“Do you want to learn how to use one of those BMX bikes?” A facilitator asks a young person, as she watches with curiosity. ”No, but I want to learn to skateboard.” She answers as she runs up and down…
My apologies for my brevity on this update; I am writing this a week and a half late, as I have fallen behind on posting. From what I remember, on this day, we simply went to Prospect Park, played Friday…
Sometimes I have internal conflict over my desires and needs and those of the young people I spend my time with. I so desperately want the young people I work with to rise up and overthrow… everything. And most of…
We were joined by someone new today, who wasn’t quite sure what we were about, what to expect, or what he wanted to do for the day, but he said he was up for anything. The group listened intently to…
Today we spent most of the day working on our houses in Prospect Park. It’s fascinating to me how simple the group’s needs and desires are– they simply want a place of their own to care for and develop and…
The morning started out being quite difficult. We couldn’t agree on what to do today. Ultimately, we all agreed that someone needed to make an executive decision for what to do each week. And so, we came up with a…
On Friday, I talked about needing to find the rhythm backbone of our community before we’re able to run wild. In contrast, this Tuesday Flying Squad group has predominantly survived a year together as community. We survived being outdoors in…
I wrote to a new parent tonight: “We had a bit of a weird day, really. But it was good. Flying Squad is a lot about people learning how to be with one another (a skill I so wish the…
Our day… We went to Fort Greene Park and played Friday the 13th and tag and other games. Charlie explained how to play Friday the 13th in this video: Oh, and by request, here’s a photo of Solomon eating…
We started our week off with a challenge from Brooklyn Flying Squad: a scavenger hunt at Target! We set off to find out who could collect the most items off the list that Brooklyn TFS had created, in a Target,…