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Writing Workshop for the Age of Emergency [ONLINE]
Full Tuition: $300 — Sliding-scale options are available in the drop-down menu. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal or Klarna at check out.
Instructor: Monica Byrne | 3-Weeks | Saturdays | May 9-23 | 1:00-3:00 PM ET | ONLINE
We’re living through an Age of Emergency: a time of massive global upheaval. But, as in any time of change, there's as much potential for good as for bad.
How can we access that potential?
The first and foremost answer is imagination, the root of all social change. To make a better world, we first have to imagine it.
In this workshop, moving from the deep past to the far future, we will reconnect with our natural human faculty of imagination—to remember all the ways humans have thrived in the past, and to re-envision the world as it could be in the future. The workshop is open to ALL. You don't have to be a writer. You just have to want to use imagination as a social tool, to uncover the vast possibilities of human existence that fascism would have us to forget.
There will be short readings provided before each class, by Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba, David Wengrow and David Graeber, Diane di Prima, Aaron Bady, Octavia Butler, and possibly more.
Online, 1 PM ET
May 9: The Past
May 16: The Present
May 23: The Future
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SLIDING SCALE TUITION
Full tuition is the cost per-student of running the class. If you choose a tier below full tuition, you are receiving a discount. If you choose to make a donation in addition to full tuition, you are helping to cover the cost for students who are not able to pay the full amount.
The mid-level tier is a discounted rate for people whose household income is at or above living wage but who have limited discretionary income.
The low-level tier and the full-scholarship tier are for people whose household income is below living wage or who need extra assistance to meet their needs.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Through our fundraising efforts, we are able to offer three full scholarships per class. The full-scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering. Each student may only take one full-scholarship class at a time. Because our scholarship funding is limited, if a student selects multiple overlapping classes at the full-scholarship level, they will be disenrolled from all classes. Scholarships are not available for asynchronous enrollment.
All sliding-scale and scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
RECORDINGS
Recordings will be provided for asynchronous students. Enrolled students who miss class sessions may request to receive a maximum of one recording to make-up missed sessions.
ASYNCHRONOUS ENROLLMENT
Classes are discussion-based and designed to be taken synchronously. However, we do offer an asynchronous enrollment option for most online classes if you need to follow along at your own pace. Recordings are only available to students who enroll to take the course asynchronously. We are not able to offer scholarships for asynchronous enrollment.
Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans, refund policy, and sick and inclement weather policy.
Full Tuition: $300 — Sliding-scale options are available in the drop-down menu. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal or Klarna at check out.
Instructor: Monica Byrne | 3-Weeks | Saturdays | May 9-23 | 1:00-3:00 PM ET | ONLINE
We’re living through an Age of Emergency: a time of massive global upheaval. But, as in any time of change, there's as much potential for good as for bad.
How can we access that potential?
The first and foremost answer is imagination, the root of all social change. To make a better world, we first have to imagine it.
In this workshop, moving from the deep past to the far future, we will reconnect with our natural human faculty of imagination—to remember all the ways humans have thrived in the past, and to re-envision the world as it could be in the future. The workshop is open to ALL. You don't have to be a writer. You just have to want to use imagination as a social tool, to uncover the vast possibilities of human existence that fascism would have us to forget.
There will be short readings provided before each class, by Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba, David Wengrow and David Graeber, Diane di Prima, Aaron Bady, Octavia Butler, and possibly more.
Online, 1 PM ET
May 9: The Past
May 16: The Present
May 23: The Future
—
SLIDING SCALE TUITION
Full tuition is the cost per-student of running the class. If you choose a tier below full tuition, you are receiving a discount. If you choose to make a donation in addition to full tuition, you are helping to cover the cost for students who are not able to pay the full amount.
The mid-level tier is a discounted rate for people whose household income is at or above living wage but who have limited discretionary income.
The low-level tier and the full-scholarship tier are for people whose household income is below living wage or who need extra assistance to meet their needs.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Through our fundraising efforts, we are able to offer three full scholarships per class. The full-scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering. Each student may only take one full-scholarship class at a time. Because our scholarship funding is limited, if a student selects multiple overlapping classes at the full-scholarship level, they will be disenrolled from all classes. Scholarships are not available for asynchronous enrollment.
All sliding-scale and scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
RECORDINGS
Recordings will be provided for asynchronous students. Enrolled students who miss class sessions may request to receive a maximum of one recording to make-up missed sessions.
ASYNCHRONOUS ENROLLMENT
Classes are discussion-based and designed to be taken synchronously. However, we do offer an asynchronous enrollment option for most online classes if you need to follow along at your own pace. Recordings are only available to students who enroll to take the course asynchronously. We are not able to offer scholarships for asynchronous enrollment.
Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans, refund policy, and sick and inclement weather policy.