Free School University (FSU)

2011-11-30T15:46:38Z

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''' Free School University at Occupy Boston                                                             '''

The FSU is an on-site learning community. Topics vary from fun-and-games to politics and revolution. Our goal is to form an autonomous zone and share skills needed to maintain that, to entertain educate and enliven visitors and Occupiers. Our purpose is to provide support and space for skill sharing and sharing basic info regarding Occupy Boston and to encourage self-organization, teaching, and learning opportunities.

To schedule a teach-in, submit a '''title, brief description, and short bio, along with the day(s) and time(s) you are available to''': [mailto:rachel@freeschooluniversity.org rachel@freeschooluniversity.org]. If you have questions, or would like to be added to our volunteers email list, please contact: [mailto:fsu@occupyboston.org fsu@occupyboston.org].

= ''' ON THE WEB                                                                                                                     ''' =

*[http://freeschooluniversity.org/ Free School University] (under construction)
*The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series [http://zinnlectures.wordpress.com/ website]
*Visit our pages on [http://facebook.com/groups/occupybostonFSU Facebook], [https://twitter.com/#%21/OccupyBostonFSU Twitter], [http://www.youtube.com/user/FSUOccupyBoston YouTube], and [http://occupybostonfsu.tumblr.com/ tumblr] (under construction)
*[http://occupybostonglobe.com/free-school-u/ Occupy Boston Globe]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Tent_City/Library A-Z Library]
*[http://www.archive.org/details/occupybostonfsu_1 Internet Archive] (under construction)

= ''' RESOURCES                                                                                                                      ''' =

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Free_School_Volunteer_Page Information for Volunteers]
*[[Information for Teachers|Information for Teachers]] (under construction)
*[[Information for Greeters|Information for Greeters]] (under construction)
*[[FSU Meeting Notes|FSU Meeting Notes]] (under construction)

= ''' CURRENT TEACH-INS                                                                                               ''' =

== '''SUNDAY, November 27''' ==

'''1:00pm - 2:00pm''' [http://bit.ly/toqO1i Rigged Elections: Corporations--the 1 Percent--Own and Rig the Elections of the 99 Percent] with Sheila Parks

'''2:00pm - 2:30pm''' [http://bit.ly/rT4sxg Speech: A Matter of Honor] (on Veterans & the First Amendment) by Jim Scarborough

'''MONDAY, November 28'''

'''2:00pm - 3:00pm''' [https://www.google.com/calendar/render?eid=NTRuY280aDV2czJoYmlsMDVhbmlnNzMxOTQgOW85MG90NnBsOGJqbWdqcGUzN2J2NWh0NDRAZw&ctz=America/New_York&pli=1&gsessionid=VLmlFhZ42CBTpwt-4vn2Rg&sf=true&output=xml How to Redistribute Wealth: Lessons from the 20th Century], a discussion with Molly Geidel and Patricia Stuelke

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== '''TUESDAY, November 29''' ==

'''5:00pm - 6:00pm''' [https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=134607646640426 The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series]: Bruno Bosteels

== '''WEDNESDAY, November 30''' ==

'''5:00pm - 6:00pm''' [https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=134607646640426 The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series]: Norman Finkelstein

== '''THURSDAY, December 1''' ==

'''2:00pm - 3:00pm (Rescheduled from Tuesday)''' [https://www.google.com/calendar/b/0/render?eid=Y29pOWQ2NmxyaWV0cmE5M2xmaWJjZ2tudjQgOW85MG90NnBsOGJqbWdqcGUzN2J2NWh0NDRAZw&ctz=America/New_York&pli=1&sf=true&output=xml Reading Group Planning Meeting] (meet in front of the Library)

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== '''SATURDAY, December 3''' ==

'''12:00pm - 2:00pm''' Corporate Negligence and Bhopal, India: An Ongoing Disaster with [http://www.boston4bhopal.org/ The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal]

'''6:00pm - 8:00pm''' at Encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave., 5th floor.

Book launch for the new edition of ''America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, & Our Democracy'', which is about how we can democratize wealth and empower communities with worker-ownership, co-ops, community land trusts, and social enterprises--and how this is already beginning to happen.

"A marvelous book...I recommend it all the time." ''--Noam Chomsky''

"A set of eminently practical ideas that promise a truly democratic society." ''--Howard Zinn''

"Visionary, hopeful, even inspirational. I highly recommend it." ''--Juliet Schor''

Co-sponsored by the #OccupyBoston Economics Forum, Dollars & Sense, the Democracy Collaborative, the #OccupyBoston Socialist Caucus, and the Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series.

For more information on the book visit: [http://dollarsandsense.org/bookstore/abc.html http://dollarsandsense.org/bookstore/abc.html].

For more information about the event visit: [http://www.encuentro5.org/home/node/230 http://www.encuentro5.org/home/node/230]

== '''SUNDAY, December 4''' ==
<div class="detail-content"><div class="detail-item">'''12:00pm – 2:00pm''' </div><div class="detail-item">Teach-In on Secure Communities Presented by Centro Presente and the Immigration Working Group at Occupy Boston, </div><div class="detail-item">to educate all those involved in Occupy Boston, and others, about the effect Secure Communities has on all of our communities, </div><div class="detail-item">immigrants as well as all workers. </div></div>
'''3:00pm - 4:00pm (meet at the Gandhi statue)''' Discussion: [https://www.google.com/calendar/render?eid=cW1zcXJvdmEwcG51bjc4YjRsc3RiM25wdjQgOW85MG90NnBsOGJqbWdqcGUzN2J2NWh0NDRAZw&ctz=America/New_York&pli=1&sf=true&output=xml Publicly-Funded Elections & Repairing Representative Government]

== '''SUNDAY, December 18''' ==
<div class="detail-content"><div class="detail-item">'''2:00pm - 3:00pm''' </div><div class="detail-item">Discussion: [https://www.google.com/calendar/b/0/render?eid=djA5M3EyZ2p2a2ZiM3VodTdzamE2cHBrMXMgOW85MG90NnBsOGJqbWdqcGUzN2J2NWh0NDRAZw&ctz=America/New_York&sf=true&output=xml Unrig the Elections - Let us Count!] Discussion with Jonathan Simon, founding member of Election Defense Alliance</div></div>

= ''' PAST TEACH-INS                                                                                                        ''' =

For a list of past teach-ins, [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Solidarity/FSU/PastTeachIns click here].

= ''' VIDEO ARCHIVE                                                                                                         ''' =

For archived video of past teach-ins, [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/FSU_Video_Archive click here].
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Information for Teachers

2011-11-11T18:14:37Z

Csturr: Created page with "'''How to Self-Organize a Talk, Teach-in, Workshop, or Discussion at #OccupyBoston's Free School University in Dewey Square, South Station, Boston...."

'''How to Self-Organize a Talk, Teach-in, Workshop, or Discussion at #OccupyBoston's Free School University in Dewey Square, South Station, Boston.'''

So you want to give a presentation at #OccupyBoston’s Free School University? That’s great! FSU is 'self-organized'; here are some steps that will help your presentation run more smoothly:

'''(1) Check the events calendars at these websites:'''

The main #OccupyBoston website: [http://www.occupyboston.org/calendar/ http://www.occupyboston.org/calendar/] The Occupy Boston Globe website: [http://occupybostonglobe.com/free-school-u/ http://occupybostonglobe.com/free-school-u/] The Free School University website(s): [http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/FSU http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/FSU] , [http://freeschooluniversity.org/ http://freeschooluniversity.org/] The Free School University Facebook page: [http://www.facebook.com/groups/OccupyBostonFSU/ http://www.facebook.com/groups/OccupyBostonFSU/] And tweet at: [https://twitter.com/#%21/OccupyBostonFSU https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyBostonFSU]

'''(2) Find a time-slot that’s free''' (or probably good to identify more than one option). Check: [http://www.occupyboston.org/calendar/ http://www.occupyboston.org/calendar/] on which '**' denotes the presenter is using the microphone. Or the wiki which is a list of FSU only classes (microphone not denoted): [http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/FSU http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/FSU]

'''(3) Decide whether you want to be part of one of the existing forums/lecture series'''; if so, you should go through the organizers of that series to set up your talk. So far there’s:

The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series (Contact people: Joe—jgramsey—at—gmail.com and Doug—greene.douglas—at—ymail.com)

The #OccupyBoston Economics Forum (Contact people: Chris—sturr—at—dollarsandsense.org; Linda—linda—at—dollarsandsense.org)

The forum/series organizers should be able to schedule the talk for you.

[Newly forming Forums: Deep Green, Non Violence …]

'''(4) If your proposal isn’t to be part of one of the existing series/forums''', then email Rachel: Rachel—at—FreeSchoolUniversity.org, she will schedule your presentation. If you would like to volunteer to help run FSU email: Eden—at—FreeSchoolUniversity.org. Eden or Rachel will answer questions, especially regarding other people or groups you may want to work with, for instance Occupy Boston: Working Groups, Affinity groups, Caucuses and other Forums and future forums.

'''(5) When you submit your proposal, please include: '''(a) The name and affiliation of the speaker (b) The title of the presentation (c) A short description of the presentation. You may also include a short biography and website or other contact information. (d) The day and time you’d like to schedule it (please include a back-up day/time). (e) If you provide an 8.5x11" flier, with a week’s lead time it will be posted on the FSU schedule board.

'''(6) Info about greeters:  '''The Forum coordinator who set up a given talk or teach-in is responsible for making sure that the speaker knows what to do: making sure that someone is there to greet the speaker and set things up, etc. FSU may have “greeters” available. If you set up a talk for another speaker, please make sure you or someone else is there to greet the speaker.

'''(6) Info about where FSU events take place: '''For now, and mostly, speeches/talks/lectures/teach-ins often take place at the microphone at the northeast end of Dewey Square, by the wall, the only building in the Square. All presentations, unless otherwise noted, meet at the bright, orange schedule board also at the north end of Dewey Square. If you would like to teach on the plaza, these classes usually meet at the Gandhi statue, across from the Welcome Tent, south end of Dewey Square.

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