TEACHERS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE CURRICULUM FAIR WORKSHOPS

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SESSION 1-12:00 - 1:15 PM

1. "ODE: Operation Defend Education" -- Poetry Writing Workshops for the Education Struggle(Adam Gottlieb, Diana Zwinak, ODE: Operation Defend Education/Chicago Revolutionary Poets Brigade).

2. Restorative Justice in Schools: Abolishing the Schools to Prison Pipeline. (Jason Ware).

3. Deschooling Ourselves and Liberating Education. (Uplift Community High School Students and Teachers).

4. Education Not Militarization: If Our City/Country Truly Cares About Youth and Stopping Violence, Fund Education. (Arny Stieber, Veterans For Peace - Chicago Chapter).

5. WE ARE STILL HERE: Building a People of Color-Led Ethnic Studies Movement in Chicago (Ethnic Studies Educators of Color - Chicago)

NOTE: This workshop is designed to be a healing and building space for people of Color.

6. Creating a Sustainable Community School District: From the Dyett Hunger Strike to the CTU Contract Victory (Johnaé Strong, Grassroots Education Movement, Chicago; Monique Redeaux, TSJ/CTU; Jitu Brown, Dyett Hunger Striker/Journey for Justice Alliance)

7. Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education. (Sarah E. Dennis, Ph.D., Loyola University).

SESSION-2:00-3:15

8. '63 CPS Boycott: The Legacy of Racial Inequalities in Chicago Public Schools (Rachel Dickson, Kartemquin Films).

9. In Search of Justice in the Social (Aja Reynolds, Lamar Sanders, Evan M. Taylor, Jessica Suarez, Concerned Students of Color [UIC])

10.  The Struggle for Social Justice Adult High Schools in Chicago: Politics and Possibilities(Byron Sigcho, Rita Sacay, Megan Wells, Janise Hurtig, UIC Center for Literacy, Community Writing Project, Centro Autónomo Popular Education Adult High School, Dorothy Stang Adult High School)

11. "Coins, Cops, & Communities." A toolkit for youth workers & educators (Melisa Stephen, Alexandra Marie, Nicole Trinidad, Debbie Southorn, American Friends Service Committee, Chicago)

12. Understanding and Transforming Whiteness(Naomi Milstein, Chicago Freedom School).

13. The Attacks on Special Education: Know Your Rights and Fight! (Sarah Chambers, Natasha Carlsen, Tammie Vinson, Katie Osgood, Chicago Teachers Union).

14. Build Your Dream School! (Georgette Boateng & Hira Siddiqui, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago [KINETIC youth program])

15. The Fight to Keep Uptown Affordable and Diverse: A Walking History Tour of Uptown. (Paul Siegel, Northside Action for Justice).

Dialogue: Teaching after the Trump Election