TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. A SPECIAL EFFORT CONTINUES
2.  REVIEW NEEDED OF NEW RESOURCE
3.  GRADUATE PROGRAM OF INTEREST
4.  BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIALS MENTIONED IN 2006
5.  LINKS TO POPULAR EDUCATION BLOGS
6.  NOTICE ON WORLD ASSEMBLY
7.  UPDATES ON FUTURE SOCIAL FORUMS
8.  WHERE POPULAR EDUCATORS WILL GATHER
9.  LINKS TO POPULAR EDUCATION WEB SITES AND ONLINE BOOKSTORES
10. QUOTE OF THE MONTH


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1.  THE SPECIAL EFFORT CONTINUES TO GATHER POPULAR EDUCATORS AT THE PTO CONFERENCE IN MINNEAPOLIS MAY 31 - JUNE 3, 2007
 
The special effort to encourage popular educators to gather at next years annual Pedagogy and Theater of the Oppressed Conference to be held in Minneapolis May 31 - June 3, 2007.  Come together, share what you do, learn from others, and join us in celebration. 
        Plans are for two half-day pre-conferences on Thursday, May 31, a morning introductory session on Pedagogy of the Oppressed and an afternoon session, A Popular Educator Practitioner Workshop.  (There are several pre- and post-conference Theater of the Oppressed options featuring Augusto Boal and/or Julian Boal, and others.) 
        We are also working with the planners to increase the opportunities for participant dialogue, and to help move the conference beyond the familiar "talking heads" formats, to make it more of a "gathering" than a conference.
        For information and the call for proposals see http://www.ptoweb.org/
 
2.  REVIEW NEEDED OF NEW RESOURCE
 
Before You Enlist and After You Say NO by Hannah Strange (Ruckus Society) and Daniel Hunter (Training for Change).  American Friends Service Committee Youth and Militarism Program, 2006.

This newsletter would welcome a 300 to 400 word review of this new manual.  We were sent the following info about it:  "This book uses a particular brand of popular education, which the author's are calling Direct Education.  Direct Education blends Friere with nonviolent direct action training with adventure-based learning with personal growth techniques with emergent design with plain old fun to provide challenging and empowering learning experiences." 
        For info www.TrainingforChange.org

3. GRADUATE PROGRAM OF INTEREST: CRITICAL PEDAGOGY: ADVANCING SOCIAL JUSTICE

The University of St. Thomas' doctoral program in critical pedagogy is the only program of its kind in the country. Critical pedagogy is an interdisciplinary field committed to social justice, equality and democracy. It aims to understand education through a critical examination of the unequal power dynamics in society and offers alternatives to the status quo. The program addresses educational issues in multiple contexts - individual, local and global.   For info www.stthomas.edu/education/ci
 
4. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIALS MENTIONED IN 2006
 
BRIDGE/PUENTE: Supplementary Edition: Spanish Handout Translation/Eduición Suplementaria: Versión en Español by/por Eunice Hyunhye Cho, Francisco Argüelles Paz y Puente, Miriam Ching Yoon Louie, and/y Sasha Khokha. National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, 2005, 62 pages.  www.nnirr.org   (This booklet of handouts in Spanish for the activities in the popular education manual on immigration, BRIDGE: Building a Race and Immigration Dialogue in the Global Economy, is a welcome addition for the highly respected publication.  (See Sept 2004 issue) for a review of the manual.  The supplement was also published in Korean. (See Jan issue)
 
COLOR OF WEALTH, THE: The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide by Meizhu Lui, Barbara Robles, Betsy Leondar-Wright, Rose Brewer, Rebecca Adamson, The New Press, 336 pages, 2006.  (Also order a ready-made workshop eith flipcharts and trainer's guide directly from United for a Fair Economy.  To order visit https://faireconomy.org/order/workshops_order.html  (See June-July issue)
 
DANCING ON LIVE EMBERS: Challenging Racism in Organizations by Barb Thomas, Tina Lopes, Margie Adam, Between the Lines, 2006, 416 pages (see Jan, Feb, and Mar issues)
 
DEFENDING JUSTICE: AN ACTIVIST RESOURCE KIT, edited by Palak Shah.  Political Research Association, p.264, 2005.  the kit is also published and available as downloads with additional valuable materials, for example, a series of Fact Sheets, at http://www.publiceye.org/defendingjustice/index.html. (See Mar issue)
 
ENGAGE: Exploring Nonviolent Living by Laura Slatery, Ken Butigan, Veronica Pelicaric, and Ken preston. Pace e Pene, 2005. (See Aug issue)
 
ENOUGH BLOOD SHED: 101 Solutions To Violence, Terror and War by Mary-Wynne Ashford with Guy Dauncey.  New Society Publishers, 2006, 271pp. http://www.newsociety.com/  (See Sept issue)
 
GRASS ROOTS BIOGRAPHIES: The Activist Series by Terry Barber. Grass Roots Press, 2006. (See Oct-Nov issue)
 
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES FOR TEACHING COMMUNITY ORGANIZING SKILLs edited by Donna Hardina.  The Haworth Press, 2000, 114 pages.  (Co-published simultaneously as Journal of Community Practice, Vol 7 No 1) (See Jan issue)
 
LEARNING AND SOCIAL DIFFERENCE: Challenges for Public Education and Critical Pedagogy by Carmel Borg and Peter Mayo. Paradigm Publishers, 2006, 218 pages. (See Aug issue)
 
MOBILIZE THE IMMIGRANT VOTE TOOLKIT FOR MOVEMENT-BUILDING ELECTORAL ORGANIZING developed by Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action, 2006, 300 pages. (See Aug issue)
 
NOW WE READ, WE SEE, WE SPEAK: Portrait of Literacy Development in an Adult Freirean-Based Class, by Victoria Purcell-Gates, Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc., 2000, 256 pages. (See June-July issue)
 
POLITICS THE WELLSTONE WAY: How To Elect Progressive Candidates and Win on Issues by Wellstone Action (edited by Bill Lofy).  University of Minnesota Press, 2005, 222 pages.
 
TEACHING DEFIANCE: Stories And Strategies For Activist Educators, by Michael Newman Jossey Bass, 2006.
 
THROUGH THE LENS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE: Using the Change Agent in Adult Education, edited by Andy Nash. New England Literacy Resource Center/ World Education, 200 pp., 2006  http://www.nelrc.org/  (See Sept issue)
 
UN NUEVO TEJIDO DEL PODER, LOS PUEBLOS Y LA POLÍTICA: Guía de Acción para la Incidencia y la Participación Ciudadana, the Spanish version of the action guide, A NEW WEAVE OF POWER, PEOPLE & POLITICS, called and is available through ActionAid Guatemala at: http://www.actionaidguatemala.org/espa%F1ol/Home/homepage.htm (See Feb issue)
 
WILD FIRE: Art As Activism Edited by Deborah Barndt. Sumach Press, 2006 (See Aug issue)

5.  LINKS TO POPULAR EDUCATION BLOGS

chris cavanagh www.comeuppance.blogspot.com. 
 
(Please send others that you know.)


6. NOTICE ON WORLD ASSEMBLY

Registration is open for the World Assembly of Adult Education January 17-19, 2007 - ADULTS' RIGHT TO LEARN: CONVERGENCE, SOLIDARITY AND ACTION, International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) PanAfric Hotel, Nairibi, Kenya.  http://www.icae.org.uy/   For info in No America contact bobhill@uga.edu
 


7. UPDATES ON FUTURE SOCIAL FORUMS

2007 WORLD SOCIAL FORUM (WSF)

2007 World Social Forum will take place in Nairobi January 20 - 25 (www.forosocialmundial.org.ve).

For info: http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/