[Palestineinschools] important: retreat info!

[Ora Wise]

hello PEPistas!

first of all:
if you have not emailed the palestin_in_schools at yahoo.com email saying
you're coming to the retreat and you are- do it now! if you need housing or
a ride- tell us now! we're afraid that we will not be able to accomodate
anyone's requests for housing if they haven't let us know yet.

secondly:
below you will find a basic agenda for our very exciting first PEP retreat!

third:
it's important that everyone understand that PEP is not an organization that
you can pop in and out of and it will still function. it's a collective
project and its success will depend on the time and energy that we all
dedicate to it.  It’s really exciting what a great crew of people we have
who are already putting lots of time and imagination into this project.
if you have expressed interest in PEP but realize that you won't be able to
be a part of it right now, that's cool- just tell us! too often activists
over-committ and have a hard time being honest with each other about what we
can and cannot do. we can start trying to change that piece of "activist
culture" now...
also, if you are coming to the retreat to check things out but aren't sure
what kind of committment you are able to make at this point- that's cool
too. just please be honest about that during the retreat and don't take on
work you won't do.


Agenda for PEP retreat
October 2 & 3

Saturday:

10:30: Beginning our work together- activity (Nava)

11:15: Intro- PEP: our visions (Ora/Alissa)

11:30: Presentations/activities
-  Ora and Alexis

12:45: feedback/development (facilitated discussion)

1:30- 2:15: lunch

2:30: divide up into two tracks:
1.         Getting into the classrooms!
interactive education, decentralizing classroom methods, student empowerment
techniques, behavior management, etc. (zohar, gail, ora)

2.         Getting our curriculum out there!
Curriculum development, gathering resources, lesson planning, etc: (alissa,
susan, nijmie, tony)

 5:30: closing
-  reviewing afternoon’s work
- next day’s schedule

5:45: check-out


Sunday:
Infrastructure and Process

10:00: schedule, check-in, etc

10:30: basic structure proposal

11:15:  Philly and NYC break-out groups- committing to committees

11:45- 1:00: Outreach strategy

                     - 11:45- 12:15: general discussion/brainstorm
                     - 12:15-1:00: break-outs in small groups to flesh out
different pieces of the strategy

1:00- 1:30: lunch (review break-out groups’ work)

1:30-2:30: committee meetings:
1. Coordinating committee

       2. Resources library/curriculum committee

        3. outreach
            - Committee work- phone calls, meetings with schools/teachers,
etc

2:30: CLOSING
- each city sets next meeting time
            - close with commitments



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