[hr-education-na] NYC Youth Liberation School (Jul 12-Aug 19, 2004)

Below is a youth based summer program, a liberation school, taking place
in NYC.  Please pass it on to any one who might be interested. (see the
website for more details)

Thanks,

Jason Del Gandio
Special Assistant Professor
SPCM and Rhetorical Studies
Hofstra University
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Are you a youth activist working hard for social and economic justice who
will be traveling to New York City in advance of this summer's Republican
National Convention? Would you like to deepen your theoretical and
practical knowledge of community-based organizing and share experiences
with fellow youth activists from both inside and outside of the City?
Then, NYC Summer might be the thing for you.

We're organizing a liberation school, a six-week popular education program
for youth starting July 12 to August 19, 2004 that includes classes and an
internship. Participants will attend Democracy School one day a week and
intern with one of the city's grassroots economic and social justice
organizations two days a week. In our classes, we will cover:

-- Sharing Stories of Struggle,
-- History of Popular Power and Revolutionary Social Movements in NYC,
-- How to Critique Political Systems and the Electoral Process,
-- The Politics of Identity and Coalition Building,
-- Community and Independent Media, and
-- Linking the Local to the Global.

Our goals are both short and long term: to intervene in a critical moment
in the life of our city, when local, state, and federal policies have had
a devastating effect and the Republican National Convention is coming to
town, and to build capacity for youth organizers to struggle for change in
their communities. We look for the relationships that develop among youth
of various groups to contribute to building a better, more democratic
society long after this year's political season is over.

To visit our web site, visit http://www.nycsummer.org. To apply, go to
http://nycsummer.org/apply. The deadline for applications is May 27, and
we will notify participants of their acceptance in mid June. We will offer
stipends as resources become available.

You can contact NYC Summer for more information at 212 340 9462 or
<contact@nycsummer.org>.

--
Yvonne Liu
yvonne at riseup.net
www.yvonne.liu.com

"Although tyranny, because it needs no consent may successfully rule
overforeign peoples, it can stay in power only if it destroys first of
all the national institutions of its own people."
      -- Hannah Arendt, Imperialism, Harcourt Brace, New York,  1968



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