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DECOLONIZING R.E.P. PRACTICES


RACE EDUCATION PARENTING

WHERE in the world will ELN be next?!

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Philly Free School's
Self-Directed Education Forum
​April 17, 2021
Want to learn more about SDE in Philly?
Join us for the Self-Directed Education Forum hosted by Philly Free School! A panel of representatives from various Self-Directed Education spaces will explain their educational philosophies and take audience questions.
Panelists include:

Philly Free School - Philly ALC - Natural Creativity Center
​Panel discussion and Q&A will be moderated by Maleka Diggs, youth advocate, equity and inclusion trainer, presenter, and founder of the Eclectic Learning Network.
Click here to sign up!
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Service in Uncertainty
​PA Museums 2021 Conference
April 19 - 23, 2021
Panel discussion and Q&A will be moderated by Maleka Diggs, youth advocate, equity and inclusion trainer, presenter, and founder of the Eclectic Learning Network.If you're a museum professional, this is a MUST attend event.
The PA Museums Annual Conference offers museum professionals an interactive forum for the exchange of ideas, professional networking and discussion of trends in the museum field. The event is an excellent opportunity for professionals to reconnect and recharge as well as learn from colleagues.
Click here to learn more and register!

Ongoing Offerings

DECOLONIZING R.E.P. PRACTICES TRAINING SERIES

Curated to meet individuals, groups, and organizations where they are. From private coaching to professional development, we will explore how perpetuating colonizing tactics and behaviors impact our R.E.P. (race, education, parenting) practices and ways to shift barriers toward invitations centered on community, connection, and awareness through multisensory and self-directed learning approaches. As you feel through these offerings, if you have any questions, email maleka@eclecticlearningnetwork.com

1:1 & Group Coaching (adults & parents) 
  • ​Shifting Learning Pathways
  • Deschooling - Shedding our Sh!t
  • Partnership-based Parenting
  • ​Starting your own liberation-centered community
Book a 1:1 Chat Session

OR

Book a Group Chat Session
Group Rates

Learning Institutions
  • ​Museums
  • Parks
  • Recreational Centers​​
SDE/Unschooling Centers & Communities
Schools K-12, Colleges, and Universities (public & private)
  • ​​Professional Development Training Series
  • Listening Campaigns & Workshops (adults & young people)
  • Parenting Support​
If you are interested in bringing this work to your organization, click the button below to learn more and schedule a Potential Partner Chat!
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Learn More!

Developing A Disruptor's Ear Workbook - Self-work

A workbook for learning how to listen (despite schoolishness and pervasive whiteness) and what to do with what you're hearing.
Identifying the characteristics, patterns, and problematic outcomes of harmful, normalized practices, plus:
  • Operating beyond the fear of being wrong or offensive
  • Proactive ways to avoid anti-Blackness and other dominant behaviors
  • Discovering language for conveying your needs as a BIPOC family in a predominantly white SDE space
  • Knowing what to do or say when your attempts to heal, actually end up hurting
  • Being in community with groups of people you didn’t grow up seeing or knowing much about
Learn more and GET STARTED!
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Photo of Maleka Diggs
Maleka Diggs, Eclectic Learning Network
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Akilah S. Richards, Raising Free People Network

HERMAN STREET ART CLUB (PHILLY ONLY)

Herman Street Art Club is a mobile arts program that builds and creates a community of creativity and fun, live, virtual learning activities, and some in-person experiences based in Philadelphia PA.
  • Geared to young people 8 - 13 years of age with mixed-age or grouped age activities for individual families or groups​
  • Offers a wide variety of program modules, developed for families or individual participants to engage from home​
  • Centers creative problem solving - combining found objects with our material "Art Packs," sent or delivered directly to homes by HSAC teaching artists'.​
  • After completing a 90 - 120-minute online session, introducing a material, a concept, and practicing together, young artists can carry on the work between sessions, according to interest, speed, and imagination. 
  • Space is provided for artists to focus on going deep with their project, making multiples, or using as an anchor to create a masterpiece.
Learn More!

DESCHOOLING ISSA THING GLOBAL MEETUP

A global, monthly, virtual meetup for caregivers who are committed to exploring ways to shift their parenting practices. We will focus on liberatory approaches that center healing and learning as a lifestyle as well as explore the impact and intersection of parenting, education, and race. ​

When stepping into anything new or outside of our comfort zones, a transition period is always a good way to go. We see it in so many areas, taking on a new job position, getting to know someone, sending our young people to school or not school and much more. The idea that there is a predefined timeline to decondition and acclimate oneself to a new learning pathway is schoolish is itself. If you decide to join our group, we'll get into what schoolishness means and how it shows beyond the walls of colonized education.
Learn More!

Events & Conferences

If you're interested in bringing ELN to your next event or conference, please click the button below to submit your request. Please inquiry at least 3 - 6 months before the event date. 
Request ELN at your next gathering!

COMMUNITY

Deschooling: Issa Thing Meetup
1:1 Chat Sessions
Decolonizing R.E.P. Practices​Developing A Disruptor's Ear Workbook
Supporting Parents Webinar Series
​I.O.T.A. (It's Okay To Ask)

CONNECTION

Back Story
Media
Sustainability
Connect

AWARENESS

Raising Free People Network (Decolonizing Work)
Growing Minds (South Africa)
​​​Philly Children's Movement (Racial Equity)
My Reflection Matters (Online Learning Community)
ASDE (Alliance for Self-Directed Education)
PHAA(​Pennsylvania Homeschoolers Accreditation Agency)
​MTA Austin & Associates (Financial Wealth)

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  • Welcome
  • Community
    • Sustenance >
      • Menu of Offerings
      • Herman Street Art Club >
        • HSAC Program Overview
        • HSAC Previous Works
      • Webinar Series >
        • Supporting Parents During and Beyond Uncertain Times
      • Deschooling: It's A Thing
      • I.O.T.A It's Okay to Ask
      • Decolonizing R.E.P. Practices Training
  • Connection
    • Sustainability
    • Connect
  • Awareness
    • BackStory
    • Values & Philosophy
    • Media
  • MERCH
  • 2020 - 2021 PA EVALS