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Vermont Governor's Institute - Winter Institute
Montpelier VT <> 22 - 24 February 2002

John Ungerleider, Program Director of the Governor's Summer Institute, with Tim Kipp and Mary Gannon, Project Directors of CLEA presented a workshop at the Winter Institute in Montpelier. The focus was on creating strategies for addressing child labor abuses; analyzing causes of oppressive child labor; developing youth action responses, such as political organizing, using arts for social justice, and utilizing the CLEA resource network; and creating a CLEA chapter in other high schools.

Students made a group sculpture
depicting the child labor problem,
a Bread and Puppet style poster
about the issue, and
presented posters they made
about organizations
doing child labor activism worldwide.

GOVERNOR'S INSTITUTES WEEKEND SCHEDULE (Abridged)
Feb. 22 - 24, 2002

Youth Activism - 26 students, 3 faculty (John Ungerleider, Director; Tim Kipp and Mary Gannon, Faculty)

Friday 2/22

3:00 - 4:30 Registration in Dewey Lounge

6:15 Full community meeting in College Hall Chapel Introductions of all staff, faculty, and expectations

7 -7:45 Singing workshop for all community members (students and staff) with Roger Grow in College Hall Chapel OR Discussion led by John U.

8-10 Classes: Current Issues College Hall 308

8 -Intro Students - Goals
8:15 - Guest Speaker - Ellen David Friedman, "On Activism"
9:15 - intro to child labor - Tim

Saturday 2/23

8:30 -11:30 Classes: Youth Activism in College Hall 416

8:30 - Oppression Issues - Mary
10 - Guest Speaker - Secretary of State Deb Markowitz, "Youth Involvement in Public Issues"
11 - Continue Oppression - Mary or video/scenarios - John

1 - 3:45 Classes: Youth Activism in College Hall 416

1- Prep Child Labor research project - Tim?
2:30 - Computer Research Project - Tim -Community College

4 - 5 4 O'clock specials: Wood Art Gallery tour, admissions visit from Vermont College, Suzanne offers a visual art workshop

6 - 6:50 Community meeting Dewey Lounge -a discussion facilitated by John Ungerleider

7 -7:50 Community Singing workshop College Hall Chapel

8 - 9:30 Performance by Geof, Chuck, & Dennis - Just Friends

Sunday 2/24

8:30-11:30 Classes

Activism and Organizing - Tim & Mary
Group Sculpture - John
Prepare Presentation- Sculpture + computer research results (posters?) + CLEA chapters

1:30 Closing presentations in College Hall Chapel - all strands participate

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