(NAME-MCE) Critical Educators for Social Justice News

[Christine Clark]

Critical Educators for Social Justice (CESJ) is a Special Interest  
Group (SIG) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).   
CESJ is committed to teach, promote, and implement the principles of  
critical pedagogy in order to establish an educational movement  
grounded in the struggle for social and economic justice, human rights  
and economic democracy. The members of CESJ are committed to cultural,  
linguistic, political, and economic self-determination within our  
classrooms, schools and communities.

A major goal of CESJ is to foment a serious educational process that  
cultivates intellectual rigor, creativity, critical engagement, and  
active participation in the world. We believe that education, as a  
form of critical understanding, plays a crucial role in transforming  
society; therefore, we recognize the significance of sustaining the  
committed participation of educators whose work is founded upon these  
principles.

A significant objective of CESJ is to promote communication and  
collaboration among critical educators and researchers working in  
public schools, universities and community education programs through  
networking and the creation of multiple avenues for consistent  
communication and the establishment of alliances and goals among its  
membership.


2009 Election Results!!!

The following individuals were newly elected and/or re-elected at the  
CESJ Business Meeting on April 16, 2009 to SIG leadership positions.  
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Co- Representatives (General)

Gustavo González, 2008-2010
Patty Alvarez McHatton, 2009-2011

Program Co-Chairs

Veronica Gaylie, 2008-2010
Brian Lawler, 2009-2011

Fiscal Co-Representative

Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos, 2008-2010
Vacant, 2009-2011

Communications Co-Representatives

Chris Clark, 2008-2010
Myriam Torres, 2009-2011


Call for Journals!!!

The CESJ is looking for journals that are routinely publish articles  
on social justice themes.  If you know of any, please send the journal  
name and contact information/submission information to chriseclark at mac.com 
.


Join the CESJ Listserv!!!

AERA-CESJ at LISTSERV.UMD.EDU

The CESJ list is designed to foster communication between members of  
the CESJ SIG in our work to promote social justice within AERA and in  
the field of education in general.

This list is used to conduct SIG business, to post relevant  
information (social justice-related jobs, conferences, resources,  
etc.), to to ask questions about social justice, and so forth.

To join the CESJ Listserv:

Send an e-mail to: listserv at listserv.umd.edu

In the body of the e-mail type: subscribe aera-cesj Your First Name  
Your Last Name

This list is administered by Dr. Christine Clark, the CESJ SIG  
Communications Representative. If you have any questions about the  
list or about SIG communications, please feel free to contact  
Christine directly at chriseclark at mac.com.


Please forward this message to interested friends and colleagues.
———
Christine Clark, Ed.D.
chriseclark at mac.com
702.896.1527 Telephone
702.896.4529 Facsimile
702.985.6979 Cellular

"What are the standards that we have?  If we're concerned about  
unarmed truth--understanding this condition of truth is allowing  
suffering to speak--and unconditional love--understanding justice is  
what love looks like in public--then the question is, what suffering  
voices do we hear...and what kinds of concerns about justice are made  
manifest...?

                                                                                                                                                 —Cornell 
  West