
Upcoming Events

SAVE THE DATE:
5th Annual Fund-Raiser for FCLC
[on Zoom]
Thursday, June 2, 2022 | 6:15-7:15 pm PST
Come for the stories! We will hear from educators Sarah Zegree of Evanston Township High School, Illinois, Poonam Patel of Niles West High School, Illinois, and Luís Rodriguez of Chicago Public Schools, Illinois. Please grab a beverage from your fridge and join this free Zoom event to connect with kindred spirits and hear about FCLC’s impact this year and future plans!

ONGOING “Parenting” Workshop
[on Zoom]
Thursday nights | April 28 – June 16, 2021 | 4:30-7:00 pm PST
(Summer break: June 16 – September 8, 2022)
The name of our parenting workshop may soon be evolving into “How do we all get along together?” because it transcends conversations on raising our children. Every Thursday evening, our group of parents and teachers gather on Zoom for a discussion on readings from the book Children: The Challenge by Rudolf Driekurs. More information
Not sure if it’s the right fit for your family? RSVP & Join us anytime. Your 1st & 2nd sessions are free!
democratic Classroom Leadership
Summer Institute 2022 [on Zoom]
Level 1
August 1 – 5, 2022 | Five 3-hour sessions
This interactive workshop engages educators to explore hands-on restorative strategies to build democratic classrooms for all learners. By decentering whiteness and addressing white supremacy culture and by shifting from a “power-over” to a “power-with” framework, educators learn to co-create a learning community with their students where all can find a place of belonging. Educators learn to operationalize culturally responsive teaching resulting in students taking ownership of their learning in unprecedented ways: ELL students acquire language and content with greater facility; all students build 21st Century skills–collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking. Workshop participants learn a strength-based pedagogy that recognizes agency in all kinds of students, creating a space for them to become engaged leaders in the classroom and beyond.
June 21-23 & August 8-9, 2022 | Five 2-hour sessions
Mon, 6/21 Day 1: COMMUNITY
Building Community on the Positive
Towards a Community & Content & Assessment Tapestry
Tues, 6/22 Day 2: ROLES & BELONGING
How can I do Class Roles that don’t just fade away?
Deep exploration into recognizing precise moments for your leaps of faith past your Oppressive Adultist Bias
Wed, 6/23 Day 3: WEEKLY MEETING CIRCLES
Weekly Meeting Circles – the critical elements that transform communities
Restorative practices: beyond reward/punishment as means of “control”
Mon, 8/8 Day 4: COLLECTIVISM
Collectivism: Putting them in the same boat
Antidotes to White supremacy cultural characteristics
Tues, 8/9 Day 5: CO-CONSPIRATORSHIP
Your higher calling: To whom & to what do you answer?
Criticality
Beyond the classroom: the necessity for supporting one another thru the grind of the year and performative allyship into Abolitionist solidarity

It has been difficult to set our date given Shubanker’s demanding schedule. Once the date has been sent, you will receive a SAVE THE DATE.
This summer, Christopher will moderate a panel discussion on Defending the Arctic Refuge: A Photographer, An Indigenous Nation, and a Fight for Environmental Justice featuring:
- Shubanker Banjeree, internationally renowned photographer, conservationist, writer, and scholar, and conservationist
- Finis Dunaway, author and historian of Defending the Arctic Refuge
- Norma Kassi, Gwich’in Nation leader, winner of the Goldman environmental Prize, former Canadien legislator
- Jeff Barrie, Executive Director of Tennesee Environmental Council
What do we Arctic defenders all share in common? We were all in Finis Dunaway’s recently published book about the fight to protect the Arctic Refuge. (Defending the Arctic Refuge just awarded the Spur Award for Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction by the Western Writers of America). Find out more about permanently protecting the Arctic Refuge https://defendingthearcticrefuge.com/
Featured Work of Full Circle Leadership Center

MSAN Intersectional Social Justice Collaborative 2021-22
“Your story matters because you have the ability to tell a story different from the ones we’ve been brainwashed to believe!” Dr. Bettina Love told 300+ middle and Corrie Wallace & Christopher Fontana partnered for their second year in a row to design and co-facilitate a year-long conference for some 250+ Middle and high school students and 50+ educators from across 13 states across the country. The students and educators participated in an integrated interdisciplinary experience that affirmed their intersecting identities as they explored implicit bias, race, power, and systems of oppression. Participants explored their roles in making a positive impact on their school community while engaging in an action research project which they presented at the spring social justice fair. They met monthly over the 2021-22 school year and heard powerful keynotes from Dr. Dave Stovall, one of the foremost thinkers of CRT (Critical Race Theory) and Dr. Bettina Love, one of the country’s most powerful Abolitionist educators among others.