Spanish for Social Justice for BIPOC Spring 2022 In-Person Courses

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¡Bienvenides! Welcome to Spanish for Social Justice!

Algarabía Language Co-op is excited to announce our  in-person Spanish classes at Mayday Space starting this spring! 

Spanish for Social Justice courses are offered by Algarabía Language Co-op in partnership with Mayday Space. We offer courses at the BEGINNER and INTERMEDIATE levels of fluency to those interested in topics of social justice, politics, and culture. Through weekly social justice themes, and using a communicative and popular education approach, participants will improve their Spanish skills and critically engage with various Latinx and Latin American cultural productions (centered around the lived experiences of working class people of Indigenous and African descent on the continent). These courses are designed for folks at different levels of fluency in their productive (speaking, writing) and receptive (listening and reading) skills. Special focus will be given to learning vocabulary and community organizing terminology relevant to contemporary social movements in New York City, one of the largest and most diverse Spanish-speaking cities in the world, the rest of the U.S. and Latin America. 

To register, click HERE

SPRING 2022 CLASS SCHEDULE:

IN-PERSON SUNDAYS (10 WEEKS)
March 6th, 2022 – May 8th, 2021

True Beginner         9am – 12pm
High Beginner         1pm – 4pm
Low Intermediate    5pm – 8pm
High Intermediate       2pm – 5pm


IMPORTANT:
▪ This program is for Black, Indigenous and People of Color only. 
▪ Please only apply if you are able to attend most of the classes. 
▪ Each session can hold up to 15 participants.
▪ Cost of class $200-$300 sliding scale. This includes all course materials.
▪ Part of your contributions go directly to support Mayday Space. 


NOTE: In-person classes will follow all COVID safety guidelines at Mayday Space.  This program is for BIPOC-only and prioritizes working class, LGBTQ+ and Spanish bilinguals (heritage speakers of Spanish). As part of Algarabía's mission to make our courses accessible, we have sliding-scale rate options and payment plans available. Once you complete the application and are selected, you will be given the opportunity to apply to these discounted rates individually. 

ABOUT LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION: At Algarabía Language Co-op, we see language learning as a meaningful, collaborative and transformative process reflected in our training in hands-on communicative and task-based language teaching approaches and our use of popular education in the language classroom. We seek to support the holistic development of all language learners as they become competent multilingual speakers. We devise classroom activities and use textbooks and other original didactic materials that meet our participants’ needs and that represent the linguistic and racial/ethnic diversity of the Spanish-speaking worlds.

For more information about our language services, go to www.algarabialanguage.com  

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