30 and 40 years ago, the Minnesota Free University rode the first wave of the counter-culture or alternative culture. In those radical years, thousands of people gathered in hundreds of Free University classes each year. 5,000 copies of the quarterly bulletin, The FreeYou, were printed and distributed. During its most popular years, the bulletin appeared monthly.

Learn winter bicycle commuting tips, outfit your bicycle for winter riding, and build studded tires with Sibley Bike Depot!

Join us Nov 13-14 to get ideas and talk to Joel Krogstad about gear/clothes and John Carlson about DIY studded tires construction (materials for construction will be available for purchase at Sibley during the class).

The schedule is as follows:
Friday
3-5pm -- open shop for winter bike conversion
5-6pm -- seminar on winter biking gear and clothes

Saturday
1-5pm -- making studded tires

Name of facilitator: Jason Tanzman

Address: Sibley Bike Depot, 712 University Avenue, St. Paul MN 55104 www.bikeped.org

E-mail: classes@bikeped.org Phone: 612-232-2737

Course description:

Registration for this class is now closed! Sorry, we'd love to let everybody in but our shop is just too small. Keep an eye out for classes (possibly in Nov/Dec?) and be sure to register early next time!!!

Facilitator: Lisa Peterson-de la Cueva, Neighborhoods Editor/Community Outreach at the Twin Cities Daily Planet
Address: 2600 E. Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55406
E-mail: peterson.delacueva@gmail.com

Course description:
Journalism takes practice, and this introduction offers ways to get started writing and assignments that will put class lessons into practice. The four sessions will include:
1) a brief introduction to print and on-line journalism; identifying and surfacing story ideas and focusing stories; finding information and triangulating sources;

*** Please continue to enroll for this class! There were not enough people to run the class but it will be open for enrollment on a rolling basis until enough people are enrolled to make it go. Please contact the teacher if you are interested in taking this class. ***

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The Indigenous Imperative
Facilitator: Ray Tricomo
Contact: 651-714-0288
When / Where: Wednesday 6-8pm, Macalester College, Old Main Rm. 010
Start Date: Rolling Enrollment

Description:

Facilitators: Lesley Kadish, Jaime Haire

E-mail: Lesley.kadish[at]mnhs.org, jaime.haire[at]gmail.com

Phone: 651 245 2333

Facilitators: Cheri Honkala, Ann Patterson, Deeq Abdi
E-mail: Ann_p11@yahoo.com
Course description: This class with take you through the history of the fight for bringing human rights home to the US. In this class you will also learn about the growing movement to end poverty and learn how to do economic human rights documentation. The class will include documentaries, written materials and speakers. Come learn about our organizing model and how you can make a difference.
Class Time: TBD
Class Dates: TBD

Movement Building Series (from Headwaters Foundation)
It’s a common misconception that social movements occur spontaneously. Although usually requiring a spark to emerge into the public eye, movements result from decades of conscious and persistent grassroots movement building efforts. Bring a lunch and get ready to cultivate your movement building strategies in an empowering, creative and supportive community.

Schedule:

Fundraising Series (from the Headwaters Foundation):
Headwaters created this seven-part series to benefit grassroots fundraisers at all skill levels and experience. Bring a lunch and join others—you’ll be exercising your fundraising skills in a fun, safe and supportive environment.

Location: All Brown Bags are held at Philips Eco Enterprise Center, 2801 21st Ave South, Mpls.

Schedule:

Facilitators: Tempestt Gilmore, Sarah Minkoff

E-mail: sminkoff@macalester.edu Phone: