General Information

Program Contributions in US currency

Ancestral Learning Experience | $1,000 |Dec 2-6, 2024

Politics, Storytelling & Women | US$1,100 |2025

Arts, Memory & Community | US$1,150 |2025

Learning Ancestral Retreat | US$1000 | 2024-2025

CULTURA Cafe | $1,400 | Jan 7-13, 2025

CULTURA Cafe | $1,400 | Feb 16-22, 2025

CULTURA Cafe | $1,300 | March 1-8, 2025

A deposit of $200 must be made three months (90 days) prior to the beginning of the program.
Full payments must be made on 45 days prior to the beginning of the program.
In the event of a cancellation (20 days before the beginning of the program), a 50% refund will issued. Understand that your choices have a real economical impact to local communities in El Salvador. Please refer to the 7 principles or balanced North–South mobility  by Sebastian Van Hoeck.

Institutional Privilege Holders

SEEDS for Change makes every effort possible to a) ensure people receive modest honorariums to honor the labor of Guest Speakers, b) intentionally elevate the work of members of the collective, and c) support participants facing financial situations to join the series and programs. 
We encourage anyone with institutional privilege and those with access to funds to consciously support participants experiencing financial challenges, either by collaborating with a grant or a bursary, by including them in your institutional budgets or simply by making an intentional offering. We do not seek charity. We demand solidarity.

Fundraising Workshop

Accepted applicants are welcome to attend a workshop led by a successful fundraiser. This will be a dedicated space that will include hands-on information, tools and sample letters if that is an option you’d prefer to consider after applying. Information will be sent to registered applicants only.

Contact Information

Dr. Clelia O. Rodriguez | Global Education Leadership | educators@seedsforchange.ca or clelia.rodriguez@utoronto.ca
Carolina Luz Rodriguez | Executive Director of Program of Cultura Cafe | carolvrodrig@gmail.com
Join small groups of 10-12 participants in El Salvador for the SEEDS for Change 2024-2025 Programs and Cultura Cafe. You’ll experience a sensorial way of community engagement with the past-present-future on thematic-focused learning encounters. In these one-of-a-kind cultural dynamic itineraries, you will be welcome to learn and engage with Elders, local community educators, artists, world renowned scholars and Afro-Indigenous women regenerating and recuperating ways of life often under thread by fast-paced lifestyles. Included in the contribution: Accommodations, local transportation, pick-up and drop-off to the airport, meals, translation services, cultural and educational activities across the country, site visits, literature and materials, economic support to local vendors plus three pre-departure educational sessions (Overview of History and Culture) with Academic Director Dr. Clelia O. Rodriguez.

Itinerary

The programs are channelled in three phases: Before you arrive to El Salvador, the in-country learning experience, and the post-journey debriefing to stay connected and supported. Details and specifics will be shared on the first overview session with registered applicants only.

Independent Course Work/Credit/Project

SEEDS for Change partners up with schools, NGOs, and postgraduate institutions to 1) facilitate the transfers of credits, 2) support professional development initiatives and 3) work with individuals and collectives engaged with interdisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning across the Humanities and Social Sciences. Contact your academic advisor, mentor, principal and administrator well in advance to submit your choice.

Curriculum Integrative Practices 

These transnational curricular efforts are intended to support students, teachers, administrators, school principals, caregivers and parents restore their agency within their own engagement practices. This advocacy work is not only essential, it is urgent. Programs have been curated to facilitate embodied knowledges be integrated as part of the living experience of each program.

APPLICATION FORM

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