Founding Members of the RCE Network

The following, having agreed to the terms of the Memorandum of Association, have consented to become Founding Members of the Rights-Centric Education Network (RCE Network)

Organizations

1. Kinder Republic, Sri Lanka [@Trieste, Free Territory of Trieste on 2024.07.24]
2. Lada Center, Self-Directed and Rights-Centric Education Support, Slovenia [@Trieste, Free Territory of Trieste on 2024.07.24]
3. Riverstone Village, South Africa [@Gauteng, South Africa on 2024.07.25]
4. Autistic Collaboration Trust, New Zealand [@Whangarei, New Zealand on 2024.08.01]
5. Uniting for Children and Youth, Canada [@Ottawa, Canada on 2024.09.06]
6. Flourishing Education, UK [@Bristol, UK on 2024.09.13] 
7. Progressive Education, UK [@Ipswich, UK on 2024.09.19]
8. Phoenix Education Trust, UK [@Bristol, UK on 2024.09.20]
9. The Garden, UK [@Bristol, UK on 2024.09.20]
10. Streams Learning Hub CIC, UK [@Bristol, UK on 2024.09.20]
11. Pedagogical Paradigms, USA [@Minneapolis, USA on 2024.09.20]
12. PEACE, Canada [@Waskaganish, Canada on 2024.09.22]
13. A.L.L.I. asbl [@Kopstal, Luxembourg on 2024.09.24]
14. Austin School for the Driven [@Austin, TX, USA on 2024.09.25]
15. Evolving Education [@Puerto Escondido, Mexico on 2024.09.26]
16. Wondering School [on 2024.10.01]
17. Evolving in Education [@Pune, India on 2024.10.01]
18. The Teacher Circle [on 2024.10.02]
19. Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement [@Estacada, OR, USA on 2024.10.05]
20. FHREE [@Luxembourg, on 2024.10.08]
21. Wild Heart [@South Africa on 2024.10.08]
22. JohnHolt GWS [@Medford, MA, USA on 2024.10.09]
23. East Kent Sudbury [@Deal, Kent, UK on 2024.10.12]
24. Stop Child Cruelty Trust, Sri Lanka [@Colombo, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.13]
25. Little Forest, an eco-democratic learning community [@Horsham, West Sussex, UK on 2024.10.15]
26. Netzwerk Spiel/Kultur Prenzlauer Berg [@Berlin, Germany on 2024.10.15]
27. Human Scale Education (HSE) [@Horsham, West Sussex, UK on 2024.10.16]
28. Canadian Network for Imagination and Creativity (CNIC), unleashing and promoting imagination and creativity across all fields of endeavor - including the arts, sciences, business and education [@Ottawa, Canada on 2024.10.16]
29. European Democratic Education Community "EUDEC" [@Berlin, Germany on 2024.10.17]
30. The Miami Sudbury School [@Miami, FL, USA on 2024.10.17]
31. The Wonders of this Place - CLIMATE EDUCATION [@Dublin, Ireland on 2024.10.18]
32. The Green House Education Project [@Bitton, United Kingdom on 2024.10.18]
33. Learning by the Seasons [@Nelson, BC, Canada on 2024.10.18]
34. Clearview Sudbury School [@Austin, TX, USA on 2024.10.19]
35. ASOCIACIÓN TIKPATA [@Urubmaba, Cusco, Perù on 2024.10.20]
36. Comunidades Ágiles de México A.C. "Educambiando" [@Xalapa, Veracruz, México on 2024.10.20]
37. Escuela Democrática Lombida Montessori [@Curacaví, Chile on 2024.10.20]
38. Súkromná základná škola slobodného demokratického vzdelávania (Private elementary school of democratic education) [@Košice, Slovakia on 2024.10.20]
39. Ťahanovská záhrada [@Košice, Slovakia on 2024.10.20] 
40. Kgolo Alliance Of Self-Led Ingenuity (KASI) [@Johannesburg, South Africa on 2024.10.20]
41. COLECTIVO PLURIVERSIDAD LATINOAMERICANA [@Cusco, Perú on 2024.10.20] www.pluriversidad.org
42. World Systems Solutions [@Pembroke Pines, FL, USA on 2024.10.20] 
43. UBHA Chicaque Fundación [@Bogotá, Colombia on 2024.10.20]
44. The Alliance for Self-Directed Education (ASDE) [@Portland, OR, USA on 2024.10.20]
45. IYX Africa [@South Africa on 2024.10.20] 
46. Embark Center for Self-Directed Education [@Leesburg, VA, USA on 2024.10.21]
47. Children’s Global Network Pakistan [@Islamabad, Pakistan on 2024.10.22]
48. Radical Learning [@New York, USA & @Puerto Escondido, Mexico on 2024.10.24] 
49. En Skola från Scratch, Sweden [@Stockholm, Sweden on 2024.10.24]
50. Tankesmedjan Tillit, Sweden [@Stockholm, Sweden on 2024.10.24]
51. YouthxYouth [@Lagos, Nigeria on 2024.10.25] 
52. Limitless [@Colchester, Essex, UK on 2024.10.30]
53. Astrolabe Academy & Cultivating Currents [@Elkton, TN, USA on 2024.10.31]
54. CollectiveUP, active member of the European Democratic Education Community - EUDEC, Agile Learning Centers Network, The Alliance for Self-Directed Education. Leader of the EU-funded Agile4Collaboration project. Organizer of EUDEC2025 and IDEC2025 conference in Belgium {@Ghent, Belgium on 2024.11.07]

Individuals

1. Sifaan Zavahir, Co-Founder of Kinder Republic, Sri Lanka [@Trieste, Free Territory of Trieste on 2024.07.24]
2. Klavdija Hočevar Kastelic, Republic of Slovenia [@Trieste, Free Territory of Trieste on 2024.07.24]
3. Alenka Nemanič, Republic of Slovenia [@Trieste, Free Territory of Trieste on 2024.07.24]
4. Je'anna Clements [@Johannesburg, South Africa on 2024.07.24]
5. Richard Fransham [@Ottawa, Canada on 2024.07.24]
6. Max Sauber [@Mengerskirchen, Germany on 2024.07.26]
7. Martina Thaler [@Mengerskirchen, Germany on 2024.07.26]
8. Färber Alexandra [@Mengerskirchen, Germany on 2024.07.26]
9. Daniel Karrasch [@Munich, Germany on 2024.07.27]
10. Julia Karrasch [@Munich, Germany on 2024.07.27]
11. Bertrand Stern [@Siegburg, Germany on 2024.09.07]
12. Fabienne Vailes [@Bristol, UK on 2024.09.13]
13. Zanele Makoti [@Soweto, South Africa on 2024.09.19]
14. Jo Symes [@Ipswich, UK on 2024.09.19]
15. Artemis Bear [@Bristol, UK on 2024.09.20]
16. May Ling Thomas [@London, UK on 2024.09.20]
17. Joanna Sweetland [@Bristol, UK on 2024.09.20]
18. Sheryl Morris [@Minneapolis, USA on 2024.09.20]
19. Derry Hannam, retired teacher / deputy head teacher / British schools inspector and author of Another Way is Possible - Becoming a Democratic Teacher in a State School [@Seaford, UK on 2024.09.21]
20. Liz Campbell, Ph. D., Adjunct Professor of Education, Cape Breton University [@Saugeen Shores, Canada on 2024.09.22]
21. Monjur Chowdhury, Ph.D., Founder of PEACE and Aliv Education [@Waskaganish, Canada on 2024.09.22]
22. Charlie Moreno-Romero, Ph. D., Founder of publicly funded Suvemäe Democratic School [@Tallinn, Estonia on 2024.09.22]
23. Michael Wilson, Ph. D., Former Professor, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Education & Co-Founder of the Canadian Network for Imagination and Creativity (CNIC) [@Ottawa, Canada on 2024.09.23]
24. Dr. Peter Gray, Research Professor at Boston College and author of Free to Learn and the Subsack series Play Makes Us Human [@Millis, MA, USA on 2024.09.26]
25. Romain Thill, President A.L.L.I. asbl [@Kopstal, Luxembourg on 2024.09.24]
26. Catherine Zago, Committee Member A.L.L.I. asbl [@Kopstal, Luxembourg on 2024.09.24]
27. Mim Mousty, Committee Member A.L.L.I. asbl [@Kopstal, Luxembourg on 2024.09.24]
28. Lynn Urbing, Committee Member A.L.L.I. asbl [@Kopstal, Luxembourg on 2024.09.24]
29. Anne-Laure Zilliox, Committee Member A.L.L.I. asbl [@Kopstal, Luxembourg on 2024.09.24]
30. Johny Diederich, Committee Member A.L.L.I. asbl [@Kopstal, Luxembourg on 2024.09.24]
31. Ken Hawthorn, Founder, Austin School for the Driven [@Austin, TX, USA on 2024.09.25]
32. David Caballero, co-founder of Evolving Education [@Puerto Escondido, Mexico on 2024.09.26]
33. Marianne Osorio, co-founder of Wondering School and co-producer of the documentary film School Circles [on 2024.10.01]
34. Charlie Shead, co-founders of Wondering School and co-producer of the documentary film School Circles [on 2024.10.01]
35. Karanbir Singh, Principal Consultant at Learning Median, Head of Research at Circles In Structure, and Director at Evolving In Education [@Pune, India on 2024.10.01]
36. Amber Smith, Founder and Executive Director of Evolving In Education [@Muscle Shoals, AL, USA on 2024.10.01]
37. Hoda Al-Faqih, Owner at Illuminated Planet and COO at Evolving In Education [@Walnut Creek, CA, USA on 2024.10.01]
38. Miranda Vicente, Member of the Homeopathic Action Team, and Director at Evolving In Education [@Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA on 2024.10.01]
39. Dileepa Manawadu, Co-Founder of Kinder Republic [@Colombo, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.02]
40. Jackie Scully, M.Ed., co-founder of The Teacher Circle and author of The Guided Teacher [on 2024.10.02]
41. Peter Berg , Ed.D., Head of Operation for the Alternative Education Resource Organization - AERO, Adjunct Professor at Southern NH University and Antioch University and author of The Tao of Teenagers: A Guide to Teen Health, Happiness & Empowerment [@Hooksett, NH, USA on 2024.10.03]
42. Jerry Mintz, founder of the Alternative Education Resource Organization - AERO and editor of Turning Points: 35 Visionaries in Education Tell Their Own Stories and author of School's Over among other books [@Long Island, NY, USA on 2024.10.03]
43. Adam F.C. Fletcher, founding director of the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement [@Estacada, OR, USA on 2024.10.05]
44. Stephanie Sewell, Alternative Education Consultant and Mentor [@Chelsea, Quebec, Canada on 2024.10.05]
45. Ryan Kelly, public school teacher and initiator of a Reverse Mentoring Program [@Albany, NY, USA on 2024.10.07]
46. Ken Danford, founder of North Star, co-founder of Liberated Learners and author of Learning is Natural, School is Optional [@Sunderland, MA, USA on 2024.10.07]
47. Amy Bowker, owner of AmyEBowker.com and Founder of Resilient Rebels [@Ottawa, ON, Canada on 2024.10.07]
48. Valentina Raman, Co-Founder of YouthxYouth, and Co-Founder of The Weaving Lab [@Washington D.C, USA on 2024.10.07]
49. Dharshini Seneviratne, Child and Youth Rights promoter [@Colombo, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.08]
50. Prof. Arjuna Parakrama, [@Colombo, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.08]
51. Dr. Tush Wickramanayaka, Founder/Chairperson Stop Child Cruelty Trust [@Colombo, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.08]
52. Zineb Mouhyi, Co-Founder of YouthxYouth, and Co-Founder of The Weaving Lab [@Casablanca, Morocco on 2024.10.08]
53. Jessica Jenkins, Executive Director and Facilitator, Wild Heart [@South Africa on 2024.10.08]
54. Patrick Farenga, director of JohnHoltGWS.com and author of Teach your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling among other books [@Medford, MA, USA on 2024.10.09]
55. Natasha Gossett [@London, UK on 2024.10.10]
56. Julie Tirakian, Orientation Team Member World Systems Solutions [@Algonac, MI, USA on 2024.10.10]
57. Wendy Hendrickse, Parent and advocate for Child Rights [@Silverglades, Cape Town, South Africa on 2024.10.11]
58. Mike Weimann, Founding Member of K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä., Board Member of Netzwerk Spiel/Kultur Prenzlauer Berg [@Berlin, Germany on 2024.10.13]
59. Darcy Brown, a youth environmentalist passionate about nanotechnology, material science, biology and sustainability [@North Maleny, QLD, Australia on 2024.10.13]
60. Melani Gunathilaka, Co-Founder of Climate Action Now Sri Lanka (#CanSriLanka) [@Colombo, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.14]
61. Sonali Gamampila, Educator and Counsellor, [@Colombo, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.14]
62. Heather MacTaggart, co-author of Overschooled but Undereducated, founder of the UnschoolingSchool.com movement, and founder of ChangeItUp.ca Human Centred Professional Development [@Toronto, ON, Canada on 2024.10.14]
63. Eugene Matusov, Professor of Education, University of Delaware [@Delaware, USA on 2024.10.15]
64. Jen Nuin Smith [@Horsham, West Sussex, UK on 2024.10.15]
65. Marcus Schmidt, Managing Director, Netzwerk Spiel/Kultur Prenzlauer Berg [@Berlin, Germany on 2024.10.15]
66. Thalia Prigge, co-founder of Riverstone Village and creator of MovePlayLove, championing the value of Play [@Johannesburg, South Africa on 2024.10.16]
67. Bianca Reininghaus, Teacher, Blogger, Activist [@Germany on 2024.10.17]
68. Linda Devine, the Founder and Head of Wilderness Learning Cooperative (a centre for Natural Learning) [on 2024.10.17]
69. Dr. Carlo Ricci, Professor at Nipissing University, Schulich School of Education, Graduate Studies and founder and editor of The Journal of Unchooling and Alternative Learning (JUAL) [@Toronto, ON, Canada on 2024.10.17]
70. Roger Dennis, It Is Time founder and transforming public schools specialist [@Ithaca, NY, USA on 2024.10.17]
71. Gabriel Groiss, Educator, Pedagogical Director of the "Naturkindergarten Berlin Mitte", Co-founder and Pedagogical Director of the former Democratic School in Nature "PlayaEscuela El Médano", Council Member and Chair of the European Democratic Education Community "EUDEC" [@Berlin, Germany on 2024.10.17]
72. Alexander Khost, Youth Rights Advocate [@New York, NY, USA on 2024.10.18]
73. Cecile Krogscheepers [@Cape Town, South Africa on 2024.10.18]
74. Lumondt Kritzinger, founder of The Wonders of this Place - CLIMATE EDUCATION [@Dublin, Ireland on 2024.10.18]
75. Nicola Gunning, Director, The Green House Education Project [@Bitton, United Kingdom on 2024.10.18]
76. Sara Nicholson, B.Sc, B.Ed, Founder Learning by the Seasons [@Nelson, BC, Canada on 2024.10.18]
77. Greg Keller, parent, Re-Founder of Clearview Sudbury School and children's rights advocate [@Austin, TX, USA on 2024.10.19]
78. Shawna Pitts, parent, Clearview Sudbury School Staff and self-directed education enthusiast [@Austin, TX, USA on 2024.10.19]
79. Wilma Wiid Rohrbeck, Parent and Advocate for Children’s Rights [@Cape Town, South Africa on 2024.10.19]
80. Henning Graner, Co-founder of a Democratic School in Berlin, Germany [@Berlin, Germany on 2024.10.19]
81. Sylvie Crawford, Parent, Self-Directed Education advocate and Children’s Rights advocate [@Holland, MI, USA on 2024.10.19]
82. Daniel N Subramaniam, Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Jaffna [@Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.20]
83. Martina Bocchi, Co Director of the Eco Escuela Tikapata [@Urubmaba, Cusco, Perù on 2024.10.20]
84. Yoliet Lombida Prieto, fundadora y directora de la Escuela Democrática Lombida Montessori [@Curacaví, Chile on 2024.10.20]
85. Paola Andrea Boccia, Office Coordinator and individual member of the European Democratic Education Community "EUDEC", Co-founder and Manager of the former Democratic School in Nature "PlayaEscuela El Médano" [@Berlin, Germany on 2024.10.20]
86. Kevin Balboa Alarcón, Accompanist, researcher and disseminator of non-conventional educational proposals [@Huamachuco, Perú on 2024.10.20]
87. Ing. Juraj Mazák, Ing. Paed. IGIP [@Košice, Slovakia on 2024.10.20]
88. Peter Hartkamp, co-founder of De Kampanje and Sudbury School Amersfoort and author of the book "Beyond Coercive Education" [@Amersfoort, the Netherlands on 2024.10.20]
89. Catina Franklin Sweedy, Program Advisor, Embark Center for Self-Directed Education [@Leesburg, VI, USA on 2024.10.20]
90. Alison Snieckus, facilitator at Raritan Learning Cooperative [@Lambertville, NJ, USA on 2024.10.20]
91. John Jones, CEO of World Systems Solutions Inc [@Pembroke Pines, FL, USA on 2024.10.20]
92. Andrea Cubelo-McKay, facilitator at the Embark Center for Self-Directed Education [@Leesburg, VA, USA on 2024.10.20]  
93. Michael August, educational facilitator, researcher and advocate, librarian and artist [@Boone, NC, USA on 2024.10.20]
94. Dr. Ashwini de Abrew, Parent, Doctor, Educator (Lecturer in Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo) [@Colombo, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.20]
95. Bria Bloom, Youth Liberation Advocate and  Director for the Alliance for Self-Directed Education [@Portland, OR, USA on 2024.10.20]
96. Hayati Rassool, Activist for Minority Language Rights [@Colombo, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.20]
97. Fr. Jeevantha Peiris, Social Activist [@Ratnapura, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.20]
98. Visakha Tillekeratne, Development Professional [@Colombo, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.20]
99. Dr. Sunil Wijesiriwardhena [@Colombo, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.20]
100. Dr. Bodhini Samarathunga, Medical professional / Public Health Researcher [@Colombo, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.20]
101. Renuka Ramroop, doctorate in education, research associate University of Limpopo [@Limpopo, South Africa on 2024.10.20]
102. Dr. Andreas Hinz, retired Professor for Inclusive Education [@Süderbarup, Germany on 2024.10.20] 
103. Kateryna Botvinnik, [@Vinnutsia, Ukraine on 2024.10.21] 
104. Velusamy Weerasingham [@Colombo, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.22]
105. Mehnaz Akber Aziz, Former Member National Assembly of Pakistan and Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice, Founding Director - Children’s Global Network [@Islamabad, Pakistan on 2024.10.22]
106. Sari González, Co-Founder of Radical Learning, USA & Director of Explora Agile Learning Community, México [@New York, USA on 2024.10.24]
107. Rebecka Koritz, Co-Founder of Radical Learning, USA, Founder of Explora Agile Learning Community, México, Founder of En Skola från Scratch, Sweden, Co-Founder of Tankesmedjan Tillit, Sweden [@Puerto Escondido, Mexico on 2024.10.24]
108. Sobanoo Zain, Teacher, Coach and Trainer [@Nugegoda, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.27]
109. Erioluwa Adeyinka, Executive Director, YouthxYouth [@Lagos, Nigeria on 2024.10.28]
110. Poongothai Venuganan, Parent, Economist [@Colombo, Sri Lanka on 2024.10.28]
111. Mark Goyder, Founder, Tomorrow’s Company [@Suffolk, UK on 2024.10.28]
112. T. M. Premawardana, Retired Zonal Director of Education and Education Reform advocate [@Sri Lanka on 2024.10.28]
113. Alex O'Neill, Limitless [@Colchester, Essex, UK on 2024.10.30]
114. Terry Travers, Founder/Director Astrolabe Academy & Cultivating Currents [@Elkton, TN, USA on 2024.10.31]
115. Natasha McIntosh-Berry [@London, United Kingdom on 2024.11.07]
116. Liliana Carrillo, TEDx speaker advocating for a more liquid democracy, founder of CollectiveUP working on self-directed community-based learning as a way to transform lives and impact society at large.  Focus on a (digital) human rights approach to impact our democracy from within the educational system. [@Ghent, Belgium on 2024.11.07]