Skip to content

Session 1, April 18, 7:00pm ET: Intro to Power Research

What is power research? This training will explore how to identify key networks of corporate power that uphold and profit from systemic injustices, how research into these networks can be used to challenge their power, and how LittleSis can help researchers bring together information from free public sources to inform campaign strategy and tactics. Register

Session 2, May 16, 7pm ET: The Corporation

The corporation is the dominant organizational structure in our extractive political economy. Learn how to find strategic information in public filings from corporations – like profits, executive pay, and major shareholders – and how to use that information in corporate campaigns. Register here Keywords: Public vs. private corps; SEC EDGAR database; 10-Ks and DEF 14As;

Session 3, June 20, 7pm ET: Nonprofits

From colleges and cultural institutions to corporate front groups, many influential organizations are governed by US non-profit laws. This training will discuss the role of nonprofits in elite power structures and where to find public information about nonprofit revenues, boards and staff, major contractors, grantees, and more. Register here Keywords: Non-Profit Explorer; Forms 990; why