2009 Spring Community Development Institute

Posted on 30. Mar, 2009 by admin in SPT News

April 23 – April 25, 2009
200 King Street East
George Brown College’s St. James Campus
(Jarvis and King)

The Spring 2009 Community Development Institute gives workers in the social service sector and activists in the community sector:

• An opportunity to gain real support for their efforts
• To learn or revisit theoretical and foundational knowledge
• Share and transform their experiences and learnings in the field
• Unpack, analyze, and synthesize their feelings and attitudes going into the work or coming out of their experiences
• Network for greater coordination and movement building
• Have fun with others who are doing similar or complementary work

Guest Speakers

• Alison Mathie – Participatory development educator, speaking about Moses Coady and the Antigonish movement: cooperatives and community development in Canada
• D’Arcy Martin – Educator and unionist, speaking about Paulo Freire (“Pedagogy of the Oppressed”) on popular education, democratic participation, and community organizing
• Deborah Barndt – Popular educator and artist, speaking about Myles Horton and the Highlander Center he founded to organize workers and communities for democracy in action

To register online goto: www.torontocdi.ca