Want to help plan a Chicago Learnapalooza? First planning session this Sunday at 12:30pm!

Last week, I had a great conversation with Rosalyn Lemieux, social entrepreneur extraordinaire, about her work founding and running  LearnapaloozaDC. A Learnapalooza is, as you can perhaps guess, is an all day learning event where community members attend to a variety of community taught classes, learn cool stuff, and have a great time while doing so. Rosalyn and her volunteer team organized two DC Learnapalooza events, one in 2007 and one in 2008. Thousands of DC members were able to teach and learn classes like How to Knit to Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Giant Pandas.  Neat, right?

Community building…teaching and learning…free and awesome…Learnapalooza sounds right up CommuniTeach’s alley, yes? We agree, and that’s why we’ve decided to explore the possibility of planning a Learnapalooza in Chicago *cue streamers and squeals of happiness and joy*.

The first planning session is going to be this Sunday at 12:30pm, at the Map Room in Wicker Park/Bucktown, at 1949 N Hoyne Street . It will be a pretty casual and open discussion for everyone who has any interest in sharing their thoughts on what should be an incredibly fun and rewarding event. Everything’s on the table, from the date (do we push for winter or wait until spring?) to what mini committees there should be (teacher recruitment? PR? Sponsorship?), to snack policies for future meetings.

RSVP by writing a message in the comments section of this post, and email me at sarah@communiteach.com if you have any questions or thoughts. I look forward to hearing your advice on ways to make Learnapalooza Chicago the greatest Palooza of our time. Get excited!