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The Course (At a Glance)
An innovative course that combines guest lectures, workshops, and practical skill learning to Redefine Justice in the Climate Movement.
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What is the Summer School?
A 6-week (July 5-August 13) virtual foundational course curated by BIPOC organizers consisting of lectures, workshops, and a hub fostering intergenerational connections with other action-oriented community members.
This school is open to EVERYONE of any age.
Who hosts the Summer School?
This class is brought to you by Sustainable Brooklyn and, us, Start:Empowerment.
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The Weekly Courses
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Sign Up for Week 1: Global, Indigenous, and Local Regenerative Practices (Webinar & Workshop)
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Sign up for Week 2: What is Capitalism (Webinar & Workshop)
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Sign up for Week 3: History of Colonialism, Imperialism, and Racism in the U.S (Webinar & Workshop)
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Sign up for Week 4: Global revolutions & Resistance Tactics (Webinar & Workshop)
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Sign up for Week 5: Black Liberation in the U.S (Webinar & Workshop)
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Sign up for Week 6: Environmental Justice 101 (Webinar & Workshop)
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Final: Presentation of Sustainable cities
Quick Stats
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Each week = 1 webinar (1.5 hrs) + 1 workshop (1.5 hrs) on that Tuesday from 6-7:30 pm ET and Saturday from 12 - 1:30 pm ET (with the exception of the first week's Sat workshop being 6 -7:30 pm ET).
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This series runs from Tuesday, July 5th to August 13th, 2022.
Benefits for All Attendees
☑️ In-depth learning and quality curriculum curated and taught by QBIPOC experts, organizers, and activists with over 30+ years of experience
☑️ Access to reading material, worksheets, and activities prior to the course for more in-depth study
☑️ Form meaningful connections over 6 weeks, brainstorm ideas together, and be part of a hub for radical thoughts and action-orientated next steps
☑️ Access to our community slack channel to connect, discuss, and find community with fellow students
☑️ Support on consistent accountability (through accountability buddy)
☑️ Access to workshops/recitations
Benefits for Paying Attendees
+ Access to and support with follow-up action steps to start/create change in your community
+ Free access to all speakerships through December 2022
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After completing this course, students will be empowered to make more intentional and effective actions in their personal lives to support the environmental justice movement.
Students will have an understanding of how each course topic is relevant to their communities and daily lives. We are training the next generation of leaders to ensure a sustainable, liberated, and equitable future for all.
Our Course Vision
This is a sliding-scale course curated by BIPOC organizers, activists, and leaders with over 30+ years of experience in their fields made to connect climate activism and environmental justice spaces to other radical social justice movements, e.g. abolition.
As a result, members of our school will be able to grasp the ways in which our individual and collective organizing can address the convergence of crises we find ourselves in the midst of.
Through an understanding of the theoretical frameworks, material conditions that influence behavior under our current systems, and the hands-on, practical organizing skills through community-oriented work, our course acts as an space to foster meaningful and intergenerational connections with other action-oriented conscious community members and organizers.
the class layout.
The course consists of 1.5 hour meetings twice per week.
The first meeting each week consists of a speakership event where we hear from special “guest lecturers”, AKA organizers, thought leaders, and movement builders, about their insights in the climate and social justice spaces. These larger lecture style events will include panel discussions and keynote presentations, which will be open to youth in the Vanguard program and youth 14-18 for free.*
Then, in the second meeting we will convene recitation style space where we dive into the ideas discussed with our guest speakers, learn from each other, and tie those concepts to a group project where we will ideate what a sustainable city could look like.
Meeting consistently over the course of this 6-week summer course will give us ample time to form personal connections with each other, brainstorm project ideas, and act as a hub for radical thought and action-oriented next steps.
* For those who have additional pricing questions and concerns, reach out to us at info.startempowerment@gmail.com.
why pay?
There’s a major gap in the education system: a lack of conversation around radical ideas, on the ground organizing, and QTBIPOC+ voices. We aim to fill this gap with this course.
Your paid participation* in the course will help support:
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Course scholarships to People of Color (POC) organizers who do not have funding to cover the lowest tier of the course.
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The operating cost of our speakership series.
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Support for the continuation of grant-making to BIPOC organizers through our Vanguard Program.
* For those who have additional pricing questions and concerns, reach out to us at info.startempowerment@gmail.com.
Special Registration for Community Organizers of Color
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