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[Ora Wise]

Hey y’all,
So attached and below you will find the newest version of the PEP structure
proposal.  Please take a moment to go over it before the retreat so that we
can have the most productive discussion about it while there.  Basically, go
over it and write down any suggestions for changes or just figure out
whether you’re cool with it as is.  Bring up questions you have too.

Looking forward,
Ora



The Palestine Education Project (PEP) is a collective project- NOT an
organization. The difference being 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 being
drained.  Rotating committees, peer reviews, and everyone (who so desires)
being a presenter will not only keep responsibility and participation
equally distributed but also facilitate each participant’s growth in the
different areas of work.


The structure proposal:

OUTREACH COMMITTEE:
PEP will develop an outreach/publicity packet, website, and other
reaching-out materials. The packet will include a description of the project
and those involved, evaluations from parents, teachers, and students who
have experienced a PEP program, descriptions of some of our presentations,
and contact information.   This outreach committee for PEP will consist of
several people who will rotate every three months (unless we discover that a
different duration of time is better).  They will be reaching-out through
phone calls, meetings, emails, and schmoozing to schools, religious
institutions, universities, etc.

There will be central resources/materials for outreach and publicity but
there will be a committee in each city doing its thing. The point people for
those committees, however, should be in communication and partnership.

COORDINATING COMMITTEE:
Requests for PEP’s presentations and determining who will be the presenters
will be handled by a coordinating committee of two people that will rotate
every three months.  These people will check the email and voicemail and
coordinate logistics between schools and presenters.  They will gather PEP
participants’ availability every week.

The coordinating committees for each city will operate independently.

RESOURCE LIBRARY/CURRICULUM COMMITTEE:
An important element of our project is making educational materials about
the Palestinian experience and struggle available to educators and others.
We are also collecting useful resources for developing ourselves as
progressive educators.  This resource library will include an on-line
component as well as physical collections housed in NYC and Philadelphia and
will include ready-made presentations, books, resource guides, maps,
magazines, articles, curricula, videos, music, etc. This committee will be
responsible for coordinating the borrowing, donating, and keeping track of
these resources and will rotate every three months.

PEP working groups will develop several interactive education programs
geared towards different age groups as well as specific kinds of schools
(i.e. Synagogue after-school programs, Muslim day schools, Catholic schools,
etc).  As specific requests come up, PEP will be able to adapt these or
create new ones.  PEP participants will be able to apply their lived
experience and connections to different communities as they help to develop
the track that most interests them.  We are aiming to put out a consolidated
curriculum book similar to those published by Rethinking Schools.


The resource library/curriculum will be shared between both cities and the
committees will work in cooperation and communication with each other.

PEER REVIEW:
Once a month, PEP participants will gather for peer review.  People will be
able to share with each other experiences, concerns, criticisms, and ideas
about the presentations and the project’s functioning in general.

Each city will determine when their peer reviews will be as well as what
process of evaluation they will be participating in (i.e. developing an
evaluation form to fill out after presentations about yourself and your
co-presenter, a facilitated group discussion, etc)



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