Pedagogy of the Oppressed – what is it and why its still relevant.
I originally wrote this for the forthcoming book, Beautiful Trouble. Because so much of Practicing Freedom's work is inspired by it, I thought I repost the mini-chapter here: I'd love feedback! Not...
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The Flower Of Praxis (a work in progress)
To see the picture I'm referring to, click on "continue reading" below This is an image that I've been using in workshops lately to explain the process of both Participatory Action Research and...
View ArticleA personal story about strawberries and climate justice
this is an excerpt from a chapter I wrote for the book "No Way Out Many Ways Forward" by the Global Youth Leadership Collaborative in 2010 I was raised next to strawberries in Watsonville. From my car...
View ArticleArtstorming
“If I could tell you what it meant, I wouldn’t have to dance it.”—Martha Graham In theory, brainstorming should be a great way for groups to arrive at an idea that is better than an idea that an...
View ArticleThe Poetry of Ecopedagogy
There's a global movement in education afoot, and its beautiful, relevant, dynamic and barely whispered about in English (aside from Richard Kahn), or in the United States. It has formed around the...
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I heart Forum Theater
I'm a die-hard Forum Theater fan. After 15 years of using it in a bunch of different contexts, I thought I couldn't love it anymore. Then last night, with the youth fellows of the Heal the Streets...
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Healing the Streets Together
For our project this year at Heal the Streets we created a Forum Theater piece about violence in Oakland - and we are tracking the interventions/ proposed solutions as our research. Join us April 21...
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Adventures at the Action Research Conference
Last week 6 of us from Heal the Streets flew down to San Diego for the 9th Annual Action Research Conference. We gave 2 presentations on our Youth-Led Theater-Based Participatory Action Research, and...
View ArticleThe Questions
A few nights ago, a small group of educators who really inspire me, from across the spectrums of schooling/unschooling and popular education/political education, met to share a little piece of our...
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A Collective is Born
You may have noticed that the last blog entry was from last year. Like a seed laying dormant all winter - I've been dreaming and scheming and collectivizing with old and new colleagues, preparing to...
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