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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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
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 […]
ATLANTA CAMPUS Class 1: Roots of Racism Genocide, Slavery, the Confederacy & White Supremacy Download ATL Summer 2013 Class 1 Notes (107KB PDF) Download ATL Summer 2013 Class 1 Comments (87KB PDF) Class 2: Beyond Civil Rights Critical history of Southern movement gains, 50 years later Class 3: Decolonize the Globalized Economy Poverty, Politics, and […]
Course: Southern Freedom Movement in the 21st Century Guiding Questions: How do we understand & grow the Southern Freedom Movement within the current political realities? How do we begin to decolonize? JUNE 26: Roots of Racism Genocide, Slavery, the Confederacy, & White Supremacy JULY 3: Beyond Civil Rights Critical history of Southern movement gains, 50 […]
Freedom Summer is part of a broad based social movement in the U.S. South, reGenerating the historical struggle (Black Liberation) for emancipation and ultimately complete liberation, in the present 21st Century. The Southern Movements Assembly (SMA) is launching a SOUTH FREEDOM summer involving hundreds of youth. University Sin Fronteras will be offering a 4 week […]
