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'''<span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0)">FSU Working Group Meetings</span>'''&nbsp;take place every '''Friday from 3:00pm - 5:00pm''' at '''470 Atlantic Ave in Boston''' (red brick building, two blocks from Dewey Square; enter&nbsp;'''Independence Wharf Public Accommodations Room'''&nbsp;in the back of the building, by the waterfront<span class="Apple-style-span">).</span>
'''<span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0)">FSU Working Group Meetings</span>'''&nbsp;take place every '''Friday from 3:00pm - 5:00pm''' at '''470 Atlantic Ave in Boston''' (red brick building, two blocks from Dewey Square; enter&nbsp;'''Independence Wharf Public Accommodations Room'''&nbsp;in the back of the building, by the waterfront<span class="Apple-style-span">).</span>
**[http://www.occupyboston.org/radio/ OB Radio] will host a special FSU&nbsp;Working Group Meeting live on '''Wednesday, December 14, 2011 from 12:00pm - 2:00pm'''.&nbsp; [http://www.occupyboston.org/radio/ Join in via IRC chat] or call (617) 506-7234.
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= <span style="font-size:x-large"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">'''<span style="font-family: georgia,serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color:#ff8c00">&nbsp;RESOURCES ON THE WEB &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></span>'''</span></span><br/> =
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*<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"><span style="display: block; text-align: center"><span style="display: block; text-align: left"></span></span><span style="display: block; text-align: center"><span style="display: block; text-align: left"></span></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="display: block; text-align: center"><span style="display: block; text-align: left"></span></span><span style="display: block; text-align: center"><span style="display: block; text-align: left"></span></span><span style="display: block; text-align: center"><span style="display: block; text-align: left">[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Tent_City/Library Audre Lorde to Howard Zinn (A-Z) Library]</span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"><span style="display: block; text-align: center"><span style="display: block; text-align: left"></span></span><span style="display: block; text-align: center"><span style="display: block; text-align: left"></span></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="display: block; text-align: center"><span style="display: block; text-align: left"></span></span><span style="display: block; text-align: center"><span style="display: block; text-align: left"></span></span><span style="display: block; text-align: center"><span style="display: block; text-align: left">[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Tent_City/Library Audre Lorde to Howard Zinn (A-Z) Library]</span></span></span></span>


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== '''Working Group Information''' ==
 
== <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0);">'''Working Group Information'''</span></span></span> ==


*[http://groups.occupyboston.org/wg/free-school-university Working Group], register and login to participate
*[http://groups.occupyboston.org/wg/free-school-university Working Group], register and login to participate
*<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Free_School_Volunteer_Page Information for Volunteers]</span>
*<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Free_School_Volunteer_Page Information for Volunteers]</span>
*<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/Information%20for%20Teachers Information for Teachers]</span>
*<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/Information%20for%20Teachers Information for Teachers]</span>
*<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/Information%20for%20Greeters Information for Greeters]</span>
*<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/Information%20for%20Greeters Information for Greeters]</span>
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= <font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" size="5"><span style="font-size: x-large">'''<span style="font-family: georgia, serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 140, 0)">&nbsp;CURRENT TEACH-INS &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span>'''</span><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)">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span>'''</span></font><br/> =
= <font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" size="5"><span style="font-size: x-large">'''<span style="font-family: georgia, serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 140, 0)">&nbsp;CURRENT TEACH-INS &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span>'''</span><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)">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span>'''</span></font> =


<span style="font-size:large"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif">SUNDAY, December 11</span></span>
<div><div class="detail-content"><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">2:00-3:00</span>&nbsp;&nbsp; (off-site at the Boston Common, Bandstand)<br/>Adopt an Occupier, hosted by Occupy Newton<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34)">Contribute to the Occupation by one-on-one support to an individual occupier.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34)"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">3:30pm - 4:30pm</span><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal">[http://bit.ly/tp8qZy Public Financing of Election Campaigns --&nbsp; A Way Station;&nbsp; Fair, Just and Good Government--Our Destination], with&nbsp;</span>Jules Levine</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34)"><br/><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34)"><span style="color:#ff8c00">'''<span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series</span>'''</span></div><blockquote style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34)"><div class="detail-item">'''<font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="event-when">2:00pm - 3:00pm</span></font>'''<br/></div><div class="detail-item"><font class="Apple-style-span">'''Rich Levy''', professor of history at Salem State University, "The Legacy of the Sixties and Occupy"</font></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><div><br/><br/></div></div></div></div>
== <span style="font-size:large"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif">'''WEDNESDAY, December 14'''&nbsp;</span></span> ==
<div class="detail-content" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34)"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">7:00pm - 9:30pm&nbsp;<span style="color:#ff8c00">(Encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA)</span></span></div><div>[http://bit.ly/s5BcP3 OWS Forum on Jobs for All: Proposed Demand]</div><div><br/></div></div>
== <font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif; font-size: large">'''SATURDAY, December 17'''</span></font> ==
<div class="detail-content" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34)"><div class="detail-item">'''<font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="event-when">10:00am - 5:00pm&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0)">(Community Church, 565 Boylston St, Boston, MA)</span></span></font>'''<br/></div><div class="detail-item"><font class="Apple-style-span">[http://bit.ly/upms3Q Non-Violent Direct Action Training]</font></div><div class="detail-item"><br/></div><div class="detail-item"><div class="detail-item">'''<font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="event-when">5:30pm - 7:30pm&nbsp;</span><span class="event-when"><span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0)">(Community Church, 565 Boylston St, Boston, MA)</span></span></font>'''</div><div class="detail-item"><font class="Apple-style-span">[http://www.thisisdemocracy.org/ This Is What Democracy Looks Like], a film documenting&nbsp;the mass demonstrations and coordinated direct actions in Seattle, WA in 1999 thatshut down the WTO ministerial meeting and spring boarded the US anti-globalization movement</font></div><div class="detail-item"><br/></div></div></div>
== <font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" size="5"><span style="font-size: large"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif">'''SUNDAY, December 18'''</span></span></font> ==
== <font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" size="5"><span style="font-size: large"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif">'''SUNDAY, December 18'''</span></span></font> ==
<div class="detail-content" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><div class="detail-item">'''<font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="event-when">2:00pm - 3:00pm</span></font>'''</div><div class="detail-item"><font class="Apple-style-span">[https://www.google.com/calendar/b/0/render?eid=djA5M3EyZ2p2a2ZiM3VodTdzamE2cHBrMXMgOW85MG90NnBsOGJqbWdqcGUzN2J2NWh0NDRAZw&ctz=America/New_York&sf=true&output=xml Unrig the Elections - Let us Count!]&nbsp;A discussion&nbsp;with Jonathan Simon, founding member of Election Defense Alliance</font></div><div class="detail-item"><br/></div><div class="detail-item"><div class="detail-item">'''<font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="event-when">12:00pm - 5:00pm&nbsp;</span><span class="event-when"><span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0)">(Location TBA)</span></span></font>'''</div><div class="detail-item"><font class="Apple-style-span">[http://bit.ly/rLvhcZ Direct Action Strategy and Action]: Planning - digging a little deeper</font></div></div><div class="detail-item"><br/></div><div class="detail-item">
<div class="detail-content" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px"><div class="detail-item">'''<font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="event-when">2:00pm - 3:00pm</span></font>'''</div><div class="detail-item"><font class="Apple-style-span">[https://www.google.com/calendar/b/0/render?eid=djA5M3EyZ2p2a2ZiM3VodTdzamE2cHBrMXMgOW85MG90NnBsOGJqbWdqcGUzN2J2NWh0NDRAZw&ctz=America/New_York&sf=true&output=xml Unrig the Elections - Let us Count!]&nbsp;A discussion&nbsp;with Jonathan Simon, founding member of Election Defense Alliance</font></div><div class="detail-item"><br/></div><div class="detail-item"><div class="detail-item">'''<font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="event-when">12:00pm - 5:00pm&nbsp;</span><span class="event-when"><span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0)">(Location TBA)</span></span></font>'''</div><div class="detail-item"><font class="Apple-style-span">[http://bit.ly/rLvhcZ Direct Action Strategy and Action]: Planning - digging a little deeper</font></div></div><div class="detail-item"><br/></div><div class="detail-item">
== <font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" size="5"><span style="font-size: large"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif">'''MONDAY, December 19'''</span></span></font> ==
== <font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" size="5"><span style="font-size: large"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif">'''MONDAY, December 19'''</span></span></font> ==
<div class="detail-content"><div class="detail-item">'''<font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="event-when">11:00am - 12:00pm</span></font>'''</div><div class="detail-item"><font class="Apple-style-span">[http://bit.ly/smKrRl Antonio Gramsci and the Occupy Movement], Lecture / Discussion with anthropologist Elizabeth Ferry</font></div><div class="detail-item"><br/></div><div class="detail-item"><div class="detail-item">'''<font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="event-when">6:30pm - 8:30pm&nbsp;</span><span class="event-when"><span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0)">(Community Church, 565 Boylston St, Boston, MA)</span></span></font>'''</div><div class="detail-item"><font class="Apple-style-span">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcostesK0Ik The Take], a film&nbsp;by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klien about thirty&nbsp;unemployed auto-parts workers who walk into their idle factory, roll out&nbsp;sleeping mats and refuse to leave.</font></div><div class="detail-item"><br/></div></div></div>
<div class="detail-content"><div class="detail-item">'''<font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="event-when">11:00am - 12:00pm<span style="color:#ff8c00;">(POSTPONED)</span></span></font>'''</div><div class="detail-item"><font class="Apple-style-span">[http://bit.ly/smKrRl Antonio Gramsci and the Occupy Movement], Lecture / Discussion with anthropologist Elizabeth Ferry</font></div><div class="detail-item"><br/></div><div class="detail-item"><div class="detail-item">'''<font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="event-when">6:30pm - 8:30pm&nbsp;</span><span class="event-when"><span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0)">(Community Church, 565 Boylston St, Boston, MA)</span></span></font>'''</div><div class="detail-item"><font class="Apple-style-span">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcostesK0Ik The Take], a film&nbsp;by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klien about thirty&nbsp;unemployed auto-parts workers who walk into their idle factory, roll out&nbsp;sleeping mats and refuse to leave.</font></div><div class="detail-item"><br/></div></div></div>
== <font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" size="5"><span style="font-size: large"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif">'''FRIDAY, January 20'''</span></span></font><br/> ==
== <font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif" size="5"><span style="font-size: large"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif">'''FRIDAY, January 20'''</span></span></font><br/> ==
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'''<span style="color:#ff8c00">The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series</span>'''
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''<span style="color:#ff8c00">The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series</span>'''</span></span>
'''<font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="event-when"><span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0)">(Encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave, 5th Floor, Boston, MA)</span></span></font>'''<br/></div><div class="detail-item">[http://bit.ly/s1Byah Panel: From Occupy to Workers Control], with&nbsp;Immanuel Ness and Elaine Bernard<br/></div>
'''<font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="event-when"><span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0)">(Encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave, 5th Floor, Boston, MA)</span></span></font>'''<br/></div><div class="detail-item">[http://bit.ly/s1Byah Panel: From Occupy to Workers Control], with&nbsp;Immanuel Ness and Elaine Bernard<br/></div>
= <span style="font-size:x-large"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">'''<span style="font-family: georgia, serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 140, 0)">&nbsp;PAST TEACH-INS &nbsp;</span></span>'''</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: bold; 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)">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></span>'''</span><br/> =
= <span style="font-size:x-large"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold">'''<span style="font-family: georgia, serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 140, 0)">&nbsp;PAST TEACH-INS &nbsp;</span></span>'''</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: bold; 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)">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></span>'''</span><br/> =
For a list of past teach-ins, [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Solidarity/FSU/PastTeachIns click here].<br/></div></div>
For a list of past teach-ins, [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Solidarity/FSU/PastTeachIns click here].<br/></div></div>

Revision as of 13:24, 18 December 2011

 FREE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY at Occupy Boston


The Free School University (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 through the FSU, please submit the following information to fsu@occupyboston.org, CC: rachel@freeschooluniversity.orgIf you know the exact date and time and have all of the below information ready, please include POST: (date / time) in the Subject of your email:

  • Date / Time:
  • Location:
  • Title:
  • Brief Description:
  • Short Biography:  

For all other inquiries, please email: fsu@occupyboston.org.

FSU Working Group Meetings take place every Friday from 3:00pm - 5:00pm at 470 Atlantic Ave in Boston (red brick building, two blocks from Dewey Square; enter Independence Wharf Public Accommodations Room in the back of the building, by the waterfront).


 RESOURCES ON THE WEB                                                                      

Free School University

Working Group Information

The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series

The Boston Occupier Coverage


 VIDEO ARCHIVE                                                                                          

For archived video of past teach-ins, click here.


 CURRENT TEACH-INS                                                                               

SUNDAY, December 18

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Unrig the Elections - Let us Count! A discussion with Jonathan Simon, founding member of Election Defense Alliance

12:00pm - 5:00pm (Location TBA)
Direct Action Strategy and Action: Planning - digging a little deeper

MONDAY, December 19

11:00am - 12:00pm(POSTPONED)
Antonio Gramsci and the Occupy Movement, Lecture / Discussion with anthropologist Elizabeth Ferry

6:30pm - 8:30pm (Community Church, 565 Boylston St, Boston, MA)
The Take, a film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klien about thirty unemployed auto-parts workers who walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave.

FRIDAY, January 20

The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series

(Encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave, 5th Floor, Boston, MA)
Panel: From Occupy to Workers Control, with Immanuel Ness and Elaine Bernard

 PAST TEACH-INS                                                                                         

For a list of past teach-ins, click here.