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Theme: MORE ORGANIZING TOOLS AND A YOUTH CURRICULUM
| TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. WE MAKE CHANGE 2. THE DREAM CURRICULUM 3. ONLINE, DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES 4. IN MINNESOTA 5. LINKS TO POPULAR EDUCATION BLOGS 6. NEW MIDWEST SOCIAL FORUM ACTIVITY PLANNED 7. WHERE POPULAR EDUCATORS WILL GATHER 8. LINKS TO POPULAR EDUCATION WEB SITES AND ONLINE BOOKSTORES 9. QUOTE OF THE MONTH |
For more of Ricardo Levins Morales work see http://www.ricardolevinsmorales.com/ |
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1. We Make Change: Community Organizers Talk About What They Do – And Why by Kristin Layng Szakos and Joe Szakos, Vanderbuilt University Press, 280 pages, 2007 Link to publisher
An essential resource for organizers and would-be organizers
Community organizers work at their jobs because they are passionate,
because they believe that change is possible, and because they enjoy working
with people. Although it's not an occupation that leads to great wealth, community
organizers can make a living at it. They get salaries, pensions and health insurance.
They raise families. They do well by doing good.
This book explores the world of community organizing through the voices of real
people working in the field, in small towns and city neighborhoods--women and
men of different races and economic backgrounds, ranging in age from those in
their twenties to those in their sixties. Fourteen in-depth profiles tell the
life stories of a cross-section of the diverse people who choose the life of
an organizer. Other chapters, focused on issues of organizing, are tapestries
of experience woven from the 81 interviews the authors conducted.
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The Dream Curriculum consists of seven
lessons, plus a day at the Capitol. Each lesson will last
approximately one hour, once a week.
Lesson themes are as follows:
Lesson 1: Using Our Personal Stories to Understand Immigration
Lesson 2: The Underlying Forces of Immigration
Lesson 3: Legislative Change
(No Lesson) Student Day at the Capitol
Lesson 4: Theory to Practice: Learning from Our Actions
Lesson 5: Media and Messaging
Lesson 6: Power, Organizing, and Social Change
Lesson 7: Dreams Into Action
Anatomy of the Lesson Plans
Summary Page
Each lesson plan begins with a summary
overview. This page encompasses all of the concepts to be
covered and tools to be used for the
duration of the lesson. The summary page is organized in the
following manner:
The pages following the summary
overview provide you with a detailed description of each of the
exercises for that lesson; most lesson
plans have more than one exercise or activity. Each activity is
marked in bold and underlined. All the
items you will need for the exercise are marked in bold.
You will also find other resources
included with the activity description such as handouts that you
may need to copy before the lesson.
May 28, 2008 Alliance for Metropolitan Stability Organizer Roundtables: Green Affordable Housing
In support of affordable housing, there are statewide efforts to build with reduced energy costs, environmentally beneficial materials, conservation-minded land use planning and the creation of healthy environments.
Click here to register for the Racial and Environmental Justice roundtable All roundtables are from noon to 1:30 pm at the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability office, Suite 200, 2525 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis. Roundtable events are free but an RSVP is required and space is limited. Please RSVP by clicking the above links for each event.
1-4pm with community feed at 4pm. Bring a dish if you can!June 9 -12, 2008 Progressive Technology Project TechCamp. Space and scholarships available. Contact PTP
The Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Twin Cities (PTO) working group will share back tools and strategies using the arts to organize with AND LISTEN TO the community. (We will be inside park building in case of rain).
The weekend prior to this many members of the PTO twin cities working group will attend the national conference in Omaha, NE. You are invited to spend the afternoon outside as we continue our interactive dialogue around the sustainability, growth, and action of PTO twin cities, while also inviting participation and partnerships for the 2009 PTO conference to be held at various sites including Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Hope Community Center, Center for Independent Artists, and others next May.
In addition to the variety of workshops/sessions offered throughout the park, there will be a Chalchiulitcue ceremony, a traditional Aztec ceremony honoring the scientific phenomena that occur with the water to rebuild our relationship with our life source. The ceremony is the reason the share back is at the park. Both events are open for all to enjoy, share and receive the benefits for ourselves and our communities. Save the date and join us for a day in the park of theatre, arts, organizing and ceremony.
For more info on PTO:: http://www.ptoweb.org/
and for the Chalchiulitcue ceremony:: http://www.chalchiutlicue.org/index.html
June 11, 2008 Alliance for Metropolitan Stability Organizer Roundtables: Racial and Environmental Justice
*********************************************************************************************************Racial justice is a key issue that must be dealt with more prominently in the future of the environmental movement.
Click here to register for the Racial and Environmental Justice roundtable All roundtables are from noon to 1:30 pm at the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability office, Suite 200, 2525 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis. Roundtable events are free but an RSVP is required and space is limited. Please RSVP by clicking the above links for each event.
May 22, 2008 Popular Education and the ideas of Paulo Freire: how relevant are they to Brazil and Scotland today? University of Glasgow, Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning Room N101, St Andrew’s Building,11 Eldon Street, Glasgow. For further details and to reserve a place on this seminar please email CRADALL@educ.gla.ac.uk
Nov 27-28, 2008 Critical Pedagogy and Participatory Learning for Social Transformation: The Role of Higher Education, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Melbourne Australia “The conference aims to be a forum for educators, teachers, students and others who are involved or interested in education for social transformation in institutions of higher education in Australia and elsewhere.” For information http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ges/news-and-events/conf1.php
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8. LINKS TO POPULAR EDUCATION WEB SITES AND ONLINE BOOKSTORES
(*those with online bookstores)
*Catalyst Centre ( www.catalystcentre.ca/index.htm )
*Highlander Center (www.highlandercenter.org
)
*Growing Communities for Peace ( www.humanrightsandpeacestore.org
)
*IPEA (www.peopleseducation.org/
)
Project South (www.projectsouth.org
)
Center for Popular Education and Participatory Research ( www.cpepr.info)
Pop Ed Links Directory http://poped.org
WE LEARN: Women Expanding-Literacy Education Action Resource Network (http:// www.litwomen.org/news.html)
Centre for Popular Education Archives (http://www.cpe.uts.edu.au/
)
The Change Agency ( www.thechangeagency.org/index.htm)
Kotare Trust (www.kotare.org.nz)
Training for Change www.TrainingforChange.org
TRAPESE: Take Radical Action Through Popular Education and Sustainable Everything
http://www.trapese.org/
North American Alliance for Popular and Adult Education (NAAPAE) Archives
http://www.popednews.org/naapae_archives.htm
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