iWitness Archive - 2010
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Venturing ForthJuly 8, 2010 In this issue, we look at Woolman Semester students who have gone out in the world to make a difference. Here are some of their thoughts and stories. To see more amazing work by Woolman alumni, please visit our new student projects page for a small but growing showcase. |
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You Are InvitedMay 27, 2010 This is an exciting and poignant time of year at Woolman. Our spring semester students are finishing their studies and preparing for the transition home. It is sad to contemplate losing them, with their incredible energy, enthusiasm, and passion for creating a better world. To see them share some of the amazing work they have done this semester, come to baccalaureate this Friday at 7:30pm. And please join us for the graduation ceremony this Saturday at 9am, to hear students and teachers speak about what this semester has meant to them.We also have some exciting events coming up. June 20-25 you can join us for the first ever Woolman Intensive, a week-long workshop for adults focusing on community, permaculture, and nonviolent communication. The following week is our popular Family Work Camp, a week of fun not to be missed. And in July Sierra Friends Camp takes off again with a summer of adventures for 9-14 year olds. |
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Food, Water and HousingMarch 24, 2010 These three basic necessities have been the recent focus of Woolman Semester classes. Environmental Science has been diving in to the issue of water rights: who gets to drink it, and who gets to control it. Their unit culminated in a mock court-hearing about the use of our local watershed, the Yuba River.Food and housing were the themes of our two service trips: one group of students traveled to Visalia, where they worked alongside soon-to-be homeowners with Self-Help, an organization that helps people in need build their own homes. The other group worked in Sacramento with Soilborn Farm to grow fresh organic procuce for inner-city residents. They also helped Harvest Sacramemnto to glean fruit that would otherwise go to waste from backyard fruit trees. They then spent a day at the Sacramento Food Bank, distributing the food they had helped gather. |
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Place, Power and ParticipationFebruary 21, 2010 The spring semester has just begun, and already so much has happened. Students spent their first week hiking, doing service, and learning about coastal ecology at Jughandle Ecological Staircase. Then classes started: Global Issues began by looking at citizenship and participation, Peace Studies examined structures of power, and Environmental Science studied the meaning of "place." This issue presents a sampling of students engagement with these concepts and experiences. |