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Theatre for Change, this Friday at SelfDesign High in Nelson
How are teenagers in Nelson currently affected by gender roles, sexism, and homophobia?
The GAP (Gender Action Project) explores this question and others through a public performance and invites you to participate! This project is a collaboration between the Nelson Women's Centre and SelfDesign High with funding from the Columbia Basin Trust Youth Initiatives. For the past few months, a group of ten teenagers have been taking part in Theatre of the Oppressed, workshops facilitated by Mayra and Tasha Bassingthwaighte, and are now ready to share what they have created. They invite you to watch, interact with the performances, and bring discoveries and solutions to your communities.
Friday, April 20th at SelfDesign High 402 Victoria Street, Nelson, BC
Doors open at 7:00 pm, and the show starts at 7:30 pm
Entry is by donation of $5 to $20
Thursday, April 26th at Mir Centre for Peace on Selkirk College Campus, Castlegar, BC
Doors open at 6:30 pm, and the show starts at 7:00 pm
Entry is by donation of $10 to $20.
For more information about the performances or GAP Theatre, email Marya or call 352-9949 (Nelson Women’s Center)
Exciting Spring Workshops: Mechanics, Fiber Arts, Studio Arts and Jewelry-Making
This spring, SelfDesign High brings colorful and creative hands-on workshops to highschool youth in grades 10-12. These 4 credit courses, include Jewelry-Making, Mechanics, Studio Arts: Cultures of Resistance and Fiber Arts and are led by community and SelfDesign High Mentors. Workshop groups will meet 2 to 3 hours a week for 12-14 week at the BackAlley Studio. In these workshops, learners will acquire knowledge and skills and be immersed in a experiential learning environment where understanding is promoted through participation, conversation, reflection, and action.
High School learners in B.C. are free to choose where and how to complete their high school requirements, and these workshops are ideal for learners who benefit from the structure and rhythm of a schedule and who crave connections with others in order to realize their individual learning. (While) SelfDesign High has prepared a full slate of workshops for learners to select from, and (we) will also find a suitable mentor and create a workshop around a topic that six learners express an interest (to us) in taking.
Choose the learning you are looking for, and let SelfDesign help guide your way
Enroll here: www.sefldesignhigh.org/workshops
An Evening to Celebrate Life the Andean Way
Join us for an evening of celebration with Winay Taki Ayllu, from the village of Pisac in the Sacred Valley of Peru. Winay Taki Ayllu will share traditional teachings of the Andean Cosmovision, their creation of a Waldorf-inspired indigenous school, as well as music, dance and crafts.
Saturday, August 13th 7pm $10
SelfDesign High – 2nd Floor Canadian Legion
402 Victoria Street, Nelson, BC
For more information 250-352-0818
TEDx SelfDesign High fills the house
THANK-YOU
We would like to express our deep appreciation and gratitude to everyone for supporting our event and making the evening such a rich experience!
For the second year, SelfDesign High gathered a group of dynamic and varied voices from the Nelson area to bring us into rich dialogue and connection.
TEDx SelfDesignHigh will took place on April 26th 6:30 – 10:30pm at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson, BC.
Building on the experience of our first TEDx in 2010, SelfDesign High was excited to once again work with the wonder of a TEDx event, reaching inwards to our human place of imagination and innovation; reaching out into our community to welcome the wisdom and experience that we can share to benefit our individual selves and the life of our community.
Your feedback means a lot to us – Please take a moment to tell us what you thought of the event here.
Videos coming soon! Click here to be notified that they are available.
Poster Contest for Youth!
Send your poster to childrenoftheseams@gmail.com
FREE Film Screening Wed Mar 30th: “Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?”
MIR Centre for Peace & SelfDesign High present:
QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us?
is a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis from Taggart Siegel, director of THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN. Taking us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive, this engaging and ultimately uplifting film weaves an unusual and dramatic story of the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world including Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva. Together they reveal both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.
A Collective Eye, Inc. Production | Directed by Taggart Siegel | Produced by Jon Betz
“I never thought that a documentary about honeybees would make me both laugh and cry-but filmmaker Taggart Siegel’s Queen of the Sun is one such film.” -Dennis Hartley, Hullabaloo
“Queen of the Sun inspires all to get involved in Earth’s ecological future, and gives an optimistic vision of the future of food production.” -Carly Dahlen, Screenology
SelfDesign High seeks international accreditation for K-12 program
There’s an air of excitement as SelfDesign Learning Foundation aims for another feather in its cap!
We are seeking international accreditation for our K-12 program from AdvancED, the world’s largest education community with a united global network of over 27,000 schools in 69 countries. The AdvancED Accreditation Process, a protocol embraced around the world, will bring additional validity and recognition to our unique SelfDesign programs by institutions around the world and will allow learners to transfer credits with ease to any AdvancED accredited school.
To this end, we are now working on the Self Assessment Report which offers us an opportunity to critically evaluate our vision, strategies, priorities, leadership, programs and resources through the AdvancED lens. The self-study process will involve input from a broad cross-section of the entire organization. In June an evaluation team will fly up to review our programs and processes. So don’t be surprised if you hear the word AdvancED floating around in conversations in the next few months! To find out more about what AdvancED has to offer, check out their website at http://www.advanc-ed.org/
