The School for Designing a Society

The School for Designing a Society Participants are asked to put their desires into words and their words into actions in design projects.

Designing a Society requires classrooms to be places of solidarity among students, so that friction, conflict, and uncertainty can flourish and be distinguished from contexts of violence, confusion, and conformity; Designing a Society requires communal living to be intellectual, so that being an individual is valued and distinct from being individualistic; is a project that requires performance ense

mbles to have the experience of coordinating with one another rather than competing; is a project that asks activists to protest old forms of protest, so that messages and methods of contemporary relevance can be created.

Can a hippy funster who has designed a free & fun hospital win the Nobel Peace Prize? Yes, please!
10/06/2021

Can a hippy funster who has designed a free & fun hospital win the Nobel Peace Prize? Yes, please!

On October 8th, the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced. Peaceniks and hippies should take note, because one of our own, Patch Adams, has been nominated. You’ve probably heard of the Robin Williams movie about Patch, but there’s a lot more to the story, and quite a lot of it is in the podcast .....

07/07/2021
11/26/2020

Heya! Derek here! I asked Patch and Susan to make a Thanksgiving Message. You can view Patch's message on his page (https://www.facebook.com/realpatchadams). However, Susan has a different message in mind -- and one I'm sure we can all agree to. Masks are important! Not only do they help filter out unhelpful microbes, but they also allow a new chance to meet people for the first time.

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