In 2006 Sol Collective members started the Sacramento Activist School, a monthly meeting to unite Sacramento area forward thinkers of all generations centering around social justice issues and community organizing. The Sacramento Activist School hosts film screenings, community discussions, and lectures from local Sacramento State professors.
In 2011, the Sacramento Activist school will be addressing water rights, democratic socialism, Palestine and more. In addition on ttheir monthly meetings the Sacramento Activist School has sponsored the Breaking Bread discussion series and Know Your Rights immigration forums offering education and resources to illegal immigrants seeking American citizenship.
Recycled Sol
Recycled Sol is a creative entrepreneurial project that teaches youth the fundamentals of design, marketing, and sales while emphasizing social justice and environmentalism through the development of an up-cycled youth driven clothing & arts brand.
Mentoring the next generation of artists
Free Sol Youth Arts Academy
The Free-Sol Youth Arts Academy provides community arts programming with an emphasis on community service projects. Arts workshops include graphic design, silk screening, literary arts, and music/video production. Youth are matched with local artists, teachers, college students, and community leaders who volunteer their time and expertise to help young people develop a marketable skill. In exchange youth use their skill to develop and implement community service projects. In addition, we partner with local schools and organizations and provide arts workshops supported by mentors and led by our youth leaders.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead.
