Similar to “Artists in Residence” programs provided by artists collectives, we offer live-in stipends to aspiring activists. Residents receive training in outreach and content creating, starting with the Activersity itself.
Residency Program
For young adults lacking practical experience
- If you’re tired of waiting for others to get active, this is an opportunity for you to get active without further delay.
- You have some gap time until your university begins? You don’t know what to do in life yet?
- Learn how to manage Public Relations — not only that of your organization, but your personal PR within your organization
- Get to know life and organization in an alternative housing project, participate in house plenaries, project plenaries, learn about self-moderation skills
- Participate in the different projects in the house, if you like, volunteer in our in-house project Pizza Lab, a 100% volunteer-run non-profit vegan pizzeria owned by our NGO: improve your social skills and network
- Get to know Leipzig’s huge alternative scene
Lectures
Lectures are delivered during dinner and cover:
- history of activism
- philosophy of activism
- public relations
- forms of governance
- topics in the news
Non-resident students may use the on-line material at home free of charge.
Skills
Involvement in the running of the Activersity requires the following skills, and these skills are taught as needed:
- video editing, graphic design, podcasting – using open source software which will make you independent from big corporations
- event management
- fundraising, crowdfunding, applying for grants
- organizing and managing campaigns
- group management, online organization tools
Duration
Residencies are available in increments of 3, 6, and 9 weeks.
Cost
The residency program provides room and board, but transportation, insurance and pocket money are the responsibility of the resident.
Resources
The Activersity has the software, the experience, and the tools for most kinds of activism projects. The residents have years of experience. There is a large neighborhood network, and a large alternative scene in Leipzig, both accessible from which to draw support for cool projects.
Accommodation
You will stay in a small room (9-11m2) in the project house Schwarz10. The room is furbished, you need not bring bed sheets, towels, covers.
You will have access to the shared living room, dining room, kitchen, two bathrooms as well as three additional WCs and of course to Pizza Lab.
There is a small courtyard that is very cute in the summer, and lots of action going on in the direct neighborhood, which is populated by over 10 alternative housing projects.
It is expected that you contribute to house chores like cooking, cleaning and shopping via our task auction, and that you participate in the house plenaries, which take place weekly. There are shared dinners almost every day, other meals are free-form.