and came up with a lot of ideas. We agreed the workshop on April 14th should focus on popular education and learning from and with each other.we don't have the whole agenda figured out yet, but we know that everyone will get a chance to talk about their interests, skills and what they want to learn. The workshop will lead to people forming groups and projects together to pursue these interests. Misled Youth and YELL will support these collaborations by helping to coordinate in person meetings, providing online space, and keeping the momentum going.

One idea was to open the workshop with come kind of media clip -- a song, image, video segment, etc -- that would spark discussion. So far, we don't know what that would be exactly.

We also want to invite All City to participate in planning and facilitating this workshop.

I think that this workshop and the upcoming YELL Youth conference in May are tangible goals to work towards and we should aim to have our website, materials, etc prepared by then so that we can really support the energy that comes out of these events and help it grow into something sustainable.

Also, myself and this woman Paula put together a workshop last year for the livewire festival on basically the same topic. The workshop ended up not really following the agenda. We had an hour and a half, so we planned to go into more depth than we'll probably be able to this april. But maybe we can set up a series of workshops so we can get into more depth.

here is the agenda of the workshop from last year

Learning from the Inside Out: Community-Based and Peer Education

Part I: Introduce the workshop, what we will try to accomplish, why we feel this workshop is important, what to expect. Set guidelines: respect, one mic. Talk about why we personally feel this workshop is important. Sarah – experience with traditional and alternative schooling, attempts at independent learning
We will think about and discuss how we learn best, how we define learning, problems we have with learning. We’ll share our interests, curiosities, and aspirations. We’ll talk about how we can work together to learn what and how we want. We will experiment with a variety of learning styles – verbal, visual, social, and introspective.
*This workshop is about you, as individuals and as a group, and not so much about what we have to tell you as what you have to share with each other* [6:40-6:50]

Part II: What kind of learner are you?
Where is a place where you’re comfortable learning? Do you like having people around? What kind of people? What are things you like or don’t like about school?
Have you ever tried to teach yourself something? Or learned something from a friend and not realized it could be considered learning?
What obstacles have you encountered in trying to learn things on your own? [20 min group discussion 6:50-7:10]

Part III: What do you want to learn?
Are there subjects that you feel are not being covered in school, which you are interested in? How can you tell what’s important to know in your life? [10 min, participants will brainstorm their interests on paper, keeping these questions in mind 7:10-7:20]

Part IV: How do you want to learn? How can we learn together?
What are alternative/creative ways to learn about subjects traditionally taught in a more formal/academic way?
Hands-on experience, applied projects, experiments, trial and error, mentors, apprenticing, collaboration, travel, creating your own ways of collecting, interpreting, and organizing information (writing, music, creating a mini-museum, making lists and charts, dance, collage, photography, computer programs…)
Is there someone in your community who you see as having a lot of knowledge, but who might not be seen as a teacher or mentor?
How can we work with our peers to share knowledge and learn together?
How can we make sure that everyone can contribute to the collective knowledge of the group, yet still learn and do things in their own way? How can the group be inclusive to people with all levels of skill and experience? [25 min: participants will group up according to their interests and share their ideas 7:20-7:45]

Part V: Where do we go from here?
Keeping in mind the conversations and experiences we had in the workshop, let’s discuss questions like:
What steps can we take to move towards building communities based on independent and collaborative learning?
How can we apply what we’re learning to projects that empower ourselves and each other?
How can the different learning groups work together or learn from each other?
Can we apply our collective projects to future festivals and Misled Youth events, completing a cycle of festivals starting youth groups, which create more festivals? [25 min group discussion 7:45-8:10]

I think we really could take bits from that workshop you posted. Especially parts two through four.

And yeah, Leanne, I think that the organizing and youth liberation will def. be included as well. Possibly one of those "Youth Liberation through Popular Education" type dealies, y'know?