Formats, Methodology, Fees



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I'm currently available for staff development, guest speaking, course instruction, training and education, and program and curriculum development.

I can work flexibly in co-facilitation with your students, members, or staff.

I specialize in shaping a presentation or activity to suit the needs of your organization.

I'm pretty good at  blending presentation with participation. The learning experience is designed to animate your knowledge and leadership.

For those interested in popular education methodology and how it can apply to your work, the approach provides a hands-on experience of grassroots critical pedagogy so that you get a concrete sense of its theory and practice. Depending on your needs, I can provide basic workshops (60-120 minutes),  extensive half day/full day sessions, intensives and retreats, courses, and training programs.


Formats

presentations                          seminars                     workshops                  retreats

guest lectures                          keynotes


( I integrate group participation into all formats, large audiences no exception)

Themes/Specialization

THE CRAFT OF CRITICAL TEACHING/EDUCATION AS A PRACTICE OF SOCIAL CHANGE

 

                            Teacher/facilitator education and training

                            Theory and practice of grassroots critical pedagogy (popular education)
                            Paulo Freire and the US grassroots experience


EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR CONSCIOUS LEADERSHIP

                           "Conscious" (critical) leadership

                            Social analysis (problem-posing, etc)
                            Facilitation skills
                             (dialogue, problem-posing for staff, org meetings/development)
                            Strategic planning and team-building

                            Understanding our roots, identity and experience
                             (for ethnic student orgs, community orgs, etc)

                            Conjunctural analysis

CRITICAL SPIRIT

                          Integrating spirituality into leadership development
                          The critical faith method
                          Beyond liberation theology


"CLASS WORK"

                          Affirming working class experience
                          Deconstructing privilege/privilege as oppression
                          Anti-class bias training
                          Imagining and creating class unity

Recent Offerings

Breaking Into Higher Education: A workshop and training for University of California Student Initiated Outreach staff  Fall 2010

Why We Are Here:  Motivational Presentation/ Recrutiment and Retention for Orale (Latino/a-Chicano/a student outreach, UC Santa Cruz)  Summer 2010

Critical Faith: College, Employment, and Change    Ongoing program for Cambodian Young Adult Leaders   Central United Methodist Church  Stockton, California

Education as a Practice of Social Change:  quarterly guest lecture/seminar on Freire/grassroots Critical Pedagogy  for Engaging Education 100, UC Santa Cruz  2007-present

Knowing Our Struggle, Maintaining Our Gains:    staff development activity for Student Support Services (S3) City College of San Francisco  Fall 2009


Topics

Here are some popular topics I address in lecture, workshop, or panel form:

Education as a Practice of Social Change


The Social Biography


Critical Spirituality


Personal Transformation and Political Change

Beyond Social Charity to Social Justice: Working Toward Real Change


From the Hood to the Movement: Working Class Experience, Identity, Culture, and Power


Why We Are Here: The Historical Role of Students of Color in Social Change


Privilege As Oppression

Fees


Honoraria, stipends, and contracts are welcome. My fees are determined on a sliding scale.

I'm committed to insuring that interested grassroots, working class organizations get access to these resources notwithstanding your financial capacity. Don't hesitate to contact me.

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