The Unschool Files Meghan

in the 7th episode of the second season, Meghan is speaking with two people from the Seattle Flying Squad. A teen named Everest and facilitator Susan. Everest + Susan explain what flying squads are, how they communicate as a squad, what it’s like out in public during school hours and the ways adults always think they know better! it’s a good one, and you won’t want to miss it 🤌🏼

Head to https://www.flyingsquads.org to learn more and find a flying squad near you - if you don’t see one, start one!
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In this episode, you're going to hear from Chemay Morales James - a multi talented organizer and space holder, unschool Mama and Founder of My Reflection Matters Village.
She tells us all about how they came to unschooling as a family and what led her to create MRM and the way it grew from a culturally responsive resource library to a Village!

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in the 5th episode of season 2, a series on SDE spaces and the tools and frameworks they use to meet the unique needs of their communities; Meghan chatted with Mel Compo about Agile Learning Centers and their beautiful story of partnering with youth, finding their self and belonging at ALC New York.



About Agile Learning Centers: agilelearningcenters.org

ALF Trainings: alf.agilelearningcenters.org

in episode 4 of the community care series, Meghan spoke with two people from Zena Democratic School (formerly Hudson Valley Sudbury School) and the conversation is a MASSIVE 2+ hour episode! they talk all about the Sudbury model as a staff member and student, you get a clear understanding of the model as it was first practiced in the original Sudbury Valley School and the ways the Zena has made shifts.  they discuss several topics deeply, really try to offer balance drop some f bombs and definitely have a lot of fun! they even tackle giving kids the vote! Its a good listen and worth the time, even if you have to break it up in chunks.

e-mail Charlie at 22morsec@gmail.com is you wanna have a juicy convo about anything he mentioned
find Zena Democratic School here
https://www.zenademocraticschool.org
information on and from the original Sudbury Valley School 
⁠https://sudburyvalley.org/theory⁠
article Charlie mentioned on Sudbury Schools and Neo Liberal Ideology
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1478210315610256
second article charlie mentioned from Tipping Points
https://www.self-directed.org/tp/the-first-prison/
Register to Vote in the US here
https://vote.gov
Exploring Children's Suffrage- Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Ageless Voting
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-14541-4
Check out the Children's Voting Colloquium
https://www.childrenvoting.org

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in episode 3 of the series on Community Care within SDE, meghan spoke with Cassidy Younghans. Cassidy speaks about her extensive time interning in various SDE spaces across models and her takeaways that have shaped Wild Roots Learning Community. they cover so many aspect of being in community and even start brainstorming and dreaming up ideas!

•Find Cassidy at Cassidyyounghans.com
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•Get your copy of Issue 5 of The Unschool Files Community Zine at theunschoolfiles.com/zine

in episode 2 of season 2, meghan shares a conversation she had with Alexander Khost after his reading of his article, (Self- Directed) Education is a Political Act for episode 1 - they discuss so much that the chat went well over an hour! tune in to hear a big discussion about, the way society sees children, youth rights, and some nuances that may have been missed around the way education of all flavors and types does infact shape a young persons political lens in our geopolitical world. we tie our conversation together with the ask that other adults see young people as colleagues. 
Email Alex at AKHOST@gmail.com
You can find Alex’s writing on, tipping points https://www.self-directed.org/tp/education-is-a-political-act/
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