Linking Protest and Social Transformation: Social Ecology and the Future of Movements, ISE Intensive 2017, San Francisco, California (original) (raw)

"Linking Protest and Social Transformation: Social Ecology and the Future of Movements", Institute for Social Ecology, Intensive June 9-16 2017, San Francisco, California The past year has brought disappointment and fear, but also powerful visions of the possible. Last November’s presidential election reinforced the worst of the status quo and brought new levels of racism and neo-fascism to the forefront. In 2017, the repressive excesses of the new presidential administration in the US have triggered an unprecedented and widespread popular uprising, including a resurgence of interest in the potential for rebel cities and towns to overturn regressive national policies. Now is the time to boldly assert our most transformative visions for a free and liberated society, amidst the failure of neoliberalism and the threats posed by resurgent white supremacy, nationalism and misogyny. Next June in San Francisco, the Institute for Social Ecology will offer an Intensive Seminar which will bring together activists, students, academics and community leaders for a dynamic week of exploring the struggle for a free society in theory and praxis. This two-tiered seminar will offer a full 6-day experience and a weekend-only option. The weekend will provide a focused overview of social ecology, an interdisciplinary body of ideas that examines social and ecological problems from a transformative and holistic perspective, with particular focus on essential issues in movement building today. Then over the next four days we will delve deeper into our conversations about the wide scope of social ecology’s theoretical and practical ideas, and also get out into the community for several action-tours. This course series will take place from Saturday, June 10 to Thursday, June 15th in partnership with the Anthropology and Social Change Department of the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA. The address of the location is: 1453 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103. Format, Courses, and Schedule Following the integrative perspective of social ecology, ISE intensives are more than the sum of their parts. Emphasizing movement from theory to praxis, we collaborate with participants to address the social and political issues that impact their activist work, academic studies, and everyday lives. The objective of this program is to offer a holistic political perspective that challenges participants to consider radical social-ecological critiques and cultivate new visions of a free society. ISE intensives consist of a combination of lectures, workshops, guest speakers and field trips. A typical day at an intensive begins around 9 AM and lasts until about 7 or 8 PM. Guest speakers, community events, study groups, and informal hangout sessions take place in the evenings after class. We will proudly collaborate with guest speakers from organizations and communities across the Bay Area.