What does it look like to collectively reflect on our journeys to freedom and independence, Juneteenth to Independence Day? The improvscience Freedom Festival invites people in the US and internationally to come together, to create and explore and continue organizing for freedom and independence. What are we celebrating with Juneteenth and Independence Day? What is ... Read more
Join us for a special edition of Creating Our Mental Health on Saturday June 22, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (Eastern Time), in honor of Juneteenth and as a part of the Freedom Festival. Creating our Mental Health (COMH) is a free, monthly, drop-in, community conversation which is open to all people from around the ... Read more
Did you know that a prosperous, self-governing community of free Black people existed on American soil long before the Civil War? In 1814, deep in the swamplands of Florida, a diverse group of formerly enslaved Black people took over a British military fort, built housing and farmland and lived truly free, for a time… How ... Read more
There are a number of works written by leading researchers that “popularize” physics to make it accessible to a general audience. One such text is “Seven Brief Lessons on Physics” by Carlo Rovelli which takes the reader through a tour of 20th Century physics leading up to the author's contributions to quantum understanding which is ... Read more
"Are you mad like me? / Have you seized back your dreams / in the fists of your crumpled wings?" In this proof-of-concept performance-lecture, spoken word poet, sci-fi writer, and performance activist Steven T. Licardi introduces us to the remains of several state hospital cemeteries scattered around the United States and abroad. He will be ... Read more
1pm PT/ 4pm ET. Read more for zoom link. In the decade following the collapse of Reconstruction a new movement arose in the South comprising black farmers, sharecroppers, and agrarian workers—a Black Populist movement. Organized through the Colored Farmers Alliance, among other black-led labor groups, mutual aid associations, and black churches—and then expressed through the People’s ... Read more
7/1/2024 Start Time 5:30 PT/8:30 ET You’re invited to celebrate inspirational ladies in your life with us. The inspirational lady you choose may be anyone in your life. They maybe someone you know well or even someone you just heard about for a few seconds. They are ladies–women who inspired us to be the ... Read more
No matter where you live, you’re invited to join hosts James Newman and Catana Malinowski in this Freedom Festival event that opens conversations with California independent and independent-minded voters to all.
Sixteen days of celebration and months and years of conversations have led to this day, Wednesday July 3rd. Starting at 12:00 pm PT/ 3:00pm ET In this 75 minute conversation, we invite participants to share and discover the conversations inspired by the Freedom Festival. We are discovering new stories, relationships, challenges and possibilities. Festival participants ... Read more
What does it look like to collectively reflect on our journeys to freedom and independence, Juneteenth to Independence Day? The improvscience Freedom Festival invites people in the US and internationally to come together, to create and explore organizing for freedom and independence. What are we celebrating with Juneteenth and Independence Day? What is freedom and ... Read more
How do queer artists create spaces of freedom-not just for survival, but for creative process? Amid the federal administration's threats to sanctuary jurisdictions, MovingGround initiated Sanctuary Spaces, an art-action network to share narratives and shed light on people's lives directly impacted through conversation, performance, and co-creating live and experiential Sanctuary Spaces together. From Window, the ... Read more
2:00 - 4:00 pm PDT/ 4:00 - 6:00pm CDT/ 5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT. This will be a look at-and a listen to-the role African American music has played in embodying and inspiring the ongoing struggle for freedom and full equality in the U.S.A. The session will be a mix of music video clips (Billie Holiday, ... Read more
12:00pm PT / 2:00pm CT / 3:00pm ET Join us. The literary, artistic, and social movement “Solar Punk” often portrays a futuristic, post-capitalist, and even decolonial, world. What does “Solar Punk” have to do with Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Computing (STEM+C) Learning? Is there a relationship between this literary genre and creating equitable access ... Read more
12-2pm PDT / 2-4 pm CDT/ 3-4 pm EDT. How do queer artists create spaces of freedom-not just for survival, but for creative process? Amid the federal administration's threats to sanctuary jurisdictions, MovingGround initiated Sanctuary Spaces, an art-action network to share narratives and shed light on people's lives directly impacted through conversation, performance, and co-creating ... Read more
11:00 am PDT/ 1 pm CDT/ 2 pm EDT Join us. What is the philosophy of freedom? Freedomista Joanna Wheeldin is joined by SRJC philosophy instructors Sean Martin and Dr. Alexa Forrester to discuss freedom, independence and nonviolent resistance. In this zoom meeting, we'll dive into texts like Barbara Deming's On Revolution and Equilibrium and ... Read more
12 pm PDT/ 2pm CDT/ 3pm EDT The Declaration of Independence is one of America’s significant founding documents. On its face, it is a declaration of war. A look at the structure of the document, it follows the archetype of 18th century enlightenment thinking, laying out fundamental principles drawn from the laws of nature and ... Read more