About Classes Offered On This Page

All classes listed on this page are offered to the community by RMFUni, other mutual aid organizations or by individuals who have come forward to share their skills.

None of these classes are run "for profit." No individual or organization "earns a profit" from offering them. Many are completely free, some ask for a small donation to cover venue, parts or tools.

Instructor Vetting and Qualifications

Classes offered through organizations other than RMFUni or through unaffiliated individual members of the community are listed here only if

Members of our board of directors have personally met with the individual(s), or with members of the organization offering these classes and vetted their intentions and qualifications to offer those classes.
Our board of directors has deemed the class to be of value to the community in the context of our mission statement.
If certifications of some kind are being offered upon class completion, we have researched the certifying organization and verified that the instructors are properly certified through that organization to offer such certification.

There's not a lot of information here about the classes, where they're being offered, etc.

Part of the point of a Flying University is that it's NOT a centralized umbrella organization that can be destroyed just by shutting down one small group of people. A Flying University is literally a decentralized community coming together to provide education resources to community members. If RMFUni ever shuts down, the networks of skilled teachers and curious students that we’ve worked to create can persist and continue to grow.

We won’t ever be publicly posting the exact address of a class being offered (though we may link to the organization providing it on our Mutual Aid Organizations page). So make sure to let us know you’re interested and take real charge of your own community education.

Also, please let us know if there’s a class you would like to offer to the community. We will share it, promote it and connect potential students to you.

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Class Categories

Communication and Organizing

Legal Observer

Offered by: The Liberation Project
Location: TBD (Denver)
Dates: Sunday, April 20th.

Taught by a lawyer from the local community. Learn how to be a legal observer at a protest or resistence event. Get trained in what to look for, what to take note of, how to protect yourself and what to do next if you see anything, or need to support a community member after an incident.

Self Sufficiency

DIY Hydroponics

Offered by: The Liberation Project
Location: Denver (RiNo)
Dates: TBD (will be on a Saturday or Sunday)

Taught by an engineer, this intro to hydroponics class will allow you to build your own DIY hydroponics unit you can run at home and also introduce you to micro gardening, a concept where a communities come together to grow produce at home and combine their outputs into a virtual community garden.

Hydroponics Automation

Offered by: The Liberation Project
Location: Denver (RiNo)
Dates: TBD (will be on a Saturday or Sunday)

In this advanced class, we learn how to set up and program smart automation for our DIY hydroponics units. By the time we're done, you'll be able to control and monitor such things as lights, water temperature and PH from a simple web interface.

You should take DIY hydroponics first, unless you're already familiar with such technology.

Strategy Workshop: Micro Gardening at Scale

Offered by: The Liberation Project
Location: TBD (Boulder)
Dates: TBD

This is NOT a how-to class, for that take DIY Hydroponics or one of the other classes we'll be offering soon. This is a strategic discussion of the philosophy behind micro gardening at scale, and how to set up distrobution of micro gardened produce within a community. There will be facilitators to guide the conversation, but the goal is to create the core of a micro gardening network and create food and nutrition security for ourselves and our communities.

Auto Mechanics - Diag Days

Offered by: Backdoors Auto
Location: Aurora
Dates: Coming soon
This class charges a $33 fee to cover facilities, parts and ware and tear on tools

Diag Days! a.k.a. Diagnosis days are intended to help people learn about their specific vehicles issue or scheduled maintenance even if the system that were looking at doesn’t fit into the rest of the class schedule. Think about it as a first come first serve mutual aid day. We may be doing some oil changes or we may be diagnosing a drive-ability issue. We may be having a lecture on preventative maintenance and planning maintenance schedules or we may be replacing brakes. We may be planning repairs for future classes or helping build out a mobile home. We may be doing general inspections or preparing vehicles for road trips.

Note, Diag Days are intended to TEACH you how to repair your car, not have your instructor repair your car for you. Please come prepared to learn and have fun!

Technology and Security

Intro to OPSEC

Offered by: RMFUni
Location: TBD (Longmont or Boulder)
Dates: TBD

In this introductory class, you will learn about the common ways in which we are all monitored, as well as who is doing the monitoring and why and how to take basic steps to leave a lighter surveillance footprint in both the physical and digital worlds.

The instructors are two local cybersecurity experts, with combined decades of experience in the field.

Advanced OPSEC for Activists

Offered by: RMFUni
Location: TBD (Longmont or Boulder)
Dates: TBD
To get the most out of this class, bring an old laptop and we will help you learn to install and use privacy hardened Linux based operating systems.
If you wish to set up a more secure mobile device, bring a Google Pixel.

In this advanced class, we will practice practical skills and learn to set up and use privacy hardened tools and operating systems, as well as how to do advanced threat modeling and create our own incident response plans. Our goal is to help participants set up their own secure devices, including both computers and phones, although that depends on hardware availability.