What is a Learning Exchange?
A Learning Exchange looks different wherever and whenever it happens.
It is an opportunity for a community, a group of people, artists, facilitators/trainers, and any combination thereof to come together around an agreed upon topic.
Inspired by the principles of Paulo Freire and Augusto Boal, Resources for Social Change has adopted the term "learning exchange" to show that all the knowledge that is needed to solve any given problem is already in the room. Another way to to sum up this idea is in a very popular saying at Alternate ROOTS - "Who comes, is." By that, we mean that there is no need to wait for experts or officials. We are the ones we've been waiting for.
Here you will find a growing set of documentation of Learning Exchanges in our recent years, including pictures, videos, agendas, outlines, and notes.
Could your community benefit from an RSC Learning Exchange?
If you are interested in hosting an RSC Learning Exchange in your community, please download the document at the bottom of this page, fill it out and get it back to the ROOTS office at 1083 Austin Ave., Atlanta, GA 30307.
