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DESCRIPTION:Yes, it's true, we are officially bidding farewell to the current 
 incarnation of the Santa Cruz Freeskool, but we'll be sending it off with a 
 bang! Join us for a First Friday event that will be part art exhibit, part 
 skillshare, and part party at SubRosa. \n\nThere will be food and drinks, 
 fun workshops, a bar-b-q bonfire, Free Skool calendars on display, and good 
 company!\n\nIf you have ever taught a class, attended a class, or wished 
 you could attend a class, join us! Bring your stories, your memories, and 
 your wishes for the future as we reminisce and relive the ways this project 
 has changed our lives.\n\nFree Skool Santa Cruz: Beginnings and Endings and 
 New Beginnings (some background for this event in short story form)\n\nThe 
 five of us are gathered outside, just past dusk and before the moon rise. 
 One person hands us old Free Skool calendars from a flat cardboard box. 
 Each of us has a small stack.\n\n“Look, Spring 2007!”\n\n“I’ve got 
 Winter 2010!”\n\nEach of us holds up the calendars we are naming, and we 
 see the distantly familiar header and display of class names, before we 
 ball up the paper and place it in the center of the dark fire 
 ring.\n\n“This is a fitting way to begin our talk,” another one of us 
 remarks, as the calendars are set aflame to start our fire, “very 
 ritualistic.”\n\nWe, who are in the Free Skool collective, are gathered 
 to talk about the project: beginnings and endings and new 
 beginnings…?...\n\nSome themes emerge: a couple of us remember the Free 
 School that preceded Free Skool, a different project but still an 
 inspiration…we remember the people we met for the first time and who 
 became good friends…the engaging classes we attended and/or taught…we 
 trace back the last eight years or so of our shared history in Santa Cruz, 
 struggles and celebrations…\n\nAnd one of us quietly offers an idea that 
 catches fire among us, just like the old calendar pages in the fire 
 ring…how about if we have an event for everyone to do some of what we are 
 doing tonight, to remember the project and people…\n\nAnd so we invite 
 you to SubRosa, Friday December 5th at 5pm, for a Farewell to Free Skool 
 Santa Cruz Celebration, as we let go of this current version of the 
 project.\n             \nThe What-and-Why of Free Skool Santa Cruz:  A 
 radically different approach to living and learning, Free Skool Santa Cruz 
 is a decentralized grassroots educational project with classes held in 
 homes, social spaces, and parks.  It is an opportunity to learn from each 
 other and share what we know, with a focus on self-reliance, community, 
 do-it-yourself culture and creating a new and beautiful world.\n\nThe 
 project strives to blur the lines between teacher, learner, and organizer 
 while posing a direct challenge to dominant institutions and coercive power 
 structures.  Part of creating a new world is resistance to the old one.  
 Through Free Skool, we strive to change the way we learn, teach, and relate 
 to each other. \n\nLove,\nFree Skool Santa Cruz\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/11/25/18764629.php
SUMMARY:Farewell to Free Skool Santa Cruz Celebration
LOCATION:SubRosa, 703 Pacific Ave. (downtown Santa Cruz)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/11/25/18764629.php
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