As part of the Freedom Festival, we invite you to join members of our Monthly Creative Playground for a special workshop to explore, perform and celebrate freedom and independence. Date: July 3rd, 2024 at 3:30 pm PDT/ 6:30 pm EDT We started the Creative Playground with a collective intent: that exploring creativity together is therapeutic. ... 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
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
5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET "Hope is invented every day." - James Baldwin quoted in Resmaa Menakem’s book The Quaking of America Join us. We are a group of 8 people who self-organize an online, bi-weekly, leaderless and leaderful, embodied racial justice practice group. We began in response to Resmaa Menakem's call for ... Read more
12 pm PDT/ 2 pm CDT/ 3pm EDT Join us. The increased use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the form of “Large Language Models” such as Chat-GPT, or generative image models such as Dali opens up the possibility of increased productivity as well as individual expression. Much like other tools, AI also has the potential ... 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
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
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
This hybrid offering will be an in-person/virtual visit to the "Underground Railroad Tree" in the Guilford Woods of North Carolina. The 300-year-old Tulip Poplar tree is a living monument and witness to the freedom-seekers who were part of this eastern seaboard launching point of the Underground Railroad during the early 19th century. The great tree ... Read more
As part of the Freedom Festival, we invite you to join members of our Monthly Creative Playground for a special workshop to explore, perform and celebrate freedom and independence. Date: July 2nd, 2024 at 3:30 pm PDT/ 6:30 pm EDT We started the Creative Playground with a collective intent: that exploring creativity together is therapeutic. ... 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
This hybrid offering will be an in-person/virtual visit to the "Underground Railroad Tree" in the Guilford Woods of North Carolina. The 300-year-old Tulip Poplar tree is a living monument and witness to the freedom-seekers who were part of this eastern seaboard launching point of the Underground Railroad during the early 19th century. The great tree ... Read more
Explore experiences in and out of the classroom with tricks and tips for facilitating engagement! Bring your curiosity, presence, and authentic selves and co-create with us, through play and collaborative learning. Join the organizers of Cultivating Ensembles and experience the interactive playful activities and methodology that have built virtual ensembles and produced an interdisciplinary, inclusive, ... Read more
At 8pm ET/ 5pm PT: 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, Nina Simone and Stevie Wonder, among others) and ... 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