Subject:
Naming the moment To:
3903NEWS@YORKU.CA Dear
members, The
following is an invitation to all graduate students, staff and faculty Rm.
306 Lumbers. Feel free to pass
this along. Naming
the What? Naming
the Moment is a popular education practice of political analysis for
action
that locates current struggles within broader contexts in time and space. Growing from the work of international educators
such as Paulo faculty
who have been engaging in 'Naming the Moment' together. This group of
issues surrounding the strike… Questions
we explored together, as they related to accessible educational –
What are the particular set of actors, events and forces that affect
this current
moment and struggle? What is our role and interest as students? What
is the history of post-secondary and graduate education? Where does York
stand in the big picture? Why
are there differences in support among programs
within York? Moving
on from that moment, we welcome all those who share the ideals of our long-term
goals: -
Zero-debt graduate degree -
Accessibility to education as a right. -
Resisting market-driven vocationalism vs. Conceptualization of education as
critical thinking -
Reclaiming the university -as collegial space for students, staff and faculty,
and growing consciousness -
Maintain links across programs, levels, and units – the ability to act together
in the future. -
Build ongoing critique to name contradictions. -
Create space, time and support for community reflection, support and action -
Engender hope and York’s legacy. Naming
for Action! From
this inquiry we moved to action - such as the FES town hall meeting, welcome
back lunch and a cross-listed education course on social movements and
learning. On
Thursday we will be revisiting our initial questions through analysis, dialogue,
and brainstorming in the large group and in focus group discussions
in order to gain insights and develop strategies for action. >From
there we will move on to continue to work on the actions that came out of
initial inquiry… namely- -
Creating new, innovate course offerings -
Creating an open university / speakers series including non-credit accessible
courses and links among existing initiatives -
Questioning, and planning for alternate suggestions, on where university pension
funds and university endowments are invested -
Creating abstracts for various conferences and publications where we
will be
presenting our learning from NTM and the strike -
Possible structural changes in grad studies, FES, ... -
Other ideas welcome! Hope
to see you there! |