OUR MISSION:
Our Resilient Community ALC is a queer-centered self-directed micro-school for students between the ages of 6 and 17. We center queerness in many ways; by celebrating authentic identity, fighting for justice, exploring queer history and culture, and even by queering the concept of education itself by shifting our understanding of knowledge and learning to be passion-led and playful. We meet Mondays to Fridays from 9am to 3pm with options for Full and Part-Time attendance.
Our Resilient Community also makes space for members to pursue passions while growing and learning in community. As a Queer Community Center, we provide a co-working space, a makers’ space, opportunities for artistic collaboration, community resources, and justice-oriented fellowship for LGBTQ+ people as well as allies, advocates, and accomplices.
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What is a Resilient Community?
A community that is resilient is able to respond to and recover from adversity. As a resilient community, we prioritize the social, emotional, mental, and physical health of our members and are dedicated to being a resource, both as a space for building ourselves up as individuals, and as one in which we strengthen the bonds between our members. Our community is made of people; our resilience is for them.
Our Values:
At Our Resilient Community Center and Our Resilient Community ALC, we center the needs of those most impacted by our actions. As such, we strive to place the needs of marginalized and oppressed groups over the comfort of others and invite our community to do the same. We do not tolerate the exclusion or mistreatment of anyone based on their gender, race, ethnic origin, disability, age, nationality or national origin, sexuality, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, marital status, familial status, or social class. We also believe that while ally-ship is valuable, what oppressed and marginalized people most need are accomplices and active inclusion. Our space and teaching will reflect these beliefs.
The community we provide is definitionally queer. Though we welcome allies, advocates, and accomplices, we prioritize the voices and concerns of the queer members of our community.
What we offer:
Our Resilient Community ALC (Agile Learning Center) is a self-directed micro-school with students between the ages of 6 and 17. Find out more under our “Programs” tab.
Our Resilient Community Offerings are meetings, classes, and events for community members across all ages. Find out more here.
Who we are:
Thea Canby (she/her)…
is a teacher, cartoonist, and play-enthusiast. She believes that learning is human nature and that musicals are the highest form of expression. Thea’s favorite offerings are Songwriting, Cartooning, American Sign Language, Queer History and Issues, Algebra II, Chess Club, Government & Civics, & 10th Grade Literature. Her series of comics, Half a Brick and Skwirl, are available on Webtoons.
Nicole Gustafson (she/they)…
is a teacher, artist, and intentionality-enthusiast. She cares about seeing the people who sometimes can’t be seen. Nicole provides the constant stability, structure, and love that our students deserve. Her favorite offerings are Painting, Nature Exploration, Woodcarving, Archery, Jam Sessions, World History and Religions, Storytelling, Book Club, Creative Writing, Earth Science, and any passion-project that sparks her interests. Her current passion projects include fire poi, embroidery, reading through the Athens library’s collection of graphic novels, dropping beats (mixing tracks on her MIDI keyboard), and, oh yeah, running a school.
Upcoming events.
Queeries Sex-Ed
Special Mini-Session for Fall 2023
Sundays, November 26th & December 3rd (both days encouraged)
Teens 12-14 years old
10AM-Noon
Core topics: Puberty & Hormones, Consent & Healthy Relationships
$50 for the full session (2 days); $25 per day; Financial Assistance Available as Needed
To Learn More and/or Sign up HERE
