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