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This was a great learning circle but we barely scratched the surface! Let’s continue the conversation here.
The Echo Park Time Bank in Los Angeles, CA is organizing a Peacemaker Project at the Micheltorena School Community Garden. Inspired by the buddy bench idea from the Whittington Time Exchange. Read about it here, http://goodla.maker.good.is/projects/peaceinthegarden
“If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.” Mohandas Gandhi
Does anyone have any examples of how they use Time Banking with Education and/or the Arts?
Hi Autumn
I just reviewed the notes from the learning circle for arts and education. Lots of good “scratches!”
On the education front,
The video is very cool. Would you share with us where you are with the buddy bench idea? Are you working with a specific school? What kind of response have you had?
And on the art front:
The Echo Park TimeBank was really started in an artists’ community — isn’t that right? I’ve always had in mind this image of lots of artists being very familiar with the need for sharing and working cooperatively, and finding that the TimeBank became an extension of it. But one thing that I’ve always been curious about is whether you had exchanges that directly involved doing or teaching art.
Ooops I just saw this. Sorry for the late reply.
Education: We didn’t get enough votes for the Buddy Bench on the crowd-funding proposal unfortunately, but we wont let that stop us. We plan on doing it at the Micheltorena Elementary School in Silverlake, CA. One of our members launched a learning garden for the school in a former parking lot. He has a relationship with the principal and pitched the idea to her. She is open to it, we just need to find a bench and schedule a class with EPTB member Brigitte Benchimol. She wrote a children’s book about Gandhi called, Jaydon and the Magic Bubble. She teaches conflict resolution to kids.
http://www.jadynandthemagicbubble.com/Jadyn_Site/Home.html
Art: Echo Park Time Bank members are very creative. One member taught a class on opera for two home school kids. In return their mother taught time bank members Flamenco dancing. Another member has taught singing lessons, there may be a Time Bank choir forming. We also, have a fledgling Artisan Collective who sell their wares at the Hollywood Farmer’s Market.
http://artisancollective.blogspot.com/
I have a three year old child with speech delays. He is very intelligent but because of paperwork and procedure I have not been able to get him speech help since he transitioned from early intervention to Headstart. His school has a speech teacher yet cannot work with him till she has approval. This boy is going to be a leader in society someday if I can give him what he needs. I am very interested in learning more about communities who are working with children/ early intervention. Where I live now, nobody cares about anybody, I feel isolated because I do not have the supportative community and am even willing to relocate to insure my children do not get shuffled into a corner. Everyone is willing to help as long as the right paperwork is filed away. What happened to the genuine people out there? Please contact me if you read this and can tell me more about how Timebank may directly help my family. Thank you! ~Sarah
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