The Movement School is a program in which young people who want to radically remake society for the better:
Program structure: Movement School is a summer and year long program, with the summer pilot running from June 2021 through August 2021. Participants in movement school can:
Work on self-selected projects: Participants will be continuing involvement in current projects, designing their own projects, and/or joining existing projects of the Overstory Alliance, Cooperation Northfield, and other groups. Potential projects could involve:
- Direct action and movement-building against the Line 3 pipeline in so-called Minnesota
- Help grow the cooperative economy in Northfield (compost or a permaculture chicken farm)
- Laying the groundwork for democratically-owned renewable energy infrastructure in Minnesota
- Youth organizing and radical education
- Workplace/union organizing
Costs and Participation: Movement School is a free but unpaid program. Costs of living during the summer program, like food and transportation, are covered by the program.
Program Facilitation: This program is run as a partnership between the Overstory Alliance and Cooperation Northfield. This collaboration amplifies the capacity and perspectives of both groups.