We have designed live-in programs that enable us to remain active, and you to become immediately active – with different levels and kinds of support, depending on your needs.
Academic Program
The academic program includes core and elective courses in theory and practical skills. We guide, teach, and monitor you to achieve your set goals. There are assignments in written form, as well as practical exercises, working with Activists-in-Residency or house residents.
Costs
| Tuition | 450 € |
| Room and Board | 350 € |
Money-back guarantee: If you are not completely satisfied with what you learned here, the tuition is reimbursed in full (food and housing costs are not returned).
Residency Program
Choose a project, and if accepted, you may carry it out under the supervision of, and with the support of the house cadre. You must have completed the ‘Student Program’, or have equivalent knowledge and skills. A residency is a semi-stipend (you pay part for room and board, but only part of the tuition).
The residency requires regular progress reports, like graduate school lab presentations, essays or videos. The final assignment is a video or written description of your project, its goals and its accomplishments.
You can choose any length of stay between 1 month and 1 year. Stays longer than 1 month require a test week and consensus on your acceptance by the house residents.
Financial assistance
You may either volunteer in our in-house pizzeria to support the project that can finance your stay (you need to apply for a grant by Pizza Lab), or crowdfund it (whereby you shall learn how to crowdfund).
Which program is right for you?
Student Program
For young activists with high ideals and little knowledge
- you’ve finished school and you’re ready to take action. You’ve realized stamping our feet on the streets isn’t getting us anywhere…
- we teach you background theory and practical skills for taking action
- choose from different modules
- weekly workshops & assignments with deadlines; milestones & goals
- weekly progress conversation with your tutor
- engage with all the different projects in the house
- participate in all plenaries of the house
- support is available around the clock by 6 tutors
- fun activities with the house members
- tutoring, food and housing costs included
Residency Program
For young adults lacking practical experience
- you’ve already studied, formally or informally, you know a lot, but have little practical experiences as an activist.
- work full time on your proposed project with the support of six tutors
- text, presentation and videoing assignments with deadlines
- milestones & goals are set with your tutors and monitored in weekly meetings
- participate in the different projects in the house
- participate in house plenaries
- fun activities
- learn to crowdfund your stay by doing it
- tutoring and housing costs included
Certification
As an NGO, we are able to issue official and stamped certificates that prove your participation as student, intern or stipendiary, listing all the skills you acquired, areas you worked on and projects you fulfilled.
Resources
In the last ten years, we’ve acquired an enormous amount of knowledge, experience and practical skills to mount projects and direct action. We have tools to build and repair technical appliances, and even a 3D-printer. There is a large neighborhood network ready to support cool projects. We’re dying to get to know you and support you in your project!
Application
Apply informally giving the information required for your desired program by e-mail. Keep it short and sweet; you can provide details during a subsequent video call.
Twenty-four hours after the videocall, you’ll be notified whether you’re accepted.
Depending on your wished length of stay, you shall be invited to a test week. In the event that you should decide to leave early, or are not invited to stay after the test week, all fees shall be returned, except per day pro-rated room and board.
Student Program
Please provide:
- a short self-description of 500 words. What outcomes you want?
- an application letter, including
- study dates
- past projects
- potential future projects
Residency Program
Please apply with
- a short self-description of 500 words. What outcome you want?
- an application letter, including
- residency dates
- project proposal
- general interests
- your CV
- references