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6. WHERE POPULAR EDUCATORS WILL GATHER
March 7-8, 2008 WE LEARN 5th Annual (Net)Working Conference on Women &
Literacy, Fordham Univ. at Lincoln Center, NYC http://www.litwomen.org/news.html
March 17-21, 2008 Popular Education for Labor Educators with
Tess Ewing and Anneta Argyres, Labor Resource Center at UMass Boston “This
one week intensive course will expose students to the theories of adult learning
and Freirean philosophy that underpin “popular education,” as well as explore
with students different popular education approaches and toolsincluding the
use of triggers, generative themes, and “forum theatre.” For information
www.cpcs.umb.edu/lrc
March 28-30, 2008 MIDWEST SOCIAL FORUM (MWSF) "Organizing Communities
across Boundaries" An Organizing Teach-in sponsored by the Midwest Social
Forum at Wonderland Camp and Conference Center (http://www.wonderlandcamp.com/), Camp
Lake, Wisconsin (more info above)
March 28-29, 2008 Education and Labor Collaborative Forum: Organizing
the Curriculum, United Federation of Teachers Headquarters, 52 Broadway,
NYC http://organizingthecurriculum.org/forumregistration.aspx
April 2-4, 2008 Community Organizing: Database and Planning, the
1st in a series of workshops of the Community Organizing and Technology
Institute (COaTI) of the Progressive Technology Program. Minneapolis, MN www.progressivetech.org
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 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
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/
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7. 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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8. QUOTE OF THE MONTH
May every day of your life be worse than the next. - Old Irish blessing
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