Home-schooling & Un-schooling:
Discussion about the differences between traditional Homeschooling models and the new community-oriented Learning Pod model. Do it yourself mindset and small business owner’s perspective on starting a local community education program.
Freedom Family Community Development:
Discussion about staying connected through tough times and creating resilience by finding common ground, looking out for each other, and supporting a more self-sustaining community centred around the needs of local families.
Hila Russ-Woodland | Co-Founder, Facilitator, Mother: With over 20 years of teaching and facilitating experience, Hila has been leading educational programs for all ages including Learning Pods alternative schooling for 6 - 26 children and youth and camps devoted to dialogue & peacemaking through creative arts. In the past 10 years, she has run these programs outdoors and indoor licensed spaces generating up to $60,000 per year
Michael Fraser | Co-Founder, Facilitator, Father: In a time where we need support as we feel excluded from the tribe, Michael comes with personal experience in overcoming the grief of being alienated from his family over beliefs. Through the arts, Michael has coached musicians to a higher sense of authenticity and emotional alignment. In the courses he facilitates, Michael transmutes pain into power! Empowerment is his ultimate goal for musicians, teachers, and children of this earth (that of which we are all)