<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Hi all,</div><div><div><br></div><div>I agree with Gemma that it'd be good to roughly stick to the adults' workshop times for our own scheduling. Still waiting to hear from Climate camp workshop team regarding these.</div><div>Having some sort of slight routine to our week sounds good, we can add a zine making session at the end of each day to the schedule if we've got enough commitment between us to make this happen. As for the morning baking, i love the idea, but we need to check 1/with central camp kitchen that this is feasible in terms of resources & use of oven and 2/that we have one adult committed for each morning. I will speak to kitchen people this weekend.</div><div><br></div><div>Finally got to grips with google docs, hope it works for you too. </div><div>You'll find a start on a
detailed list & (a very draft-ish) timetable of activities, including those offered through the main cc workshop group. Still patchy in lots of places obviously but as you know the main workshop program will be going to print very soon so we need to put something together quickly if we want ours to appear in there. Start Times of activities will be fine-tuned once we know main workshops' hours. </div><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 10pt; "><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 10pt; "><div>Please feel free to add to/edit/comment esp. regarding scheduling, ages and descriptions of contents. And if you are offering a workshop, can you let me know whether these times/days suit you and make sense ? </div><div><br></div><div>Also a couple of other points:</div><div>- Latter days of the camp
are much less filled, partly because most people seem only available before, also because i'm not sure how many kids will still be around towards the end. And it should be easy enough to advertise our last days' program during the camp itself. More importantly it leaves scope for everyone involved during the camp to self-organize the last couple of days of the kidspace, whether an action, performance or more workshops/skill-share.</div><div>- Would you like the radical childcare collective meeting to appear on the main program ? If so, when is your preferred time ?</div><div><br></div><div>& Jon, I can't remember if you said you perhaps had someone in mind for the bike maintenance workshop ? Or should I just try through Bicycology straight away ? </div><div><br></div><div>Nice meeting you all on sunday, i look forward to hearing your thoughts on the scheduling !</div><div>anaelle x</div><div><br></div><div>(Finally if anyone has any time to spare
for the most exciting email work ever, let me know, i'm happy to share ! Mainly getting in touch with various contacts in order to finalize details...)</div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 10pt; "></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "feministchildrearing@riseup.net" <feministchildrearing@riseup.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Anaelle Bouabdelli <anaelleb@yahoo.co.uk><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> workshops@climatecamp.org.uk; maddy@riseup.net; feministchildrearing@riseup.net<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 15 July, 2009 20:26:09<br><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: Kid's workshops at Climate Camp 2009<br></font><br>hi anaelle and all,<br><br>i think it def would be a good idea to schedule workshops in kidspace on<br>roughly same timetable/break sessions as the adult one.<br><br>i also really like the idea of slight routine to the day: eg. first<br>workshop every morning is baking, last worskhop of every day is zine<br>making, and then the workshops/games inbetween can be whatever.<br><br>x<br><br><br><br>> Hey Agnes & Maddy,<br>> Thanks for these, yes i think it makes sense for us to schedule them<br>> ourselves around the other kidspace activities. It is okay, i suppose, for<br>> us to get in touch directly with them to finalize details ?<br>> We're def trying to put the kidspace schedule together quickly enough for<br>> it to be printed in the main workshop program, can you let me know when<br>> you are intent on sending it to print ?<br>> I have attached a very rough &
incomplete draft so that you can feedback<br>> on the sort of info/level of details you want for inclusion in the<br>> program. It is still very patchy and awaiting feedback from others in the<br>> radical childcare collective & also pending confirmation from various<br>> contacts, including those you forwarded.<br>> Let me know what date you want it to go to press so we can decide on what<br>> we want to prioritize for publishing if need be.<br>> Also, a couple of questions:<br>> - What are the standard start, break, lunch... times you are scheduling<br>> workshops around ? Even though the kidspace works as a free open space, it<br>> might be good to have some workshop times coinciding.<br>> - Are you scheduling anything for the 27th ?<br>> anaelle x<br>><br>><br>><br>> From: "<a ymailto="mailto:workshops@climatecamp.org.uk" href="mailto:workshops@climatecamp.org.uk">workshops@climatecamp.org.uk</a>" <<a
ymailto="mailto:workshops@climatecamp.org.uk" href="mailto:workshops@climatecamp.org.uk">workshops@climatecamp.org.uk</a>><br>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:feministchildrearing@riseup.net" href="mailto:feministchildrearing@riseup.net">feministchildrearing@riseup.net</a>; <a ymailto="mailto:anaelleb@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:anaelleb@yahoo.co.uk">anaelleb@yahoo.co.uk</a><br>> Cc: <a ymailto="mailto:Maddy@riseup.net" href="mailto:Maddy@riseup.net">Maddy@riseup.net</a><br>> Sent: Monday, 13 July, 2009 22:09:23<br>> Subject: Kid's workshops at Climate Camp 2009<br>><br>><br>> Hello there,<br>><br>> I understand that the Radical Childcare Collective will be doing the Kid's<br>> space at Climate Camp this year. We've had some offers for kid's workshops<br>> that I wanted to pass on to you. I'm not sure of what the process is -<br>> should we schedule them in as we see fit or is that something you're doing<br>> around your own activities? Sorry, I'm a bit clueless
of how it is going<br>> to work. Nevertheless, here is a spreadsheet of a couple of workshop<br>> offers that have agreed to run workshops for kids (explained in emails<br>> below).<br>><br>> <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tmmyWqhoM-o1rXElOGG1aIg" target="_blank">http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tmmyWqhoM-o1rXElOGG1aIg</a><br>><br>> I hope this helps,<br>><br>> Ag<br>><br>> ----------------------------------<br>><br>> Hello Maddy,<br>><br>> Seeds could offer a workshop for kids on consensus decisionmaking. We did<br>> it last year and it was great fun, but it hadn't been very well<br>> advertised, so only had about 10 participants. It would be a mix of<br>> different games that emphasised cooperation and participatory decisions<br>> and we could take a max of 20 kids, I think (!).<br>><br>> Kathrynx<br>><br>><br>><br>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>> From: rerai org <<a ymailto="mailto:reraiorg@yahoo.com"
href="mailto:reraiorg@yahoo.com">reraiorg@yahoo.com</a>><br>> Date: 2009/7/9<br>> Subject: Re: Workshop Offer<br>> To: Beccy Talmy <<a ymailto="mailto:beccy.talmy@googlemail.com" href="mailto:beccy.talmy@googlemail.com">beccy.talmy@googlemail.com</a>><br>><br>><br>> Dear Becc,<br>> Thank you for the interesting message. It is possible that I will run<br>> the<br>> workshop the same topic for the kids.<br>> Best regards,<br>> Brighton Gwamagobe<br>><br>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>> From: Diana Trimble <<a ymailto="mailto:dianarama@hotmail..co.uk" href="mailto:dianarama@hotmail..co.uk">dianarama@hotmail..co.uk</a>><br>> Date: 2009/7/10<br>> Subject: RE: Workshop Offer<br>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:beccy.talmy@googlemail.com" href="mailto:beccy.talmy@googlemail.com">beccy.talmy@googlemail.com</a><br>><br>><br>> Hi Beccy,<br>><br>> Thanks for your email and I'm glad to know that you are interested. I just<br>> checked the
website again and verified the dates as being<br>> August 27th to September 2nd, for the England camp. I can be quite<br>> flexible<br>> in terms of availability and number of workshops and duration, especially<br>> if<br>> booked sooner rather than later. I would rather do more than less. The<br>> only<br>> restriction is that I do not do anything with my voice until after lunch.<br>> I<br>> can do movement stuff in the (late) morning.<br>><br>> My workshop(s) can definitely be all ages. One of the fun challenges of<br>> making a loud political point in public is how to be rude (funny rude,<br>> that<br>> is) without being obscene, and so be memorable and quotable whilst not<br>> running the risk of censorship. Kids understand this perfectly as it's<br>> what<br>> they strive daily to get away with in school (!), so having children<br>> present<br>> in workshops will be great, and my regular voice workshops are always all<br>> ages too, so I know they
find it fun. Kids will also act as a reminder to<br>> angrier adults present to stop at soft profanities. Pissed is OK, for<br>> example, and as it rhymes with both activist and anarchist, not to mention<br>> twist, persist, resist, catalyst, and the first two syllables of<br>> Conquistador (sort of), it's really useful in lyrics. But I digress.<br>><br>> I would also be willing to do kids-only workshops in addition to all ages,<br>> although I would need a few adult child-wranglers on hand in case they<br>> turn<br>> out to be small assassins that I cannot handle on my own. This would be<br>> great actually, as I could help the kids mould and shape their own words<br>> and<br>> moves into something they really wanted to say. They could not be<br>> dismissed<br>> as mouthpieces of their parents, but rather be empowered as young thinkers<br>> who had devised their own declaration.<br>><br>> Ideally, I'd like to give workshops daily to get the maximum
number of<br>> people trained up in some chants and moves and then culminate on a final<br>> day<br>> in a true Austin Powers meets Emma Goldman at Burning Man moment, of<br>> getting<br>> everybody whose been to the workshops, and all the people they've since<br>> taught (because that will be part of it) which will hopefully be hundreds<br>> of<br>> people, to congregate and together do an exercise in which we collectively<br>> go from being a swarming mass to a coordinated song and dance routine, by<br>> watching out for and following a few simple cues. Anybody who knows the<br>> routine should be able to count it off and get it going from anywhere, as<br>> long as a few other people are around who know it too, others will soon<br>> catch on. If everybody knows it, it should be cake. It would also be<br>> interesting to experiment with how to achieve this via flashmob or<br>> bluetooth, although I might need some technical help on that one..<br>><br>>
In any event, the ultimate objective would be to: to be able to go forth<br>> and<br>> recreate this moment/this type of moment in public situations. It's<br>> important to get the right blend of absurdity and beauty while being<br>> serious<br>> and NOT having it be mistaken that we're just all out having fun in the<br>> streets because the planet is dying, whoo-hoo par-tay! This was one of the<br>> critiques of the Drax dance that I noticed in online comments: some people<br>> thought it looked too much like pink-haired hippies having too much fun.<br>> This is a cheap shot but to be avoided. So the exact right attitude is one<br>> of the things I hope to really collaborate with participants on. I think<br>> the<br>> new post-modern political resistance has to kind of be thought of as a<br>> conceptual art-movement, with similiarly revolutionary repurcussions.<br>> Together we have to find a way to convey celebration of creativity and<br>> making
protest achingly beautiful, but so that no one could accuse us of<br>> just using the movement as an excuse to have a street party. Sombre joy in<br>> the face of hope at defeating disaster is the mood I'm going for...("but<br>> is<br>> it day or night?", my method-acting friends might ask).<br>><br>> I've already got a viral hand gesture, courtesy of Misty Oldland, and then<br>> a<br>> full-body variation of it (think YMCA only CO2 NO) that I adapted with<br>> aerial photography in mind, that I am hoping to spread as well as some<br>> really catchy chants and dances. But the best stuff is sure to come out of<br>> collaboration with participants - that's the main goal. I've got some<br>> research about the Estonian Singing Revolution, Football Chanting, Elias<br>> Canetti's "Crowds and Power", Starhawk's "magical activism", the Black<br>> Power<br>> fist at the Olympics, and other historical and practical examples of<br>> fervour, mood, and public
sentiment and even regime change being directed<br>> by<br>> mass occurrences of people's coordinated (peaceful) action.. The role of<br>> song/slogan, physical gesture and visual symbolism can't be overestimated<br>> in<br>> the history of human affairs, from the Swastika to advertising to the<br>> peace<br>> symbol. Either in addition to or during my workshops, I would like there<br>> to<br>> be an opportunity for all to discuss this history and the tools we can<br>> master from studying it.<br>><br>> Hope to hear from you soon, hope this wasn't too much detail, I figured<br>> the<br>> more the better and wasn't certain as to how much I'd gone into on the<br>> original form.<br>><br>> Best wishes,<br>> Diana Rosalind Trimble<br><span>> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myspace.com/dianarosa">www.myspace.com/dianarosa</a></span><br>><br>><br>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>> From: ~ wolfe ~ <<a
ymailto="mailto:wolfe.oooo@googlemail.com" href="mailto:wolfe.oooo@googlemail.com">wolfe.oooo@googlemail.com</a>><br>> Date: 2009/7/10<br>> Subject: Re: Workshop Offers<br>> To: Beccy <<a ymailto="mailto:beccy.talmy@googlemail.com" href="mailto:beccy.talmy@googlemail.com">beccy.talmy@googlemail.com</a>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Hey Beccy<br>><br>> Yeah I know its a tough one doing all the workshop logistics... great that<br>> y'all up[ for it, very exciting...<br>><br>> If you wanna leave one out- oi'd leave the chi kung its weird hippy shit<br>> lol<br>> ;-) art will be tricky due to materials, the main one I wanna do is the<br>> meditation, but if the network of engaged buddhists are doing that I'll<br>> happily stand aside...<br>><br>> I can do the meditation and art/perfomance/ritaul/whatever... with kids,<br>> but<br>> I'd like to have one or two helpers, so its not just me and the kids for<br>> child protection issues,, to keep them and me safe.
Thats important and of<br>> course parents can come.<br>><br>> But I am easy whatever...<br>><br>> whatever helps really, no great need to do any of them but you appeared to<br>> be short of workshops!?<br>><br>> love and riots<br>><br>> wolfe<br>> generosity ~ wonder ~ irreverence ~ anarchy ~ naughtiness<br>><br>><br>><br><br><br></div></div><div style="position:fixed"></div></div><br>
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