[Palestineinschools] today!

[Alexis]

I made quite a few small edits and suggested cuts,
though it is still quite long for a flier.  I also
suggest that we leave out the "What is PEP doing?"
section, because i think the project description says
all of that.  Finally, we should reserve the
"palestineinschools" domain names ASAP, before we pass
out anything with the URL.
hope this helps,
alexis


The Palestine/Israel Education Project (PEP)

The Palestine/Israel Education Project (PEP) is a
collective initiative of activist educators based in
New York City and Philadelphia. Our aim is to create a
long-term, sustainable project that will help to
challenge and refigure the prevailing notions about
Israel/Palestine.  PEP participants are preparing to
go into classrooms and facilitate interactive lessons
and activities about the history of Israel/Palestine
and the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. 
PEP is also developing resources - including lesson
plans, workshops, activities, and background sources -
for teachers throughout the country who wish to
address issues related to Israel/Palestine in their
classrooms. We aim to create an on-line resource
library and a published curriculum.

The vision for this project has grown out of the
positive experiences that a number of Palestinian
solidarity activists have had doing grassroots
educational programs in elementary schools, middle
schools, and high schools across the country.

HOW PEP WORKS:

PEP is a collective project, NOT an organization.
Ideally, PEP will be a way for people to come together
to do real focused work without feeling drained.
Rotating committees, peer reviews, and giving everyone
the opportunity to be a presenter will not only keep
responsibility and participation equally distributed;
it will also facilitate each participant's growth in
the different areas of work.

Join us in this sustainable, collective project.
Please contact
Palestine_in_school at yahoo.com for more information,
and watch for our website at
www.palestineinschools.org [?]


Why PEP?
- We are being proactive, not just responding to each
new crisis or organizing the organized.
- Activists too often take for granted that there are
certain spaces unavailable to us. PEP will reach out
in these "non-activist" spaces.  
- The education system in this country is designed to
extract compliance from kids and train obedient
citizens. PEP will encourage critical thinking
with participatory educational programs.

What is PEP doing?
- assembling a resource library for activists and
educators that will be housed in NYC and on-line
- developing an interactive website
- developing a progressive curriculum about
Palestine/Israel for publication
- developing participatory lesson plans and activities
to bring into schools
- giving trainings on democratic education techniques
for those who wish to go into schools



--- Ora Wise <ruah at riseup.net> wrote:

> Hey y'all,
> So I don't know if anyone is going to get this in
> time. We seem to be having
> some troubles with the list.  But if you get this-
> please look over this and
> send comments or suggestions to nour today!
> (earthnour at yahoo.com). I think
> that this is a last minute effort to put a flyer
> together aimed at solid
> Palestine solidarity activists and not actually a
> mission statement. I think
> that we have to continue to shape something like
> that.
> Peace,
> ora
> 
> The Palestine/Israel Education Project (PEP)
> 
> The Palestine/Israel Education Project (PEP) is a
> collective initiative of
> activist educators based in New York City and
> Philadelphia. It is the
> primary aim of those involved to create a long-term,
> sustainable project
> that will help to challenge and refigure the
> prevailing notions about, and
> media misrepresentations of, the cultural and
> political history of
> Israel/Palestine.  PEP participants are preparing to
> go into classrooms and
> facilitate interactive lessons and activities about
> the history of
> Israel/Palestine and the Palestinian struggle for
> self-determination. PEP
> also aims to provide important resources-including
> lesson plans, workshops,
> activities, and background sources-for teachers
> throughout the country who
> wish to address issues related to Israel/Palestine
> in their classrooms.
> This work will eventually culminate in an on-line
> resource library and a
> published curriculum.
> 
> The vision for this project has grown out of the
> grassroots educational work
> that a number of Palestinian solidarity activists
> have already been doing.
> We have had some very positive experiences going
> into elementary, middle,
> and high schools across the country where students
> have, amongst other
> things, read letters from young Palestinians and
> Israeli high school
> refusers, watched a Palestinian hip hop video, and
> brainstormed alternative
> uses for the U.S. money that goes to Israel.
> 
> Expanding and sustaining this work is part of a
> broader project that needs
> more energy put into it: growing the movement,
> rather than simply organizing
> the organized.
> 
> HOW PEP WORKS:
> 
> PEP is a collective project-NOT an organization. The
> difference is that PEP
> won't need to have weekly meetings or long debates
> about which event to
> endorse. Ideally, PEP will be a way for people to
> come together to do real
> focused work without feeling drained. Rotating
> committees, peer reviews, and
> giving everyone the opportunity to be a presenter
> will not only keep
> responsibility and participation equally
> distributed; it will also
> facilitate each participant's growth in the
> different areas of work.
> 
> Join us in this sustainable, collective project.
> Please contact
> Palestine_in_school at yahoo.com for more information,
> and watch for our
> website at www.palestineinschools.org [?]
> 
> 
> Why PEP?
> - We are being proactive- not just responding to
> each new crisis
> - Activists too often take for granted that there
> are certain spaces
> unavailable to us- we're entering non-activist
> spaces and reaching out
> - The education system in this country is designed
> to extract compliance
> from kids and train obedient citizens- we're
> encouraging critical thinking
> and participatory educational programs
> 
> What is PEP doing?
> - assembling a resource library for activists and
> educators that will be
> housed in NYC and on-line
> - developing an interactive website
> - developing a progressive curriculum about
> Palestine/Israel for publishing
> - developing participatory lesson plans and
> activities to bring into schools
> - giving trainings on democratic education
> techniques for those who wish to
> go into schools
> -
> 
> 
> 
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