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FREE Online Seminar
April 23rd, 2026
11 am - 12:30 pm Eastern Time
Towards a folk education for the global majority.
Decolonization is not simply an academic topic to toil over in post-baccalaureate programs. It is a political mandate to return to right relationship with this land and the creatures that inhabit it. The process of colonization has diluted the cultural heritage of Native Americans and people in the African diaspora and Asian diaspora, otherwise referred to as the global majority.
This seminar and the chapter it is associated with are a prospectus for a 21st-century folk education model in the United States that is aimed at repairing the sacred, interdependent connection we have with one another as inheritors of a colonized and degraded land.
Folk means people
Dialogue and community agency
Craft and connection to self
Place, history, stories, and nature
Music, dance, and song
Folk means people Dialogue and community agency Craft and connection to self Place, history, stories, and nature Music, dance, and song
What is means to be a folk school
To attach the phrase “folk school” to an organization or school is to connect to a rich heritage of folk schools and folk education. The defining element that makes folk schools unique and powerful resides in a school's mission. Folk schools, no matter what form they take, aim to strengthen communities. Read this brief history of folk schools to learn more.
Folk Means People
The Folk School Alliance provides opportunities for collaboration and cooperation for folk schools, folk education organizations, and folk educators with the aim to build and strengthen local communities.