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Campus Democracy As per our Charter, the DEN calls for "Democratic Self-Government of Higher Education" Organizing ResourcesDemocratizing Education CharterAdopted at the 2005 Democratizing Education Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. CENTER for CAMPUS FREE SPEECH: Guide to Student Activity FeesThe Center for Campus Free Speech releases there Guide to Student Activity Fees - a primer on the legal issues involved in creating and managing a student activity fee system. Download a copy today: http://campusspeech.org/student_fees NewsDEMOCRACY NOW: Hundreds of Thousands Take Part in National Day of Action to Defend Public EducationDate: March 5, 2010REPORT: 250,000 German students protest corporatizationDate: June 18, 2009Take ActionRECLAIM YOUR EDUCATION - Global Week of Actionsource: Emancipating Education for AllSign the Declaration: UNITED FOR EDUCATION!source: International Student MovementApril Mobilization for Higher Educationsource: Democratizing Education NetworkEventsNOVEMBER: Global Week of Action - Reloaded!(November 1, 2009)Public education systems, from kindergarten to university, must prioritize emancipating aspects, be free and accessible to all. A democracy only exists, if society consists of emancipated and self-determined individuals, that are able to critically reflect their society, developments and power structures. Any system that doesn’t fulfill these criteria is not a democracy. Extending Democracy w/The Progressive, Manski, Farsetta, Gray, Wellstone(May 1, 2009 - May 2, 2009)Major speakers include Robert Redford, Amy Goodman, Naomi Klein, Barbara Ehrenreich, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and the editorial staff of the Progressive Magazine. Liberty Tree's Ben Manski, together with various members of Liberty Tree's Board of Directors and Board of Advisors -- John Nichols and Robert McChesney, among them -- will also be speaking at this exciting event. Publications & TalksPowerShift 2009 - Democratizing Our Universities to Confront Climate Change(February 28, 2009 - March 1, 2009)"Democratizing Our Universities to Confront Climate Change" was a workshop held at PowerShift 2009, in Washington, DC. The speakers are Ben Manski of Liberty Tree and Meaghan Linick-Loughley and Atlee McFellin of New School University. Report on the Ottawa RetreatA report by Mishy Leiblum and Jed Murr on the Campus Organizing Retreat in Ottawa, Ontario. Prospects for Participatory Democracy in the U.S.A"The task . . . is to facilitate the growth of an aggressive democracy movement in the United States." |
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