I'm going to try starting a free school west LA

[enzomatic]

I've put a lot of thought into what I'm going to do with my summer. I decided I wanted to try a dynamic and fun way to bring positive change to my community. I spent a bit of time outlining what I wanted to do as far as setting up a free school. I'd really like the support of any of you who are willing. I know how much time many of you already devote to the BRW but you are probably the most adept at getting the community organized around something. I posted my ideas in my blog and would like to get the ball rolling on this asap.  http://enzomatic-rants.blogspot.com/2010/06/west-la-free-school.html

[gus]

i'd be down for teaching wheelbuilding 101 as i know the basics. other bikerowavians do know more, but im here to do it if need be.
i really like the idea and if it happens i will be attending often.

[Dylan Boroczi]

I know my way around thread and needle and sewing machine pretty well, if this actually happens, i'd be totally down for teaching some sort of sewing class

[enzomatic]

nice, would either of you be interested in helping organize this in general as well, like to put together a schedule and such.

[Lucas]

I would love to help organize, but have too much to do as is, however I would like to help out if I have a skill that is teachable.

[enzomatic]

I think at this point I'm just going to get a whatever amount of work shops put together as I can and get a schedule going. I think getting a few work shops to actually happen will help this thing get going. Lucas, I'm sure we can figure something out, maybe computer stuffs or macrame.

[madebyjulianne]

I see you've already got a sewing teacher signed up but I'm up for TAing that class, since I can sew everything. Mending/tailoring seems like it could be a good one-part class, and doesn't necessarily require a machine. I'm not quite at the point of strapping my Singer onto my Schwinn and cruising around.

 Assuming of course that I'm in town when this goes down.

[enzomatic]

I'm down, the first free school class is this friday, after that I'll be talking to people about scheduling other classes, I just want to prove to myself that I can pull one off. dylan I think we should focus on starting with one class where you teach people the basics of how to operate a sewing machine, then we can find something incredibly easy to put together. from there we could see about a regular class or sewing circle or the like, from there we can open up a sewing co-op and no one will ever toss their torn pants away again.

[madebyjulianne]

I've been talking with the owners of Fabric Planet (421 Lincoln Blvd) about doing the same thing. They're already offering kid's sewing classes and we're trying to get a regular adult class going in the fall. They've got a great space, a separate room in the back of the store that's currently being renovated. They might be up for some collaboration. 

There are a few sewers in NOLA who regularly meet at bars and do on-the-spot mending. I always like a business model with alcohol built in.

[enzomatic]

would fabric planet offer their space free of charge, it kinda has to be free for this thing to work.

[ScottS]

I don't know if this fits or not but you may want to check out this organization.

http://la.thepublicschool.org/about

-ss

[enzomatic]

it's an awful lot like that, i don't know if that one is free though.