FSLA 2011 Workshop/Class Application is now Available!

 
If you are interested in facilitating a class or workshop with Freedom Schools L.A., please download the application below, fill out, and email it back to us.

FSLA Downloadable Application 

If you would prefer to complete an online version of the application, please click on the link below:

FSLA Online Application

Applications submission periods will be every two (2) weeks. This application period is from May 27th to June 10th. The application will be due on June 10, 2011. The next application period will be from 6/10 - 6/24.

Bi-Monthly Film Series: The Business of Being Born

The Easide Café Health Collective & Freedom Schools - Los Angeles Present:

"The Business of Being Born"

Birth is a miracle, a rite of passage, a natural part of life. But birth is also big business.

Compelled to explore the subject after the delivery of her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to question the way American women have babies.

The film interlaces intimate birth stories with surprising historical, political and scientific insights and shocking statistics about the current maternity care system. When director Epstein discovers she is pregnant during the making of the film, the journey becomes even more personal.

Should most births be viewed as a natural life process, or should every delivery be treated as a potentially catastrophic medical emergency?

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Date: October 8, 2010

Time: 7pm-9pm (Film will be followed by a discussion)

Location: Eastside Café, 5469 Huntington Dr N, Los Angeles, CA

$3 Suggested Donation (No one will be turned away for lack of funds)

Snacks will be provided.

This film is part of an ongoing series of film/discussion events taking place at Eastside Café every other Friday. Next film event will take place on Friday, October 22, 2010.

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Freedom Schools L.A. Fall Planning Meeting and Picnic - Sunday, Sept. 26

Dear FSLA Family,

After such an an amazing summer experience of intellectual, emotional, and spiritual growth and the collectivity demonstrated by our FSLA family, why would we want this to end?

The simple answer is: WE DON'T!

After a month of rest, it is now time to get to work and begin planning our fall session. So let's do this!

Some possible topics to be discussed:

- The structure of FSLA for the Fall session

- Immediately addressing changing conditions in our communities and recent events that require our attention and action

- The types of classes to be offered and their regularity

- Outreaching to new communities

- Formation of a Solidarity Action Committee and planning of an action

- Establishing further solidarity with other organizations

- Coordinating actions with other organizations

- Any other issues that needs to be addressed...

Please, think of any other topic that should be discussed during the meeting. Gather your thoughts and share!

Bring whomever wants to participate in generating change. Let's continue building community and solidarity. If you come late, it doesn't matter, just come! There will be plenty of work for everyone!

Date: Sunday, September 26, 2010

Time: 11:00am-2:00pm

Location: Sycamore Grove Park

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Our planning meeting is now a picnic, so be sure to bring all manner of goodies and refreshment!

TRANSPORTATION:

The closest MTA Gold Line Station is SOUTHWEST MUSEUM STATION. Please see the map below:

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Freedom Schools LA Interviewd on KPFK's "Soul Rebel Radio!"

On Tuesday, August 17, Alicia Vargas from Soul Rebel Radio on KPFK FM 90.7 interviewed many of our Freedom Schools LA family to retrieve stories regarding our movement's origins and our plans for the future. Have a listen and support our new friends at KPFK. 

Click there to listen to broadcast. Enjoy!

FSLA South Central Farmers

Viva la Vida! Juicing Workshop

FSLA Potluck, Fundraiser, & Celebration - 7/21/2010

Partial FSLA Family Portraits - Summer 2010

Freedom Schools LA Potluck, Fundraiser, & Celebration

To celebrate the first Freedom Schools session & all the wonderful folk who participated in ALL capacities, we will be having a two-part extravaganza!

At 6pm we will be having a veggie friendly potluck style dinner party with a suggested donation of $5 (no one will be turned away for lack of funds). We will also be raffling off some goodies. Oh and the dinner is a kid friendly event so bring your families!

At 9pm we will be switching it up to party hard & really celebrate all of our efforts, learning & growth. Kegs will be on hand with a donation of $5 for an all you can drink cup =). We will be jamming to the sounds of old school hip-hop with live DJ (Thanks Drew & Co.!).

Look forward to partying hard with everyone to celebrate this first of many Freedom School's sessions.

High school valedictorian lets the school system have it.

High school valedictorian lets the school system have it. Her speech resonates with many of the reasons why we created FSLA. 

Full speech text can be found here: http://www.lewrockwell.com/pr/valedictorian-against-schooling.html

The Radical Legacy of Black and Chicana Feminism EXTENDED!

The Radical Legacy of Black and Chicana Feminism EXTENDED!

That's right, two days was simply NOT ENOUGH to discuss Chicana and Black Feminism! So FSLA and Radical Women and all our participants have agreed to extend the class by one more session.

The present fight to save public education and social services in California has been largely organized and led by women of color. This is why this class will be dedicated to highlight the hidden history of Black and Chicana feminism. We will cover the legacy of Black feminism in the Civil Rights Movement and Chicana feminism in the Chicana/o Movement. The goal of this class is to have lively discussions on working class women of color feminist theory and activism, obstacles in overcoming resistance to feminism, and examine how feminism relates to race, class, and sexuality struggles. We will develop strategies to confront sexism as well as draw out the lessons learned in this history for the present Civil Rights battles (education, immigration, LGBT, workers, abortion, etc.)! and for the liberation of all people!! All genders are welcome.

Facilitator(s): Yuisa Gimeno & Beatriz Paez

Date: Monday, August 16, 2010

Time: 6:30pm

Where: Solidarity Hall, 2170 W. Washington Bl. Los Angeles, CA

TODAY, Friday August 13 - Last Day for these classes! Come and Support!

Last Class Sessions! The following classes will have their last class sessions today:

An Interactive Walking Geography of Los Angeles

Today's topic: This Hybrid Existence.... "Awakening an Inner Geo- Narrative With Land: Discussions and (inner/external) Visions of Our Experiences With Earth." Please come and participate in discourse making as we create new ways to talk about geographical thought.

Facilitator: Eva Ríos-Alvarado
Date: Friday, August 13, 2010
Time: 2:00pm
Location:  Tierra de la Culebra, 240 South Avenue 57, Los Angeles, CA

Chess and Ethnobotany

Today's Topic: We will peruse the fascinating history of Chess and Ethnobotany finding such beautiful parallel junctions in Indian Betel nut use, neurotransmitters, the elephant piece and knight patterns. We may collaborate with a local chess club and/or have a casual tournament if people are interested. It should be open to any and all levels and interests, the trajectory been gained from feedback during the 1st class

Facilitator: Miguel Olivares
Date: Friday, August 13, 2010
Time: 6:00pm
Location:  Eastside Café, 5469 Huntington Dr North, Los Angeles CA

ATTENTION: South Central Farmers TONIGHT, AUGUST 5, 2010 @ 7PM!

IMPORTANT NEWS: TONIGHT, The "Browning and Yellowing of Whiteness" and "Communities in Resistance" will come together welcome a special presentation by THE SOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS! 

Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010

Time: 7PM

Place: Tierra de la Culebra, 

          240 S. Avenue 53

          Los Angeles, CA 90042.

Come out and support!

New Workshop: The Radical Legacy of Black and Chicana Feminism

Radical Women, LA Branch & Freedom Schools - Los Angeles Present:

The Radical Legacy of Black and Chicana Feminism

The present fight to save public education and social services in California has been largely organized and led by women of color. This is why this class will be dedicated to highlight the hidden history of Black and Chicana feminism. We will cover the legacy of Black feminism in the Civil Rights Movement and Chicana feminism in the Chicana/o Movement. The goal of this class is to have lively discussions on working class women of color feminist theory and activism, obstacles in overcoming resistance to feminism, and examine how feminism relates to race, class, and sexuality struggles. We will develop strategies to confront sexism as well as draw out the lessons learned in this history for the present Civil Rights battles (education, immigration, LGBT, workers, abortion, etc.)! and for the liberation of all people!! All genders are welcome.

Facilitator(s): Yuisa Gimeno & Beatriz Paez

Organization: Radical Women, Los Angeles Branch

Date(s): Monday August 9 & Wednesday August 11

Time(s): 6:30-8:30pm

Location: Solidarity Hall, 2170 W. Washington Bl., Los Angeles, CA 90018

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CLASS REMINDER: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 4 - WOMEN AND REVOLUTION

Tonight's topic: Feminism and All Its Branches. What is Feminism? Can men be feminists? How is Feminism Essential to a Revolution? Come and discuss!

Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Time:  7:00pm-8:30pm
Place: Tierra de la Culebra, 240 S. Avenue 57, Los Angeles, CA

REMINDER: Art Class Today - Make Your Own Musical Instrument!

CLASS REMINDER: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 4 - ART SERIES

Come to Make Your Own Musical Instrument!
(if you come, feel free to bring any kind of containers, beans, rice, beads, buckets, big coffee cans, and generally anything that you can clank on or shake) 

Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Time:  5:00pm-7:00pm
Place: Tierra de la Culebra, 240 S. Avenue 57, Los Angeles, CA

Freedom Schools LA - Fundraiser!

The Freedom Schools - Los Angeles Family

Women in Revolution Canceled for Monday, July 19th.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Women in Revolution has been CANCELED for MONDAY, JULY 19th, 2010. The class will resume on Wednesday, JULY 21st, 2010.

Class "Into the Wild" Has Been Postponed.

ATTENTION:

July 13, 2010

Due to unfortunate and unforeseen circumstances, the class "Into the Wild" has been postponed until further notice. We will notify you immediately if and when the class will resume. We apologize for the inconvenience, but we promise that we will work hard to make this class possible. Thank you.

- Freedom Schools L.A.