An online school for social justice - with video courses that teach you how to persist, insist and resist
Front page of School of Social Justice
The social entrepreneur Alvin Carpio - who worked with the WEF on his Fourth Group project - has now created a new, online educational venue - The School of Social Justice. As Alvin explains in his tweet below:
From their about page:
Learn from people who have changed the world.
We share the lessons and experiences of campaigners, innovators, pioneers, activists, and leaders, so that you can go on and address the major problems of our time, and help make society fairer.
Our mission is to teach 10,000 people how to impact the lives of 100,000 people each, so that 1 billion people’s lives are improved.
We strive to create a world where people can learn the skills, tools, strategies, and tactics that have changed the world, so that anyone can make a difference.
Their curriculum of interviews is rich - and we see an old friend at the top of them:
MARY VALIAKAS Teaches how stories can be more powerful than data Learn
JAMES SANCTO Teaches the power of volunteering Learn
SARAH WEBSTER Teaches the transformative power of education Learn
CHRIS BAUGH Teaches the importance of physical health and balance Learn
ABIODUN OLATOKUN Teaches law for good and citizenship Learn
SOPHIA DANNER-OKOTIE Teaches how businesswomen can make impact Learn
METE COBAN MBE Teaches how local politics and youth can create change Learn
ALYSSA PETERSEL Teaches mental health and social justice Learn
LIZZ WARNER Teaches how viral content can influence people Learn
JOSEPHINE LIANG Teaches food sustainbility Learn
KAT TCHERNAVSKIKH Teaches change in the fashion economy Learn
KIRK-ANTHONY HAMILTON Teaches how the Caribbean was transformed by entrepreneurship Learn
TEANN HASSELL Teaches social justice in the world’s most expensive country Learn
OTHELLO D'SOUZA Teaches art and identity Learn
ADE ADEYEMI MBE Teaches health justice and making a difference Learn
DANIEL BOTCHERBY Teaches LGBTQ+ mental health and entrepreneurship Learn
JASMINE LAWRENCE Teaches the power of belief, family, and innovation Learn
LIAM WHITE Teaches the links between food and social justice Learn
UTKARSH AMITABH Teaches mentoring and philosophy Learn
KANISHKA NARAYAN Teaches the importance of finance in achieving justice Learn
THERESA YUNG Teaches the risks of activist burnout Learn
JON LO Teaches social enterprise and inclusive capitalism Learn
MAREK KUBIK Teaches energy storage, leadership, and environmental sustainability Learn
More here. We’ll be watching to see how this develops - there’s a lot of activity in creating alternative but substantive platforms of a/v content (exemplified by Jim Garrison’s Ubiquity University, or Waterbear, or Means TV.). And keep a watch on our own explorations into an Alternative Media System.