarity Is Cohort 2026 must be submitted by Monday, July 20, 2026, at 1 p.m. EDT. Notification decisions are scheduled to be sent on Thursday, July 30, 2026.
Apply Here
Submit your application through the official application page below.Apply for the Solidarity Is Cohort
