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Democratizing Education A democratic form of government, a democratic way of life, presupposes free public education over a long period; it presupposes also an education for personal responsibility that too often is neglected. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
~ Justice William Douglas
The Democratizing Education Program works to unite student associations, labor unions, faculty organizations, and grassroots student, parent, and community groups in a national movement against the corporatization of education, and for the democratization of schools, colleges, and universities. This program raises up student, staff, faculty, and community unionism and industrial action, including industrial strikes, as essential parts of effective education organizing. Organizing ResourcesDemocratizing Education CharterAdopted at the 2005 Democratizing Education Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. CCFS: Free Speech Organizing ToolkitThe Free Speech Organizing Toolkit is designed to provide campus leaders and free speech supporters with the tools to work with higher education leaders to remove impediments to a marketplace of ideas on their campus. CENTER for CAMPUS FREE SPEECH: Guide to Student Activity FeesThe Center for Campus Free Speech releases there Guide to Student Activity Fees - a primer on the legal issues involved in creating and managing a student activity fee system. Download a copy today: http://campusspeech.org/student_fees NewsOccupy California: 2nd UCSC Protest on NowDate: October 16, 2009MN DAILY: Students interrupt ConvocationDate: September 9, 2009Take ActionSign the Declaration: UNITED FOR EDUCATION!source: International Student MovementEducation Protests are Worldwidesource: International Student MovementMarch 4 National Day of Action to Defend Educationsource: California students, staff and facultyEventsGLOBAL ACTION: Education is not for Sale! ~ November, 2009(November 5, 2009 - November 19, 2009)Students, teachers, workers and parents around the world ask themselves: Is the public education system still serving the interests of the public, or is the focus shifting to implement education systems that primarily serve private and business interests? Tuition fees are – once introduced – sky-rocketing, universities and schools are turned into businesses, student debt keeps increasing and education budgets cut. Democratizing Education Convention IIIStay tuned . . . the Democratizing Education Convention is coming back! NOVEMBER: Global Week of Action - Reloaded!(November 1, 2009)Public education systems, from kindergarten to university, must prioritize emancipating aspects, be free and accessible to all. A democracy only exists, if society consists of emancipated and self-determined individuals, that are able to critically reflect their society, developments and power structures. Any system that doesn’t fulfill these criteria is not a democracy. Publications & TalksVIDEO: Manski, Farsetta, Alexander Gray on Extending Democracy(May 1, 2009)Progressive Magazine's Panel Discussion: EXTENDING DEMOCRACY Ben Manski, Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution VIDEO: Building a Democracy Movement in the USACheck out a short video from "BUILDING A DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES", a workshop by Liberty Tree Fellows Benjamin, Cobb, Manski, and Robinson, one of about 100 sessions at the 2006 Midwest Social Forum. |
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