Feminist Freeschool

We are planning a Feminist Freeschool for the weekend of 4-5 October 2008 at The Zion Arts Centre in Manchester.

With the Freeschool we want to create a learning situation that is participatory, non-hierarchical, transformative, empowering and liberating for everyone involved. Down with assessment and mind discipline! Yes to blowing your mind, body & spirit with what you can learn and doing something practical and revolutionary with it!

We are still very much in the early planning stages and would love for more people to be involved in the process. If you want to give a course then we'd like to hear from you, as well as sharing your ideas and experiences of education from the good to the bad - lets transform how, what and why learn!
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FREE SCHOOL BLURB:

The Feminist Free School will be a two day programme of workshops to
be held on October 4-5 at The Zion Arts Centre in Manchester. The
event draws on the organisational skills, experiences and expertise of
a diverse group of feminists, including established and emerging
academics, community educators and grassroots activists. The Free
School aims to provide a free and accessible space for people to
congregate, discuss, explore and learn about a variety of feminist
topics. 

The Free School aims to bridge gaps between academic and
activist spheres through the development of a community education
initiative that unites traditionally academic topics alongside
practical skills training. Furthermore, the event will also produce
space for participants to build relationships, networks and confidence
across academic and activist social groups, to inspire future
community building within contemporary British feminism.

Currently annual national British feminist events can reproduce a formal and
disengaged format centred on 'traditional' feminist issues. However,
the Free School emphasises the co-creation of an informal, engaged,
critical and reflective learning space that will both inspire and
empower participants from a wide range of feminisms, experiences and
backgrounds.

The Free School is aimed at anyone interested in engaging with
feminist debates within an informal learning atmosphere, as well as
those who wish to learn new skills and community involvement
techniques to apply to the wider community engaged with feminism and
gender issues.