RCE Making Change Stick
Taking action from now to the end of May
Register here for this 2 in 1 RCE Making Change Stick action organized by Uniting for Children and Youth, one of the many founders of Rights-Centric Education Network – RCEN, and please sign the Declaration of Child Rights-Centric Education to help demonstrate to the world that people who believe in pulling education into alignment with human rights are substantial in numbers and a force to be taken seriously.
Participate as little or as much as you can. By registering you will receive recordings and updates after each session and be kept informed of future developments. The aim of this action is to expand and strengthen the RCEN to better support the work of those striving to transform education and to get resources flowing from the old regime to the new. The Two Loops Model video refers to this process as helping an old paradigm to die with dignity.
Shifting Gears: Over the past several decades pioneers of possibilities working outside public school systems have well defined the kinds of learning environments young people need if they are to thrive, and they have established a range of applications that have successfully turned theory into practice. RCE Making Change Stick aims to shift the emphasis from defining what is known about human flourishing more to getting it embedded in mainstream education for the benefit of all. It requires widespread conscious collaboration with attention to how this collaboration can augment the work already being done by change agents throughout the world without adding to the demands on their resources. How to work smarter, not harder, is the challenge. By coming together in collective action now, we stand a chance of cultivating a global population that has the capacity to address the polycrisis before it becomes insurmountable.
Action 1: A global campaign until April 22nd to have as many people as possible sign the Declaration of Child Rights-Centric Education and participate in Action 2.
Action 2: Five sessions will take place from April 22nd to May 27th, details below. Again, participate as you can. The first two sessions will consider how to create change from inside conventional school systems. The next two will focus more on actions to be taken outside public education, and the final session will grow the vision of a thriving global learning ecosystem cultivating the capacity of people to address pressing world problems. The sessions are not provided as answers to a very complex set of problems, but rather as an introduction to some of what needs to be taken into account and how to turn into action some of the wisdom that is shared. See More on What to Expect.
“One hears more frequently now of parents banding together, finding teachers, and starting little schools . . . There are no signs that a movement exists, but there are many signs that one might . . .”
Join the RCE Making Change Stick action to help attack the problem identified above by George Dennison in 1969. It is time to actively extend conversations and actions to provide ideal learning environments for all young people.
Where to energize and build alliances.
AERO, June 27-29
IDEC, August 1-7
It is not prerequisite, but as much as time permits, participants are asked to familiarize themselves in advance of related sessions with what is contained in these recently produced resources. See here how to obtain pdf files of the books.
– Sessions 1 & 2: Making Change Stick
– Sessions 3 & 4: The Agentic Schools Manifesto
– Session 5: World Systems Solutions.
The Five Session
More Effectively Moving from Theory to Practice
April 22nd to May 27th
Session 1, April 22nd, 8pm UTC: Making Change Stick – Introduction and discussion by author James Mannion.
Session 2, April 29th, 8pm UTC: Making Change Stick – Turning talk into action.
Session 3, May 13th, 8pm UTC: The Agentic Schools Manifesto – Introduction and discussion by author Don Berg.
Session 4, May 20th, 8pm UTC: The Agentic Schools Manifesto – Turning talk into action.
Session 5, May 27th, 8pm UTC: World Systems Solutions – Moving towards a global learning ecosystem.
UCY collaborated with supporters of the RCEN to produce 26 events for the 2025 Learning Planet Festival. A Festival organizer had the following to say about the RCEN involvement:
“The whole LearningPlanet Festival team has been really impressed by your ideas to further engage participants and your incredibly generous contributions to this year’s Festival. The Rights-Centric Education Network has been one of the top contributors in terms of number of events submitted. For this, and for your inspiring dedication, merci 🙏”