Self-Education @ Occupy Seattle
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Jasmine Z
Oct 12, 2011, 3:13:57 AM10/12/11
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Folks,
I have word that you are all interested in radical education. Here's a chance to build something really radical and new, ground-up. The way we want to see education work.
Whether or not you have been at Occupy Seattle or following the news on any of the Occupy spots around the nation, the best thing about this movement is the fluid, restless, and self-fashioning space it is creating, where people are meeting those outside their accustomed social circles and experimenting with new ways of interacting. There has been scattered talk in the last few days about some form of Internal Education at Occupy being called for--a chance for people to intentionally come together and share their knowledge/observations/critical perspectives on everything from causes of the financial crisis to strategies for dealing with police to consensus processes and basic civil rights knowledge.
Whether or not you have been at Occupy Seattle or following the news on any of the Occupy spots around the nation, the best thing about this movement is the fluid, restless, and self-fashioning space it is creating, where people are meeting those outside their accustomed social circles and experimenting with new ways of interacting. There has been scattered talk in the last few days about some form of Internal Education at Occupy being called for--a chance for people to intentionally come together and share their knowledge/observations/critical perspectives on everything from causes of the financial crisis to strategies for dealing with police to consensus processes and basic civil rights knowledge.
I have heard multiple ideas about the kind of education we could create, both at the Occupation and in general, but everyone agrees that educating ourselves and each other is key to extending the critical potential of Occupy beyond however long the occupation itself lasts. People have proposed that we start a Freedom School that offers liberatory education, a Public School that offers decentralized/autonomous class formation, and many others have mentioned specific topics they would like to discuss or share their knowledge on. I get the sense this is something many are interested in, and what more opportune time could we have to start a system of people's education?
What we need is people to get together and hash out what we are doing about this. If you are interested, reply to this and let me know broadly what times you could meet (weekends, weekday evenings, monday at dawn, etc). Preferably include contact info.
And please share this with anyone else who would be interested.
FYI: Student Walkout tomorrow, in support of Occupy Seattle. UW students meet at noon in Red Square.
In solidarity,
Jasmine
Star Murray
Oct 12, 2011, 3:35:01 AM10/12/11
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I am interested byt I have to work until 5:30 p.m. Please keep me in the loop
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