Summer 2013 – General update on the areas of Academics and Administration. Topics: Freedom Summer Semester 2013 Liberation Spring Semester 2013 Board meetings Free Minds Free People Conference Funding Download UNSIF General Update Jun 2013 (82KB PDF)
Freedom Summer Semester (June/July/August 2013) ALL CAMPUSES How do we understand & grow the Southern Freedom Movement within the current political realities? How do we begin to DECOLONIZE? The Freedom Summer Semester provides an answer to these and other questions: Class 1: Roots of Racism Genocide, Slavery, the Confederacy, & White Supremacy, Racial justice-healing & […]
ATLANTA CAMPUS Class 1 – Contextualizing the blues tradition: African cultural resistance to transatlantic enslavement, 1600-1850 USFSpring2013_CultureAndLiberation_Session1Notes (106 KB PDF) USFSpring2013_CultureAndLiberation_Session1Papers (134 KB PDF) Class 2 – The Blues & its roots in Africa, Colonialism & Liberation USFSpring2013_CultureAndLiberation_Session2Notes (330 KB PDF) USFSpring2013_CultureAndLiberation_Session2Papers (196 KB PDF) Class 4 – Hip Hop: Southern sounds, migration & urban rebellion. […]
Course I: Culture & Liberation in the US South This course will ask the question ‘how can culture and music advance peoples liberation in the US South today?’ The course will uncover the roots of Blues music as a foundation of Black music globally and its evolution as cultural resistance to colonialism, capitalism, and white […]
Academic Calendar Campus Class Title Date/Time Atlanta Blues, Culture & Liberation 3.20-4.17.2013 Atlanta Theory & Praxis 4.12-5.3.2013 Atlanta Palestine Liberation seminar 04/27/13 Atlanta Synthesis Assembly UNSIF 05/11/13 Atlanta Radio Diaspora Educ. Liberation 03/02/13 San Juan Liberation Tools for organizing 04/01/13 San Juan Decolonize PR seminar 04/01/13 San Antonio Colonialism/Liberation course 04/01/13 San Antonio Colonial & […]
As we welcome the LIBERATION SPRING SEMESTER 2013, the University Sin Fronteras Board of Directors recognizes the valuable partnership with Atlanta, Detroit and San Juan and the valuable work of the Campus committees in formation. The purpose of the these meeting is to work on the details of the upcoming LIBERATION SPRING semester and to […]
UNISF has now set up 10 campuses overall; four in operation, and 6 still to develop to the point of implementation. 2013 will serve to develop the campuses and the campus committees and therefore broaden the infrastructure and capacity of the UNSIF to put back Liberation into the social movements for systemic social change. Read […]
the course EMANCIPATION EDUCATION & ACTION For LIBERATION took place at the Atlanta Campus of University Sin Fronteras between October 15 and Nov 19, 2012 and these are the notes taken from the actual class dynamic: Download the Compilation notes for emancipation autumn 2012 (200KB PDF) Download Reflection papers written by student of the UNSIF […]
1. Introduction and Life Maps (October 15) How have individual experiences related to knowledge for organizing? People describing “their moment” of awareness shed light on the combination of our experiences. The impact on social relationships of the commonality of individuals’ development The benefits of sharing with a supportive elder Someone else’s reactions to our stories […]
Join Project South for the second course of the University Sin Fronteras, Atlanta Campus. Five classes will explore social movement histories specific to Atlanta, collective action, and leadership in global movements. As a critical part of the People’s First 100 Days, Monday evening classes will prepare organizers and community members to connect education to action […]
