THE POPULAR EDUCATION NEWS
Connecting popular and community-based educators
and activists to resources for improving educational work in social
movements against oppression and for democracy, sustainability, social
justice, and peace.
No. 57 April 2008
A free monthly newsletter about popular education and community organizing
resources for facilitators and practitioners. You can contribute to future
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Theme: ORGANIZING TOOLS AND BILINGUAL RESOURCES
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1. Tools for Radical Democracy: How to Organize For
Power in Your Community, by Joan Minieri and Paul Getsos, Jossey Bass,
2007, 438 pages. (Joan Minieri and Paul Getsos are cofounders of Community Voices
Heard, a leading social justice organization in New York City and the United
States. They are experienced organizers, trainers, university lecturers, and
recipients of the Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World Award.)
Information from the publisher's blurb on the book:
Tools for Radical Democracy is an essential resource
for
grassroots organizers and leaders, students of activism and advocacy,
and anyone trying to increase the civic participation of ordinary
people. Authors Joan Minieri and Paul Getsos share stories and tools
from their nationally recognized and award-winning work of building a
community-led organization, training community leaders, and conducting
campaigns that changed public policy and delivered concrete results to
tens of thousands of people. This how-to manual includes:
· In-depth analysis of how to
launch and win a campaign
· Tools and guidelines
for training people to lead their
own campaigns and organizations
· Insights for using
technology effectively, building
more powerful alliances, and engaging in the social justice
movement
"This book provides the nuts and bolts for how people and
communities that start on the margins can move to
center stage. Tools for Radical Democracy shines the spotlight on what
works and will help spark the next
generation of social change movements. To be sure, our country is in
dire need of such techniques."
—ANDY STERN, president. Service
Employees
International Union, CTW, CLC
"This manual is an organizer's organizer. I hope many people will put
this to use."
—HEATHER BOOTH, founder and
president, Midwest
Academy
"This book is 'the secret' for building collective power for long-term
social change."
—NAT CHIOKE WILLIAMS, executive
director, Hill
Snowdon Foundation
"Minieri and Getsos provide real-world examples of how ordinary people
can become leaders who effect
positive change. This book will be required reading for our staff and
recommended reading for all our members.
—JANET S. KEATING, codirector.
Ohio Valley
Environmental Coalition
"Students, scholars, and social activists alike will find something to
their tastes in
this how-to guide for rebuilding democracy from the ground up."
—JOAQUIN HERRANZ JR., assistant
professor, Daniel
J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington
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2. BILINGUAL RESOURCES FROM THE HIGHLANDER BOOKSTORE
Across Races and Nations: Building New Communities In The U.S. South/ A traves
de Razas y Naciones: Construyendo Communidades en el Nuevo Sur de EEUU
This manual comprised of back to back versions in English and Spanish
(180+ pages in each language) was created by Center for Research on
Women, University of Memphis; Highlander Research and Education Center;
and Southern Regional council. It includes articles and stories
on
organizing and some workshop materials.
Uncovering Who We Are: Political Education for Latina Women
Curriculum Manual/Descrubriendo quienes somos: Manual de educacion
politica para muyere latinas
The CD contains pdf files for the 187 page manual in both English and
Spanish. (Cost is only $5)
These and other popular education and organizing
resource materials can be ordered at Highlander's online bookstore
highlander
bookstore
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3. ONLINE, DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES (A New Regular Feature
of this Newsletter)
(Please send information about other links. -- the editor)
- Collectivo Flatlander resources http://www.colectivoflatlander.org/Site/Resources.html
- Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action (PILA)
tools: From Personal to Political - Timeline Exercises,
- Building
Relationships, and New Citizens Vote! Curriculum at http://www.pilaweb.org/content/view/25/58/
- Southerners On New Ground (SONG) LGBT&Q resources: http://www.southernersonnewground.org/?cat=11
- The School for Unity and Liberation (SOUL) training
manuals and a variety of specific training
- activities
at http://www.youthec.org/soul/soul_sec/resources/re-free_training.html.
- The Change Agency in Australia one of the best sources
for popular education materials and links to
- good
stuff: http://www.thechangeagency.org
- Books by Michael Newman - free access: (http://www.michaelnewman.info/)
- Just Associates: “ short publications from our work that
deal with popular education in different ways.” :
- Forging
A
Global Movement: New Education Strategies for the United States and the
World,
- Making
Change Happen: Power, and Making Change Happen: Citizen Engagement
and Global Economic Power
- http://www.justassociates.org
- Training for Change - "Tools": http://trainingforchange.org/content/section/4/39/
- Great materials on health related subjects with a popular
education point of view from Luis Kong
- in
Santa Rosa CA:: http://www.hesperian.org/”
- Wonderful photos that can be used for popular education “codes”
to help people share experience and find their voice
- in
educational
activities. from Dorothy Wigmore in Winnipeg : www.earldotter.com
- HIV/AIDS stigma popular education manual http://www.changeproject.org/technical/hivaids/stigma.html
- The Ruckus Society resources http://www.ruckus.org/article.php?list=type&type=9
- Trapese Popular Education Collective resources http://www.trapese.org/
- Poped Toolkit various links http://poped.org//links/poped.html
- Partners Training for Transformation http://www.trainingfortransformation.ie/
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4. IN MINNESOTA
Last Wednesday of the month PTO Twin Cities Alliance PRACTITIONERS FORUM
FREE! (Come one and all)
Location TBA (check www.popednews.org
for info)
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5. LINKS TO POPULAR EDUCATION BLOGS chris cavanagh
www.comeuppance.blogspot.com.
(Please send others that you know.)
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6. SOCIAL FORUMS AROUND THE WORLD
For info: http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/
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7. WHERE POPULAR EDUCATORS WILL GATHER
April 8-11, 2008 “WORKER RIGHTS AS HUMAN RIGHTS: What Implications
for Organized Labor and Labor Education?” United Association for Labor
Education (UALE), Minneapolis www.uale.org
April 11-13, 2008 2008 Labor Notes Conference:
"Rebuilding Labor's Power" , Dearborn, MI http://www.labornotes.org/conference
April 11-13, 2008 Rethinking the University,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://www.makeumnpublic.org/conference.htm
April 12, 2008 ARE 2008 Conference: “The Struggle for
Social Justice In Education,” A.R.E. San Diego Lincoln High School, San
Diego California “...seeks to outreach at least 500 members
of the educational community, including, teachers, counselors, parents,
students...to collectively
address issues of social justice as they relate to the
question of the role of teachers and students in struggling, inside and
outside the classroom, against oppression and marginalization within
the educational system. “ www.sdareconference2008.eventbrite.com
April 24-27 Training of Trainers Institute (TOT):
Supporting the Economic Justice Movement by Building Capacity
A
three-day, intensive TOT Institute, to teach trainers, teachers,
activists, and leaders a set of key principles and practices - a tool
box for their work - based on popular education methods, within an
economic inequality frame. Cape Cod, MA United for a Fair Economy http://www.faireconomy.org/resources/workshops/training_of_trainers_institute
May 4-7, 2008 Community-University Partnerships: Connecting
for Change, Office of Community Based Research, University of
Victoria, Victoria BC. An exposition to celebrate existing
and
explore new community-university research partnerships. Community-
based research is an exciting movement of learning and growing for all
involved. Through these partnerships, community members and academics
build research skills and gain increased confidence, increase
democratic participation, and influence change in the lives of all
living in the region. For more information, please visit www.cuexpo08.ca.
May 16-18, 2008 Project South 21st
Anniversary Celebration, Atlanta “Come to
Atlanta to celebrate the legacy of 21 years of movement building in the
South. Come out to celebrate Project South’s founders. Come out for
rich dialogue and storytelling. Come out to celebrate intergenerational
organizing across the decades. Come out to support the work of Project
South as we move forward with renewed vision and excitement. Bring your
stories, inspiration, and dancing shoes!” For more information
contact Christi Ketchum – christi@projectsouth.org /
404.622.0602
May 22-25, 2008, The 14th Annual Pedagogy & Theatre
of the Oppressed International Conference: What is
change? What is substantial change? And how? University of
Nebraska at Omaha, http://www.ptoweb.org/conference.html
May 28-30, 2008, Grassroots & Groundwork: Sharing What
Works to Reduce Poverty and Grow Community Prosperity,
Northwest Area Foundation, Bloomington, MN www.grassrootsandgroundwork.org
June 6-8, 2008 Highlander Social Change Workshop New
Market, Tennessee For information: http://www.highlandercenter.org/n-sc-workshop2008.asp
Summer 2008 Interfaith Summer Institute for Justice, Peace and
Social Movements. Simon Fraser University. (Theme - Displacement and Migration:
Restoring Dignity and Sacred Connection with summer public forums
covering three critical areas that
intersect with organizing in social movements: Indigenous Worldviews on
Truth and Reconciliation; Human Dignity and the 2010 Olympics:
Challenging the Trafficking of Women; and Sanctuary:Zones of Peace
Against State Violence.) For
information
October 16-18, 2008, Learning Democracy by Doing:
Alternative
Practices in Citizenship Learning and Participatory Democracy,
The Transformative Learning Centre, Toronto, Canada. http://tlc.oise.utoronto.ca/
October 20-24, 2008 First International Conference on
Prison
Education, AlfaSol
(Alfabetização Solidária - Solidarity in Literacy) is a
Brazilian non-governmental organization, in partnership with UNESCO, Brussels. For
further information: Mr. Fabio Cervone, e-mail fabiorc@alfabetizacao.org.br, or
Mrs. Mariana Sabbagh, e-mail marianabs@alfabetizacao.org.br
http://www.alfabetizacao.org.br/
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8. LINKS TO POPULAR EDUCATION WEB SITES AND ONLINE BOOKSTORES
(*those with online bookstores)
*Catalyst Centre ( www.catalystcentre.ca/index.htm )
*Highlander Center (www.highlandercenter.org
)
*Growing Communities for Peace ( www.humanrightsandpeacestore.org
)
*IPEA (www.peopleseducation.org/
)
Project South (www.projectsouth.org
)
Center for Popular Education and Participatory Research ( www.cpepr.info)
Pop Ed Links Directory http://poped.org
WE LEARN: Women Expanding-Literacy Education Action Resource Network (http:// www.litwomen.org/news.html)
Centre for Popular Education Archives (http://www.cpe.uts.edu.au/
)
The Change Agency ( www.thechangeagency.org/index.htm)
Kotare Trust (www.kotare.org.nz)
Training for Change www.TrainingforChange.org
TRAPESE: Take Radical Action Through Popular Education and Sustainable
Everything http://www.trapese.org/
North American Alliance for Popular and Adult Education (NAAPAE)
Archives http://www.popednews.org/naapae_archives.htm
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9. QUOTE OF THE MONTH
A person who can speak many
languages is not necessarily more valuable than a person who can listen
in one. http://www.oneliners-and-proverbs.com/
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