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Coming in August: ISE’s 40th Birthday!

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CALLING ALL FRIENDS, ALUMNI, FELLOW TRAVELERS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE ISE!

 Help celebrate 40 years of radical education, community organizing, land-based learning, and revolutionary visions of the future with the Institute for Social Ecology:

When:  August 15-17, 2014

Where:  Marshfield & Plainfield, Vermont

Cost:  Sliding scale of $150-$250 for the weekend, or whatever you can afford.

See below for tentative schedule and registration information.

We will bring together veterans of ISE programs past with students and young radicals who continue carrying on and improving our vision.  Come join the fun and help the ISE continue to raise less (GMO) corn and more (capitalism-smashing) hell!

The weekend will feature panels, readings, presentations and intergenerational dialogue on topics including a history of the ISE, radical movements from Seattle to Occupy, transforming the food system, education for a free society, theoretical explorations, and what’s next for social ecology.  We’ll also be showing a video by Paul McIsaac, and screening a trailer by Joe Bookchin for the new Murray Bookchin documentary.

Panelists and presenters include Dan Chodorkoff, Peter Sills, Blair Taylor, Brooke Lehman, Negesti Cantave, Matt Leonard, Grace Gershuny, Brian Tokar, Bea Bookchin, Joey Klein, Joseph Keifer, Erin Lingo, Kathleen Kesson, Bob Spivey, Martin Kemple, Chaia Heller, Peter Staudenmaier, Peter Prontzos, Damian White, Eleanor Finley, and others…maybe you??

All this and a public dance party fundraiser at the Plainfield Town Hall on Saturday night!

Delicious healthy meals, including a big outdoor barbeque, will be catered by Charlotte Faulstick.

** Please bring your  stories of amusing experiences or adventures at the ISE, favorite quotes from Murray Bookchin, and updates on how you have brought the ideas of Social Ecology into your life and work. If you cannot join us, please send us a message about your own activities, thoughts and vision for Social Ecology.  We will share it – written, video or audio – with the group and post it on the web site (unless you request otherwise). **

Contact us at social-ecology@mail.mayfirst.org to support or cosponsor this event, help make it happen, or just get back in touch with the Institute.  Camping space is available – Here is some information on other possible accommodations for the event.

HOPE TO SEE YOU IN AUGUST!!

Please pre-register if you are coming!  Download this registration form and email it to social-ecology@mail.mayfirst.org.

Tentative schedule for the ISE 40th anniversary:

Friday, August 15th

1-3 pm   Arrivals

4-5:30    Welcoming circle

6 pm      Dinner

7:30        ISE History presentations & slides – Dan Chodorkoff & Brian Tokar

8:30       Videos by Paul McIsaac (Occupy & nonviolence) and Joe Bookchin (trailer for forthcoming Murray Bookchin documentary)

Sat., August 16th

8 am            Breakfast

9:30-11        Social Ecology & Education panel, convened by Kathleen Kesson

11:15-12:45  Theory panel, convened by Bea Bookchin

1 pm           Lunch

2-3:30        Seattle to Occupy: Movement Legacies panel, convened by Blair Taylor

4-5:30       Food Systems panel, convened by Grace Gershuny

6 pm          Dinner

8 pm          Celebration at the Plainfield Town Hall, with video, Cajun music and more!

Sun., August 17th

9 am           Breakfast

10-10:45     Reading: Peter Sills from his new book, Toxic War, on the legacy of Agent Orange

11-12:15       Future of Social Ecology panel, with Eleanor Finley and Negesti Cantave

12:15 pm     Lunch and group photos

1:30-3 pm   ISE Annual meeting