Activism Education
The Activersity curriculum is based on modules covering activism philosophy, history of activism, group decision-making, fund-raising, and more. Beyond lectures, students have access to articles, videos, and podcasts. Writing assignments encourage students to explore beyond the presented material.
Our Residency program entails fellowships which include room-and-board in the Schwaz10 building, are available for students who wish to develop practical skills by working on a real project under the aegis of the Activersity.
We Are Independent
If you don’t control your housing, you are playing by the rules of whomever does. For the most part, this means you must have a job to afford rent, or in other words, you must serve capitalism to fund capitalism. You may only indirectly work toward the world you want.
The schwarz10 house has provided its residents a means of pursuing change. When we found the house, it had been abandoned for 15 years.
We Promote Community
Your neighbors are not potential allies when the only reason they are your neighbors is to make bankers rich.
We host events like “Open Box Day,” Kitchen-for-All, Clothes Swaps, and the like. Host with us, learn from us, or copy our projects in your neighborhood.
Pizza Lab Is A Community Space
Pizza Lab is a vegan pizzeria entirely run by volunteers. The restaurant is a registered commercial entity owned by the Activersity NGO. Profits fund the Activersity as well as occasional grants to sustainability projects in the neighborhood.
We Invented the Task Auction
For any living community, how chores are distributed/performed is a source of friction. How do we know that everyone is doing a fair share of the work? Who gets assigned which tasks? Who decides what is fair?
The “Task Auction” and the “Wahlbörse” were conceived as a single system to answer these questions while providing maximum flexibility and transparency.
We Teach How to Raise Funds
Over the years, we’ve raised funds via Crowdfunding and other fundraisers for various projects. One of the many things you can do as a scholarship holder at Activersity is to learn how to raise funds through a variety of means, while having the time to do it, without worrying about your food and lodging costs, counting on our knowledge, support and large customer and fan base.
We Went to Help in Ukraine – The Birth of the Activersity
In spring 2022, we helped at the Polish-Ukrainian border, taking goods to Lviv and refugees back to Poland. With donations, we were able to fund the trip and buy more goods. It turned out to be the birth of the Activersity Project.