YAR 2012 CALL OUT FOR WORKSHOP FACILITATORS, ELDERS AND SKILLSHARE PRESENTORS

 

Calling all activists, elders, organizers, artists, performers, musicians, theorists, healers, academics, designers, zinesters, seamsters, teamsters and all!

This August from the 20th till the 24th, we hope to bring together youth in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Anishnabe/Ojibway/Métis Land and Treaty One Territory, to celebrate, re-map and craft activist visions and skills at the Youth Activist Retreat (YAR).

We’ll have workshops, skillshares, roundtables and space for impromptu discussions on what it means to organize as activists. We will have a space set aside to take care of mental, physical and emotional health for everyone at YAR as well as childcare available.

We are currently accepting proposals for workshops and skillshare presenters. We are also seeking out Elders who would consider letting the organizers ask for their attendance at a day or more of the retreat to provide guidance and support for the youth. We want there to be facilitated spaces listen, share and learn, and, also spaces to just relax and make new friends.

Please note that this retreat is for youth who are interested in or identify with activism with a suggested age range of 16-20. Contact organizers of YAR2012 if you have any questions about participation or facilitation: youthactivistretreat@gmail.com

ABOUT THE RETREAT:
The Youth Activist Retreat has been around since the 90’s and started as a space for young people who are interested in a range of issues to learn more in a dynamic setting. Facilitators come from the community with different identities and experiences of activism and the knowledge participants have to contribute to the open learning environment is valued. Every year, the organizers try to learn from our successes and our failures and this year, we decided to have an open call out for facilitators, skillsharers and Elders.
We think it’s important for youth to come together to celebrate, learn and analyze our roles in local, national, international, and dare we say, intergalactic movement building. We also think that it’s a good opportunity to talk face to face, and not just facebook to facebook. We hope that participants, Elders and facilitators alike will get a chance to meet, dream, learn and make some amazing plans together.
PROPOSAL GUIDELINES:
Please consider and answer the following questions in your proposal to facilitate a workshop, or skillshare.  We will read everything we receive from you, but it would be helpful to us if you limit your proposal to 250 words or alternatively, not super long. Thanks. Please submit your proposal to us at youthactivistretreat@gmail.com no later than FRIDAY, JULY 20th, 2012 including the following;

• Name of workshop, or skill to share
• Describe the content/topic of what you are proposing.
• Please read over our workshop wish list in BOLD below. Can your proposal fit within what is suggested? Is there a workshop you’d like to see that doesn’t already exist?
• How is your proposal specifically related to youth involved in or interested in activism?
• How will your workshop/event be committed to anti-sexist, anti-racist, anti-classist, queer politics?
• How will your workshop engage youth who have varying levels of familiarity on the subject matter?
• Do you need or want support in structuring and/or running what you propose? Are there other resources you will need? (For example, an easel, projector, markers, photocopies made, etc.)

Please include the best way to reach you: your telephone number, email, etc. and send your proposals to: youthactivistretreat@gmail.com