2009 SF FREEDOM SCHOOL PROGRAM
last updated JULY 27, 2009
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COME WHEN YOU CAN – DROP BY! – Free and Open sessions

Saturdays 10 am – 4 pm

ST. FRANCIS LUTHERAN CHURCH
Parish Hall, 152 CHURCH STREET, San Francisco

9:45: continental breakfast (free)
Mornings: Guest speakers, short films and discussions about the history
Pot Luck Lunch: hanging out
Afternoons: Discussions/activities exploring general principles of organizing

Resources: Film and Book library, plus weekly supplemental readings

Wednesdays 6:30 - 8 PM at Cafe International (Haight and Fillmore)
Discussions led by SFFS staff on the relevant applications to today of the history discussed during the previous Saturday.
Attendance at previous Saturday not required.

Saturday Schedule

JULY 11 — Setting the Stage –
Guest Speakers: Chude Allen and Wazir Peacock
Building the relationships, structures, coalitions and hope upon which the Southern Freedom Movement would depend: 1877-1954
Afternoon Activity: Social Movement Bingo using SFFS Timeline

JULY 18 — The Montgomery Bus Boycott –
Morning Guest Performer: Awele Makeba
The emergence of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the creation of the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC): 1955-57
Afternoon movie and discussion: Boycott

JULY 25 — Sit-Ins and the Freedom Riders –
Mornin Guest Speaker: Jean Wiley
The importance of nonviolent direct action and the creation of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC): 1958-62
Afternoon activity: SFFS Board game, then discussion comparing the factors that contributed to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Nashville Sit-ins and the Oscar Grant Movement (as illustrated through board games).

AUGUST 1 — The Struggle over Strategy and Tactics –
Morning Activity with Mike Miller
Mississippi and Alabama: 1960-64
Afternoon Guest speaker and discussion facilitator: Hoover Liddell (his 2009 report to the School Board on the resegregation of SFUSD)

SUMMARY OF AUGUST 1 -- with Wednesday night discussion questions and content

AUGUST 8 — From Civil Rights to Black Power –
Morning Guest Speaker: Stu House (SNCC, COFO, 1964-67, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama)
From Selma, Alabama to Oakland, California: 1962-68
Afternoon Guest Speaker and discussion facilitator: David Frias, SF Living Wage Coalition

AUGUST 15 — Did The Movement End? –
Morning Guest Speaker: Phil Hutchings (last chair of SNCC)
What was accomplished, what continued, and what still needs to be done?
Afternoon “Fishbowl” with current activist leaders (TBD) facilitated by Awele Makeba