Free School University (FSU)
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 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.
To join the FSU announcement list: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/fsu-announce
To schedule a teach-in through the FSU, please submit the following information to fsu@occupyboston.org, CC: rachel@freeschooluniversity.org. If 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, to volunteer as site-assistants, or to jion the FSU-Woring Group, please email: fsu@occupyboston.org.
FSU Working Group Meetings take place every Friday
Next Meeting: Friday, January 20, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Harvest Food Coop Community Room, 581 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge (Central Sq. T stop) 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.
FSU-RADIO In addition to our regular offererings, FSU will broadcast live discussions on Wednesdays from 7-8pm on Occupy Boston Radio: occupyboston.org/radio, call-in 617-50-MY-RAD.
RESOURCES ON THE WEB
Free School University
- Website, students and teachers can build a free page here
- List Serve, sign up for our email list
- Facebook, group page
- YouTube
- Audre Lorde to Howard Zinn (A-Z) Library
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.
- Information for Volunteers
- Information for Teachers
- Information for Site-Assistants
- Living Agenda for Working Group Meetings
Meeting Notes
- 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
The Boston Occupier Coverage
- Criticizing the Critique of Representation: Bruno Bosteels at Occupy Boston, by J.E. Hamilton (12.6.2011)
- Zinn Series Brings Academia to Occupy Boston, by Doug Enaa Greene (12.6.2011)
- Their Crisis and Our Response, by Victor Wallis (12.6.2011)
VIDEO ARCHIVE
For archived video of past teach-ins, click here.
PAST TEACH-INS
For a list of past teach-ins, click here.
CURRENT TEACH-INS
WEDNESDAY, January 18
FSU Radio
7:00pm - 8:00pm (streaming live at Occupy Boston Radio)
Jerry Friedman (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) will be on OB Radio with David from FSU to talk about the economy as part of our new weekly broadcast. Call 617-506-9726 with questions or comments, or join the IRC chat at occupyboston.org/radio.
FRIDAY, January 20
The Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series
6:00pm - 8:00pm (Encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave, 5th Floor, Boston, MA)