Occupy University is just what it sounds like - a university for everyone, run by the Occupy movement. We believe that learning should be collaborative and politically empowering.
Debt binds the 99%, though it binds some more tightly than others. This educational series, organized by Occupy University, aims to challenge the idea that debt is primarily about personal responsibility and start a conversation about debt as a structural problem of social justice. Who profits when people go into debt that is unpayable? Who is responsible for this debt, why is it so rampant and where did it come from? The series will include general discussions on: debt resistance, race and debt, student debt, municipal debt, the art of debt and more. Encounters will happen as a part of one of the following:
Debt Discussion Series: Panels, speakers, teach-ins, and reading groups focused on various aspects of debt.
Debt Clinic: Roaming dialogue with individuals and groups about particular debt problems and tactics.
The Art of Debt: Ways to visualize debt as a problem of social justice.
Debt and Desire: How to connect debt with what we want and why we want it.
Several events will be held at EFA Project Space in conjunction with To Have and To Owe. Please click here for a full schedule of these and additional To Have and to Owe events.