#XRUniversities #OccupyEducation - #Decolonize #Decarbonize #Democratize...
#XRUniversities #OccupyEducation - #Decolonize #Decarbonize #Democratize Details: #XRUniversities held a rally today on the steps of 52 Chambers Street in Manhattan there mission that extends beyond holding individual institutions accountable, they focus on the education system as a whole. We often see that education is all too focused on profits and prestige; indoctrinating individuals into a colonial, neoliberal, and extractivist system that ignores both human and planetary limits. We have three demands; our education system must: -Decarbonize (Divest from fossil fuels and commit research and personnel to renewable energy innovations) -Decolonize (Recognize that the system is inherently tied to colonialism and respect other forms of knowledge) -Democratize (Form People's Assemblies, democratically elected boards, student input groups, etc.) The action is coordinated in solidarity with various student occupations around the world! but they welcome any group or individual inte
