AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Play & Learning
GOALS
Quality Education, Reduced Inequality
KEYWORDS
education, minorities, indigenous, black lives matter
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Slow Factory Foundation
WEBSITE
https://slowfactory.foundation/open-education
Open Education
Equity-Centred Education for minority communities
Equity-Centered Education for Black, Brown, Indigenous and minority ethnic communities taught by Black, Brown, Indigenous and minority ethnic scholars, thinkers and educators
Equity-Centred Education: education that acknowledges power structures and historical social context as a key driver of any topic. Focusing on free and open accessibility, ECE initiatives are typically offered without academic admission requirements and distributed online. Open education broadens access to learning and training traditionally offered through formal education systems or corporate programs that are inaccessible to most people.
In April 2020, Slow Factory hosted a 4-part “crash course” in Sustainability Literacy. We annouced on a Monday, and on Friday 1,500 people tuned in, engaged and learned about sustainability at the intersection of environmental and social justice. We are fundraising to allow us to run community-centric Open Education programs.