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Free Minds, Free People
Houston, TX
June 25 to 28, 2009
Registration for the Free Minds, Free People conference is now open! 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 liberatory education. It will take place in Houston, TX from June 25 to 28, 2009. Click here (www.freemindsfreepeople.org/fmfp/registration) for more information about conference fees, vendor and exhibition tables, the conference location, transportation and for a link to our online registration page.
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. The conference will feature more than 70 activities on a variety of topics including educating new teachers, youth participatory action research, Arne Duncan, science and social justice education, youth organizing, a bike tour of Houston, quilt-making, hip hop as a tool for liberation and much more.
The lead organizations for Free Minds, Free People are The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, the Chicago Freedom School, the Education for Liberation Network and the SHAPE Center.
Who I'd like to meet: All people committed to sharing knowledge, experiences and strategies that support the use of education as a tool for liberation.
For more information on the conference including registration, fees, and updates: www.freemindsfreepeople.com
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