Flying Squads
Where Youth Rights Take Flight
Drawings by Incarcerated Artists
Today we went to The Drawing Center to see the exhibition, The Pencil Is a Key: Drawings by Incarcerated Artists.
Flying Squads
Where Youth Rights Take Flight
Category Brooklyn Flying Squad
Gone Toilet Bowling
About a year ago, Tuesday Flying Squad decided to go bowling. We decided to go to Shell Lanes, out near Coney Island. During our first set, the ceiling a distance away broke open and a pipe started leaking. It soon…
Tattoos for Children
C is the Head Instigator of the United Pranking Association. He is also an eleven year old who attends Friday Flying Squad. I promised him that before the end of the year we would pull off the best prank ever:…
No Place for Youth
I walked out of an orthodontist’s office with my thirteen year old yesterday after our first appointment. As we sat on the subway on the way home I said something along the lines of, “I was trying to place the…
Free Chocolate, Strombolites, and Yurt Meditation
By far, this was the best Friday Flying Squad day yet (for me at least!) I’m not even sure where to start…
Hugs in the Park
It was your average Tuesday Flying Squad day… including hugs in the park, we laughed, we cried. Entertainment for the whole family.
Free Samples! Free Samples!
A vampire walked down the street today shouting “free samples,” handing out vegan cookie pieces to passersby. He happens to be a member of Friday Flying Squad.
A Free School, Unschoolers, and a Flying Squad Walk into a Park…
…surely this is the beginning of a good joke?
The Climate: Is It an Emergency for Youth?
Today we went to Fridays For Future (FFF) at City Hall, a youth-based, peaceful organization striking for the climate emergency.
October 15th
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…