(NAME-MCE) Call for Proposals for National Social Justice Education Conference

[Tara Mack]

Free Minds, Free People
A National Conference on Education for Liberation
June 25 to 28, 2009
Houston, Texas
www.freemindsfreepeople.org <http://www.freemindsfreepeople.org/> 
 
Call for Proposals
 
Submission deadline: January 15, 2009
 
Free Minds, Free People is a national conference that brings together
teachers, high school and college students, researchers, parents and
community-based activists/educators from across the country to build a
movement to develop and promote Education for Liberation. Education for
Liberation prepares the most excluded, under-served members of our
society, in particular low-income youth and youth of color, to fight for
a more just world by:  
*  Teaching students the causes of inequalities and injustices in
society and how communities have fought against them.
*  Helping them develop both the belief in themselves that they can
challenge those injustices and the skills necessary to do that.
*  Supporting them in taking action that leads to disenfranchised
communities having more power. 
 
The goal of Free Minds, Free People is to provide a forum for sharing
knowledge, experiences and strategies that support the use of education
as a tool for liberation by: 
*  Connecting local community efforts to national education for
liberation activities.
*  Expanding our network of education liberators by building
relationships that cross barriers of geography, race, age, class,
gender, sexual orientation, profession and other identities.
*  Showcasing a broad spectrum of strategies, including arts, popular
education, organizing, dialogue and scholarship, and their related
impacts. 
*  Acting as a catalyst for the continued development of a social
movement around education for liberation. 
 
We invite K-12 teachers, community-based educators, high school and
college students, activists/organizers, artists, parents and academic
researchers to submit proposals for workshops, panels, poster sessions
and other activities.
 
Please see attached proposal guidelines. Or visit
http://www.freemindsfreepeople.org/fmfp/call-for-proposals-1 to download
a copy.
 
If you have any questions please contact: 
Tara Mack (tara at edliberation.org)
Education for Liberation Network, Brooklyn, NY
 
Alex Poeter (alexpoeter at gmail.com)
Chicago Freedom School, Chicago IL
 
Robin Owens (robinowens at sbcglobal.net)
Local Planning Committee, Houston, TX


 
 
Tara Mack, Director
Education for Liberation Network
http://www.edliberation.org/