CCLC’s founders dug for “models of education from around the world and across time that had led to substantive and sustained social change” as they set out to leverage the best that education can be to serve the hearts and minds of people of all ages living in easternmost Maine. Scandinavian folk schools are one of those vibrant models and CCLC exists today as new growth emerging from this inspired rootstock of social design.
CCLC co-founder, Alan Furth, has served on the Board of the Folk Education Association of America and the North American Chapter of the International Association for World Education (AWE), which is a global network drawing inspiration from folk schools. These partnerships made CCLC’s first community programs, the Cobscook Gatherings, possible. In 2007, members of CCLC’s board and staff traveled to Denmark to participate in AWE’s International Council Meeting and we have had an active presence and leadership role in that network ever since.
Enjoy this glimpse into how folk school traditions are alive and well at CCLC today, and learn more about the Folk School Alliance by visiting folkschoolalliance.org/about.