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Christopher Schulz
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Dear community members, students, organizers, educators, workers, collaborators:
A number of us have been discussing the potential for creating a version of the "Public School" in Seattle. For those not familiar, here is a link to the site for Los Angeles, where we've been talking with the coordinators. It's worth exploring to get a feel for it: http://la.thepublicschool.org/
We start from the idea that there are many kinds of useful knowledge. With so much to learn from one another, it is critical to create situations where knowledge and skills can be shared between communities. A tool of this kind could regularly bring together people from a wide variety of backgrounds and interests for trainings, conversations, study groups, or other interactions.
Here's how it operates: 1) anyone can propose a class, 2) anyone can say that they are interested in meeting up for it, 3) one person volunteers to make sure it happens and facilitate, 4) the class is scheduled with a definite time and location, sometimes with more than one meeting, and 5) the class becomes real in person. A rotating committee acts to moderate the class proposals, which can be for a reading group on an idea or theory, a training on anti-oppression or organizing tactics, a teach-in on software, or a focus group to carry out an art project.
If you want to talk with us about this, come to an interest meeting (there will be food, and feel free to bring something to share):
Sunday, September 18
5:00 pm
Autonomia (600 24th Ave. S)
NOTE: Web designers are needed! And PLEASE FORWARD! If you can't make it but would like to stay in contact, email me back.
Hope to see you soon,
Chris
To demonstrate the range of what could be possible, here are several classes that have taken place in LA:
"How to start a compost": http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/60
"Challenges to police repression in immigrant communities": http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/3231
"Cinecultural practice and the political avant-garde": http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/1518
"Chinatown outdoor summer chess club": http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/1450
Also, there does exist the Seattle Free School, but it doesn't work well.
A number of us have been discussing the potential for creating a version of the "Public School" in Seattle. For those not familiar, here is a link to the site for Los Angeles, where we've been talking with the coordinators. It's worth exploring to get a feel for it: http://la.thepublicschool.org/
We start from the idea that there are many kinds of useful knowledge. With so much to learn from one another, it is critical to create situations where knowledge and skills can be shared between communities. A tool of this kind could regularly bring together people from a wide variety of backgrounds and interests for trainings, conversations, study groups, or other interactions.
Here's how it operates: 1) anyone can propose a class, 2) anyone can say that they are interested in meeting up for it, 3) one person volunteers to make sure it happens and facilitate, 4) the class is scheduled with a definite time and location, sometimes with more than one meeting, and 5) the class becomes real in person. A rotating committee acts to moderate the class proposals, which can be for a reading group on an idea or theory, a training on anti-oppression or organizing tactics, a teach-in on software, or a focus group to carry out an art project.
If you want to talk with us about this, come to an interest meeting (there will be food, and feel free to bring something to share):
Sunday, September 18
5:00 pm
Autonomia (600 24th Ave. S)
NOTE: Web designers are needed! And PLEASE FORWARD! If you can't make it but would like to stay in contact, email me back.
Hope to see you soon,
Chris
To demonstrate the range of what could be possible, here are several classes that have taken place in LA:
"How to start a compost": http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/60
"Challenges to police repression in immigrant communities": http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/3231
"Cinecultural practice and the political avant-garde": http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/1518
"Chinatown outdoor summer chess club": http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/1450
Also, there does exist the Seattle Free School, but it doesn't work well.
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