Democracy School: Laying the Foundation for Asserting Community Rights!

DEMOCRACY SCHOOL: "Why Democratic Self-Government is Impossible When Corporations Wield Constitutional Rights Against Communities to Deny The Rights of People"
[Interview with Thomas Linzey]

Created by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) and Richard Grossman, co-founder of the Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy (POCLAD), Democracy Schools were launched with five weekend sessions at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in 2003. Since then, the number of schools has grown rapidly. In 2007, there are well over a dozen locations across the country offering Democracy Schools, including the San Francisco schools hosted by Global Exchange!



Information:

  • New material for 2009 covered in 1 day instead of 3
  • Classes limited to 25 people of all interests and occupations.
  • Limited scholarships are available.
  • 150 page manual of readings mailed 2 weeks before course.
  • Snacks, breakfast and lunch provided.

    Upcoming Schools:

    There are currently no upcoming schools scheduled in California but please check back to this site for announcements on future schools. Or, contact Shannon Biggs, Director of the Community Rights program by e-mail: shannon@globalexchange.org, or by phone, (415) 575-5540.

    Reviews:

    "If you take no other training this year, do the Democracy School. It is a superlative unfolding revelation of how corporations have hijacked democracy. It meticulously deconstructs the historical arc that brought us to this precipice. But most importantly, it then departs into the highly pragmatic and inspiring work now underway that is slowly turning the tide. . . This Second American Revolution may be the most important political work going on anywhere in the country or the world."
    -Kenny Ausubel '05,
    Founder and Co-Executive Director, Bioneers

    "Democracy School was a mind-blowing experience. During the School, I was forced to come to grips with the understanding that I really knew very little about the true structure of law that controls our activism. Democracy School is a must for everyone who seeks to be liberated from our defensive, after-the-fact reactive organizing strategies."
    -Krishnaveni Gundu, '05,
    Calhoun County (TX) Resource Watch