Annual Learning Festival

A virtual 3-day global gathering designed and led by young people for education activists.

Currently not accepting applications. See open applications here.

About the program

The annual Learning Festival is a convergence of dedicated beings from all over the globe dedicated to learning, imagining, and weaving with one another in service of education transformation. This hybrid gathering, occurring every January around the International Day of Education in partnership with Learning Planet Institute, is a space committed to fostering a sense of belonging, learning, and co-action among all who engage both online and in-person in our Glocal Hubs. Each year, the Festival focuses on one learning question that guides us through the 3-day learning journey from What Is to What If and culminating with What Now. We host multiple sessions from Activist Classrooms to Community Gardens and even an Open Mic!

To get a feel for what our Learning Festivals are like, check out some of our past festivals:

2024 Learning Festival: “How do we need to know, live, and weave together to create the world of our deepest longings?"

2023 Learning Festival: “What do we need to learn, be, and do, to create the world of our deepest longing?"

2022 Learning Festival: “HOW will young people design the future of education?"

2021 Learning Festival: “WHAT IF young people designed the future of education?"