Next Thursday, assuming I can keep the panic attacks at bay, I’ll be conducting live exit interviews in front of a raucous, beer-swilling crowd at Conor O’Neills, as part of Concentrate Media’s moderately-distinguished speaker series. (It’s free, and open to the public, but, if you’d like to attend, you need to register in advance.) Here, […]
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Johnny Lupinacci on this week’s “Activism and Education: A Celebration at EMU” activities
I just heard about a big student activism event taking place this Thursday and Friday on the campus of EMU, and reached out the organizers with a few questions. What follows is my exchange with EMU doctoral student Johnny Lupinacci. MARK: Can you tell me a little about this event coming up at EMU? JOHNNY: […]
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Ann Arbor Free School DIY Fest to be held this afternoon
While I think I’m a little to old, angry and anti-social to participate personally, I thought that I’d pass along the following information about today’s workshops being offered by the folks at the Ann Arbor Free Skool. For those of you unfamiliar with the whole the free skool movement, here’s how the Ann Arbor group […]
Posted in Ann Arbor Also tagged anti-consumerism, Basilosaurus, bike repair, community potlucks, consumerism, DIY, Do-It-Yourself Fest, Dr. Device, free lunch, free school, free skool, Free Speech, Future Genies, Ghoulie, guerrilla gardening, hippies, hippy college town, Luther House, Patrick Elkins, Philip Gingerich, radical sustainability, resources in the community, skill-based workshops, skillshare, social justice, Sustainability, University of Michigan natural history museum, vegan, whales, workshop 11 Comments