For immediate release: October 17th, 2024

Fielding Graduate University, Folk Education Association of America, and national group of education organizations looks at cooperative action of folk educators

Olympia, WA: Fielding Graduate University, in partnership with the Folk Education Association of America (FEAA) and several folk education partners, has received a 3rd year of funding: $250,000 in federal research grant funds through AmeriCorps Office of Research and Evaluation. 

The Folk Education Network partners are:

Fielding Graduate University

Folk Education Association of America

African American Craft Alliance

John C Campbell Folk School

Center for Belonging Folk School

Life School House

Serve Washington

Washington State Parks

This study works with a distributed national network of Folk Schools and Folk Educators, examining how participatory research approaches may support social cohesion and collaboration. In this phase of the research project, the focus will be on the completion of the research, analysis of the data, and dissemination of results, including at least one large gathering in 2025. This research seeks to strengthen what is, at present, a decentralized Folk Education Network comprising over 90 organizations that support the craft economy and community participation across the US.

Click the links below to read each projects’ one-pager, and go to folkeducation.org/projects to learn more about the Folk Education Network grant project. Click here for a downloadable copy of this announcement.

                                           

MEDIA CONTACT: Mari Sanborn, mari@folkeducation.org

About: The Folk Education Association of American or FEAA was founded in 1976 to promote humanistic personal development, understanding of one's own and other's cultural diversity, and commitment to community growth.  The FEAA identifies, supports, and facilitates community-based, learner-led education as a strategic tool for community organizing.

This material is based upon work funded by the Office of Research and Evaluation at AmeriCorps under Grant No. 22REACA001 through the National Service and Civic Engagement research grant competition. Opinions or points of view expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of, or a position that is endorsed by, AmeriCorps.