The Fruition Academy
of Social Imagination and Action
Narrated by:Jessica R. Dreistadt
Imagine…• Love• Hope• Freedom• Peace• Harmony
“Learning is a place where paradise can be created”bell hooks
Fruition Academy Goals• Connect and mobilize progressive
activists• Open up possibilities• New ideas and tools• Opportunities for dialogue and
collaboration
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela
Fruition Academy Classes• Ideas from scholarly and
practitioner research, personal experience, and the field
• Interpretation, integration, creation• Holistic• Interdisciplinary
“Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
Fruition Academy Classes• Inspire curiosity and dialogue• Provoke critical thought• Bridge gaps in understanding• Open our hearts and minds• Prepare us for effective, sustainable
action
“Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as being able to remake ourselves.” Mohandas Gandhi
Fruition Academy Students
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” John F. Kennedy
Approach to Education• Open-ended and integrative• Exploring ‘Why?’• Expanding the desire to learn• We are all students and teachers• Opportunities for self-discovery• Building a community
“I am not a teacher but an awakener.” Robert Frost
Process of Education
”The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” Albert Einstein
Each Class Includes…• Workbook• Reflection questions• Resources• Recommendations• Le Salon Utopique• Certificate
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”William Butler Yeats
Benefits for Students• Save time and money• Participate in real time or ‘you time’• Replay and share with others• Engage with an international
learning community
“The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.” Sarah Ban Breathnach
“The future is not some place we are going to, but a place
we are creating.” - Jane Garvey
The Fruition Academy
of Social Imagination and Action
www.FruitionCoalition.com