Nicolas Valdez was the adjunct faculty / guest. He was invited sort of last minute as our planned guest hadn’t been heard from. I turned out to be great. Nicolas said poems sang and played music and talked about IN LAK’ESH. It was a great discussion. 1st round robin asked how has culture affected you. […]
Adjunct Faculty was Chavel lopez. This was our biggest turn out. Everyone who came from classes before all came this day. There was a great amount of participation. We did 2 round robins and the time almost ran out. Then we broke into groups and educated each other on local unions of the past. Everyone […]
Adjunct faculty on this day was David Cruz long time volunteer and community member of Southwest Workers Union. Discussing the concept of the Labor and the difference between the worker and the business owner and the product owner. Understanding colonialism in the workplace.
Adjunct Faculty was Julio Cesar Guerrero. Julio is currently a retired teacher and has a long history of doing radio. This class discussed capitalism as a tool for colonizing; understanding colonialist trade and trade policies (nafta, ftaa, imf, wto); alternative economy; cooperative lending. We basically went around 3 times with a round robin asking people what […]
Ivan Bermejo (a queer youth leader for the Southwest Workers union) was the adjunct faculty. He is about to graduate High School. Ivan at the moment is studying an AP course on environmental science. 15 minute presentation and 2 round robins and broke into groups and did scenarios on ideas for sustainable communities and acted […]
The adjunct faculty for this class was Diana Lopez Executive Director for the Southwest Workers Union. She spoke on what is environmental racism and the local history here in San Antonio. We broke into groups and acted out the scenarios of local protests and direct actions. It was a good start to the semester
Emancipation Autumn in San Antonio, Texas Living an emancipated life as a person of color
“RESEARCH FOR ACTION AND ACTION BASED RESEARCH” September is here and also the beginning of the UNSIF Emancipation Autumn 2013‘. Each of the four operating campuses are working to organize and announce the courses that will be offered during the autumn semester. Courses will be taking place in Detroit, Atlanta, San Antonio and San Juan […]
Based on collective planning to respond to the verdict in the Trayvon Martin trial, organizations working with the Southern Movement Assembly are calling for immediate action with clear demands. We would like to invite you to collaborate and show the combined force of all our efforts to end genocide and build a just world. We […]
SAN ANTONIO CAMPUS On June 19 a remembrance event took place under the Emancipation Oak Tree in Hondo, Texas. This event was organized to remember the historical truth of the arrival and public announcement of the Emancipation to the local slaves: The story of free people that remained enslaved for years because they did not […]
