Job Opportunity: Summer Instructor at Chicago Freedom School

This could be a great opportunity for an art therapist to do community-based social justice work:

http://chicagofreedomschool.org/get-involved

Job Opportunity:

2011 Summer Instructor

The Chicago Freedom School is seeking instructors who will design and lead 24-hour courses for youth ages 14 – 17 enrolled in the 2011 Freedom Fellowship Summer Leadership Institute. Instructors will design creative and engaging 1-week courses that emphasize the real life experience of young people as well as address a pressing social justice issue. The teaching week is August 1 – 5, 2011. The deadline for proposals is May 13, 2011. If interested, please download the Request for Course Proposals.

About Chicago Freedom School:
The Chicago Freedom School provides a space where young people and adult allies can study the work of past movements, deepen their understanding of current social problems, build new coalitions and develop strategies for change. We support new generations of critical and independent thinking young people who use their unique experiences and power to create a just world.

We envision a world that supports, respects and values the work and perspectives of young people. We see communities filled with youth and adults who engage with one another about ideas that matter the most to them and who learn and grow from this engagement. We believe that the world can learn from its mistakes and it can be free of all forms of oppression.