We were blessed on Wednesday to have a class led by Adjunt Faculty Dr. Leslie Etienne. The class regular attendants were joined by students visiting Atlanta from Pratt Insitute in New York and a lively conversation followed on how to decolonize education. Grounded in the reality of the Freedom Schools during the classical civil rights […]
Led by Adjunct Faculty Ruben Solis, the course discussed the the role of the organizer/political activists and how the recent history led to the rise and many of the characteristics of neoliberal globalization.
Class on April 16 was led by Adjunct Faculty Saladin Muhammad. Together we worked on developing a general strategy for a Southern Freedom Movement. As on eof the largest concentrations of people who are part of the African diaspora, the group analyzed decolonization in the south and migration. The group also discussed labor in the […]
Class this week was led by adjunct faculty Cara Page. Cara led a lively discussion that began with discussions on what healing and health meant in participant lives, touched on such topics as the origins of public health and its historical roots in eugenics and population control, and the finished with how to decolonize both […]
Adjunct faculty Stephanie Guillord, the Atlanta Campus on April 2nd, 2014 as it discussed the sovereignty of our bodies. A lively discussion followed wherein we discussed how to move from Gender as social control of the body to a reality where gender is a liberatory reality. “The control of society over individuals is not conducted […]
Class 1 of the Atlanta Liberation Spring class held by UNSIF was opened with these potent and timely words by Facilitator Emery Wright “First off, I want to say that this class is in Tribute to Mwalimu Njuguna Mutahi, a Kenyan, born & raised in Nyeri, Kenya and was a very influential intellectual, revolutionary, teacher, […]
March 26: Class I – Introduction to Decolonizing the South This course will provide an overview and analysis of the historical framework of colonization and how it has manifested in the South. April 2: Class II – Body Sovereignty in the South This course will to explore gender constructions as fundamental to colonialism and how sovereignty over […]
University Sin Fronteras Liberation Spring Semester 2014 It’s time again, what will you contribute? The South is at a critical point in the fight for social justice. Trends in current legislation lay a path that is rolling back civil rights legislation and historical gains from Southern Freedom Movement, courts are creating the NEW Jim Crow […]
LIBERATION SPRING SEMESTER MAR. 15-MAY 15, 2014 The new year is here, but it is not going to surprise and jerks us around as 2013 seemed to have done, we are prepared to meeting 2014 head on. This year will determine the outcomes of both 2015-2016. And 2016 is Presidential elections, coming after Obama’s lame […]
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 […]
