Schedule For AEROx - Virtual Gathering

Saturday February 22nd, 2020 ~ 10 am - 6pm - Eastern Time

Opening Session

10:15 am: - 10:35 am:

Welcome, Intro, Overview of AERO and Educational Alternatives. Logistics with ~ Jerry Mintz & Peter Berg

10:35 am: - 10:40 am:

Questions getting ready for Session 1

AERO Talks

Session 1 - 10:40 am: - 1:05 pm:

(All Following AERO Talks Are 20 - Minutes In Length with 5 minutes in between for transition.)

10:40 - 11:00 am:

Youth From Workspace Education - More Details Soon

11:05 - 11:25 am:

Working Together to Spread the Vision

with ~ Ken Danford

11:30 am: - 11:50 am:

Africans Born in the Americas: Healing, Ancestors, & African Spirituality

with ~ Dr. Consuela Ward

11:55 am: - 12:15 pm:

Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School?

with ~ Blake Boles

12:20 pm: - 12:40 pm: Mine Conkbayir - More details coming soon.

12:45 pm: - 1:05 pm:

An Unschooling Journey

with ~ Molly

Break - 1:05 pm: - 1:20 pm:

Workshops Group A

1:25 pm: - 2:35 pm:

(All Following Workshops Are 70 - Minutes In Length and Will Run Concurrently.)

“How To Start and Run a Tuition-Free SDE Cooperative Unbusiness.”

with ~ Dr. Sundiata

Make Your Own Radical School: The Angeles Workshop School model

with ~ Ndindi Kitonga Ph.D. and Scott Stubbe

Liberating African American Students through the Sudbury Model

with ~ Dr. Anika T. Prather

Break - 2:35 pm: - 2:50 pm:

AERO Talks

Session 2 - 2:50 pm: - 4:25 pm:

(All Following AERO Talks Are 20 - Minutes In Length with 5 minutes in between for transition.)

2:50 pm: - 3:10 pm:

Libraries as Centers for Self-Directed Education

with ~ Peter Gray

3:15 pm: - 3:35 pm:

Racial and Social Justice in the Classroom and Beyond

with ~ Erika Strauss Chavarria

3:40 pm: - 4:00 pm:

Teacher Liberation: How do we (Self-Directed Education leaders) make this shift more possible?

with ~ Cassidy Younghans

4:05 pm: - 4:25 pm:

Life and Learning at Princeton Learning Cooperative

with ~ Delilah & Gabby

Workshops Group B

4:30 pm - 5:40 pm

(All Following Workshops Are 70 - Minutes In Length and Will Run Concurrently.)

Supporting Children of Color in Self Directed Education

with ~ Crystal Byrd Farmer

So You Want to Start an Educational Alternative?

with ~ Jerry Mintz

Matrix of a Learner

with ~ Tracy Hanson

Closing & Evaluation

5:40 pm: - 6:00 pm: ~ Jerry Mintz & Peter Berg