Showing posts with label Events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Events. Show all posts

Monday, January 24, 2011

"Education and Activism: Teacher's Night at Barbara's Bookstore" February 17th

Barbara's Bookstore proudly presents "Education and Activism: Teacher's Night at Barbara's Bookstore" featuring the nation's most forward thinking Educators: WILLIAM AYERS, RICK AYERS, KEVIN KUMASHIRO, ERICA MEINERS, THERESE QUINN and DAVID STOVALL on Thursday, February 17th at 7:00pm.

Works to be discussed include: Rick Ayers' TEACHING THE TABOO: Courage and Imagination in the Classroom (Teachers College Press, $21.95), William Ayers' TO TEACH: The Journey, in Comics (Teachers College Press, $15.95) and TEACHING TOWARD DEMOCRACY: Educators as Agents of Change (Paradigm Publishers, $22.95) by William Ayers, Kevin Kumashiro, Erica Meiners, Therese Quinn and David Stovall. 

A book signing will immediately follow the readings and discussion.  This event is FREE and open to the public.  As always, teachers/educators receive 20% off all purchases at Barbara's Bookstore.

Barbara's Bookstore in University Village is located at 1218 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, 60607

For more information, please call 312-413-2665.

Public transportation is encouraged: CTA blue line to Halsted, #8 bus to Roosevelt; Green/Orange/Red line to Roosevelt, #12 bus to Halsted.  Limited street parking is available on Halsted (meters); $2 parking lot on historic Maxwell Street.

For media inquiries, please contact M. G. Maloney directly at 708-927-1294.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference, Chicago, July 2011

17th Annual Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed (PTO) Conference

When: Wednesday, July 20th through Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

Where: Francis W. Parker School, Chicago, Illinois, USA

(More information about pre-conference and post-conference workshops TBA. All pre-conference and post-conference events will be held at other Chicago locations.)

Theme: "We Are Each Other's Harvest"

PROPOSAL DEADLINE: January 5th, 2011

For information, go to: http://ptoweb.org/cfp.html

Again, the deadline for proposals is January 5, 2011. Questions? Contact Jasmin Cardenas jasmin.cardenas01@gmail.com or Kelly Howe at kellybhowe@yahoo.com.