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*<span style="color:#ff8c00"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">'''Brief Description:'''</span></span></span> | *<span style="color:#ff8c00"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">'''Brief Description:'''</span></span></span> | ||
*<span style="color:#ff8c00"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">'''Short Biography:'''</span></span></span>''' '''<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small"> </span> | *<span style="color:#ff8c00"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">'''Short Biography:'''</span></span></span>''' '''<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small"> </span> | ||
<span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></span>'''FSU Working Group Meetings''' take place every Friday. The next meeting is on '''January 27, from 5:30 - 7:30pm''' at the '''Harvest Food Coop Community Room''', 581 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge (Central Sq. T stop). Note: We do not meet in the cafe. Go all the way to the rear of the store, behind the display case and up the stairs. The conference room will be on your left. | <span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></span>'''FSU Working Group Meetings''' take place every Friday. The next meeting is on '''January 27, from 5:30 - 7:30pm''' at the '''Harvest Food Coop Community Room''', 581 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge (Central Sq. T stop). Note: We do not meet in the cafe. Go all the way to the rear of the store, behind the display case and up the stairs. The conference room will be on your left. | ||
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*[http://groups.occupyboston.org/wg/ob-tv Occupy Boston TV], FSU will host its first segment on February 18, programming TBA | *[http://groups.occupyboston.org/wg/ob-tv Occupy Boston TV], FSU will host its first segment on February 18, programming TBA | ||
*[http://university.nycga.net/free-education/free-school-university-occupy-boston/ Occupy University], OWS Education for the Revolution's FSU Page | *[http://university.nycga.net/free-education/free-school-university-occupy-boston/ Occupy University], OWS Education for the Revolution's FSU Page | ||
== <span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0)"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif">'''Working Group Information'''</span></span><br/> == | == <span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0)"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif">'''Working Group Information'''</span></span><br/> == | ||
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*<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[http://groups.occupyboston.org/wg/free-school-university/pages/site-assistantsgreeters Information for Site-Assistants]</span> | *<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[http://groups.occupyboston.org/wg/free-school-university/pages/site-assistantsgreeters Information for Site-Assistants]</span> | ||
*[http://groups.occupyboston.org/wg/free-school-university/pages/fsu-wg-living-agenda Living Agenda] for upcoming FSU Working Group meetings | *[http://groups.occupyboston.org/wg/free-school-university/pages/fsu-wg-living-agenda Living Agenda] for upcoming FSU Working Group meetings | ||
== <span style="color:#ff8c00;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Meeting Notes</span></span> == | == <span style="color:#ff8c00;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Meeting Notes</span></span> == | ||
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*[http://groups.occupyboston.org/wg/free-school-university/files/meeting-notes-2-dec-11 December 2, 2011] | *[http://groups.occupyboston.org/wg/free-school-university/files/meeting-notes-2-dec-11 December 2, 2011] | ||
*[http://groups.occupyboston.org/wg/free-school-university/pages/fsu-2011-meeting-notes-prior-december-1st-2011 October - November 2011] | *[http://groups.occupyboston.org/wg/free-school-university/pages/fsu-2011-meeting-notes-prior-december-1st-2011 October - November 2011] | ||
== <span style="font-family: georgia, serif"><span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0)">'''The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series'''</span></span><br/> == | == <span style="font-family: georgia, serif"><span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0)">'''The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series'''</span></span><br/> == | ||
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*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Solidarity/FSU/PastTeachIns#The_Howard_Zinn_Memorial_Lecture_Series Past Lectures] | *[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Solidarity/FSU/PastTeachIns#The_Howard_Zinn_Memorial_Lecture_Series Past Lectures] | ||
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Free_School_University_(FSU)#The_Howard_Zinn_Memorial_Lecture_Series_2 Occupied Peoples and People's Occupations], ongoing film series | *[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Free_School_University_(FSU)#The_Howard_Zinn_Memorial_Lecture_Series_2 Occupied Peoples and People's Occupations], ongoing film series | ||
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">'''<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 140, 0);"> CURRENT TEACH-INS </span></span>'''</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-large;">'''<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 140, 0);"> </span></span></span>'''</span></span></span> | = <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">'''<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 140, 0);"> CURRENT TEACH-INS </span></span>'''</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-large;">'''<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 140, 0);"> </span></span></span>'''</span></span></span> = | ||
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== <span style="color:#ff8c00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: medium;">'''FSU-RADIO'''</span></span> == | == <span style="color:#ff8c00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: medium;">'''FSU-RADIO'''</span></span> == | ||
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*'''<font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="event-when">Wednesday, February 1: </span></font>'''Dennis Fox (retired professor of Legal Studies and Psychology University of Illnois-Springfield), streaming live on [http://occupyboston.org/radio OB Radio] from 7-8pm. | *'''<font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="event-when">Wednesday, February 1: </span></font>'''Dennis Fox (retired professor of Legal Studies and Psychology University of Illnois-Springfield), streaming live on [http://occupyboston.org/radio OB Radio] from 7-8pm. | ||
*'''Wednesday, February 8: '''Grace Ross, streaming live on [http://occupyboston.org/radio OB Radio] from 7-8pm. | *'''Wednesday, February 8: '''Grace Ross, streaming live on [http://occupyboston.org/radio OB Radio] from 7-8pm. | ||
== <span style="color:#ff8c00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: medium;">'''FSU-TV'''</span></span> == | == <span style="color:#ff8c00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: medium;">'''FSU-TV'''</span></span> == | ||
'''February 18, 2012: '''FSU has been invited by Occupy Boston TV (OBTV) to do a 30-minute show from 3:00 - 5:00pm with three guest panelists and a moderator. Programming is to be determined. The studio is in Brookline. If you are interested in planning something or participating as a guest panelist, contact us at fsu@occupyboston.org, or come to our Working Group meetings, Fridays at 5:30pm. | '''February 18, 2012: '''FSU has been invited by Occupy Boston TV (OBTV) to do a 30-minute show from 3:00 - 5:00pm with three guest panelists and a moderator. Programming is to be determined. The studio is in Brookline. If you are interested in planning something or participating as a guest panelist, contact us at fsu@occupyboston.org, or come to our Working Group meetings, Fridays at 5:30pm. | ||
== <span style="color:#ff8c00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: medium;">'''The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series'''</span></span> == | == <span style="color:#ff8c00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: medium;">'''The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series'''</span></span> == | ||
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<li>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-usa-wallstreet-protests-idUSTRE7966BO20111007 Ivy League Professors Speak to Anti-Wall Street Protestors] by Lauren Keiper (Reuters, 10.7.2011)</li> | <li>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-usa-wallstreet-protests-idUSTRE7966BO20111007 Ivy League Professors Speak to Anti-Wall Street Protestors] by Lauren Keiper (Reuters, 10.7.2011)</li> | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Working_groups]] | <br/>[[Category:Working groups|Working_groups]] | ||
Revision as of 19:34, 29 January 2012
FREE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY at Occupy Boston
The Free School University (FSU) is a learning community of Occupy Boston. Topics vary from fun-and-games to politics and revolution. Our goal is to form an autonomous zone to entertain educate and enliven Occupiers and the general public, and to share skills needed to maintain it. The FSU provides support and creates the space for skill sharing, self-organization, teaching, and learning opportunities. For general inquiries, to volunteer as site-assistants, or to join the FSU-Working Group, please email: fsu@occupyboston.org. To schedule a teach-in, please submit the following information to fsu@occupyboston.org. If you know the exact date and time and have all of the information below ready, please include POST: (date / time) in the Subject of your email. After everything is confirmed, you can use the Occupy Boston Event Submission Form to expedite posting to the occupyboston.org event calendar.
- Date / Time:
- Location:
- Title:
- Brief Description:
- Short Biography:
FSU Working Group Meetings take place every Friday. The next meeting is on January 27, from 5:30 - 7:30pm at the Harvest Food Coop Community Room, 581 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge (Central Sq. T stop). Note: We do not meet in the cafe. Go all the way to the rear of the store, behind the display case and up the stairs. The conference room will be on your left.
RESOURCES ON THE WEB
Free School University
- Website, students and teachers can build a free page here
- Announcements, sign up to receive announcements for FSU events and learning opportunities
- Facebook, group page
- YouTube
- Audre Lorde to Howard Zinn (A-Z) Library, Occupy Boston's Free Library
- Occupy Boston Radio, FSU broadcasts live every Wednesday from 7-8pm
- Occupy Boston TV, FSU will host its first segment on February 18, programming TBA
- Occupy University, OWS Education for the Revolution's FSU Page
Working Group Information
Use the back button on your browser return to this wiki page from the working group website.
- Working Group, register and login to participate. You do not have to login to view the FSU files on our working groups page.
- List Serve, sign up for our working group's email list
- Information for Volunteers
- Information for Teachers
- Information for Site-Assistants
- Living Agenda for upcoming FSU Working Group meetings
Meeting Notes
- January 27, 2012 (Agenda)
- January 20, 2012
- January 13, 2012
- January 6, 2012
- December 26, 2011
- December 23, 2011
- December 16, 2011
- December 7, 2011
- December 2, 2011
- October - November 2011
The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series
- Website, WordPress
- Updates, keep up with the lecture series at OccupyBoston.org
- Facebook, group page
- Video Archive, playlist of past lectures on YouTube
- Past Lectures
- Occupied Peoples and People's Occupations, ongoing film series
CURRENT TEACH-INS
FSU-RADIO
FSU-RADIO is an educational series by Occupy Boston’s Free School University. Our goal is to form an autonomous zone and share skills needed to maintain that, to entertain educate and enliven Occupiers and the general public. 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.Call 617-506-9726 with questions or comments, or join the IRC chat at occupyboston.org/radio.
- Wednesday, February 1: Dennis Fox (retired professor of Legal Studies and Psychology University of Illnois-Springfield), streaming live on OB Radio from 7-8pm.
- Wednesday, February 8: Grace Ross, streaming live on OB Radio from 7-8pm.
FSU-TV
February 18, 2012: FSU has been invited by Occupy Boston TV (OBTV) to do a 30-minute show from 3:00 - 5:00pm with three guest panelists and a moderator. Programming is to be determined. The studio is in Brookline. If you are interested in planning something or participating as a guest panelist, contact us at fsu@occupyboston.org, or come to our Working Group meetings, Fridays at 5:30pm.
The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series
Occupied Peoples & People's Occupations: A film series by the organizers of The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series. Different films will be shown at the Community Church of Boston every Thursday night from 7:15 - 10:00pm through May 10, 2012. Check back for more details. The series will include:
- 3,000 Years and Life, a film based on the book When the Prisoners Ran Walpole
- Wounded Knee: Episode 5 of the PBS American Experience film We Shall Remain, about the occupation of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
- Left on Pearl, confirmed for February 16, 2012
- Freedom Riders, a PBS American Experience film
PAST TEACH-INS & VIDEO ARCHIVE
- For archived video of past teach-ins, click here.
- For a list of past teach-ins, click here.
FSU in the News
- Paul LeBlanc: The Ancestors of Occupy by Editor (Boston Occupier, 1.27.2012)
- Citizens United Summit by FSU (Boston Occupier, 1.20.2012)
- The Fetishism of Debt by Michael Denning (Boston Occupier, 1.13.2012)
- Gar Alperovitz: Democratizing the Economy by Dan (Boston Occupier, 12.21.2012)
- Criticizing the Critique of Representation: Bruno Bosteels at Occupy Boston, by J.E. Hamilton (Boston Occupier, 12.6.2011)
- Zinn Lecture Series Brings Academia to Occupy Boston by Doug Enaa Greene (Boston Occupier, 12.6.2011)
- Their Crisis and Our Response by Victor Wallis (Boston Occupier, 12.6.2011)
- The Right to Protest for Right: Peniel E. Joseph on Economic Justice & Martin Luther King Jr. by Julie Orlemanski (Boston Occupier, 11.19.2011)
- Papercut Zine Library & Lucy Parsons Center Re-Open by Liz Pelly (The Boston Phoenex, 11.9.2011)
- So That All Voices May Be Heard: Concensus and C.T. Lawrence Butler by Dan (Boston Occupier, 11.3.2011)
- Vijay Prashad Speaks at Occupy Boston by Dan (Boston Occupier, 10.25.2011)
- Blyth Asks: Should the Poor Insure the Rich? (Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University, 10.14.2011)
- Occupy Wall Street: Getting the Target Right by Kevin Gallagher and Mark Blythe (Real-World Economics Review, 10.14.2011)
- Occupy Wall Street: All the Power to Them, But Get the Targets Right by Mark Blythe and Kevin Gallagher (Triple Crisis, 10.13.2011)
- Ivy League Professors Speak to Anti-Wall Street Protestors by Lauren Keiper (Reuters, 10.7.2011)