Free Skool Conference
The first ever North American Free Skool Conference happens in conjunction with the Santa Cruz Anarchist Convergence. Activities include a Free Skool Community Picnic, panel and group discussions, and a campfire. Discussion topics may include starting and running a free skool, forming mutual support networks, how free skools contribute to the broader anarchist project, and free skools for kids. This is an amazing opportunity for free skools from all over to get together, exchange ideas, and make ambitious plans.
Discussions/Panels (draft)
- Free Skools for Kids – (panel or discussion) A discussion, brainstorm, and scheming about creating a free skools for kids K-12. What would that look like, feel like, and require? How do we raise the next generation in an anarchist community?
- Free Skools and Anarchism – (open thread discussion) A discussion about how free skools contribute to the broader anarchist project. How important are anarchist principles in free skools?
- Free Skool Mutual Support Networks – (panel or discussion) we’ve created support networks in our communities, but how can we mutually support each other as free skools? how can we share what we know, the things we’ve learned, and the great people we’ve worked with?
- How to Run a Free Skool – (panel) things we’ve learned about starting and running a free skool, getting and keeping people involved, engaging students, teachers, and organizers, dealing with spaces, and other free skool issues.
Other Events
- Free Skool Campfire – Friday Night
- Free Skool Community Picnic – Sunday 2-4pm – San Lorenzo Park
