Session VII (Saturday, March 3 @ 3:00 – 4:30)
Scared of the Sacred: Views of Land and People Determine Our Heritage
Defining land as either “wilderness” to be conquered or “commodity” to be bought and sold has caused the development of a worldview that separates humans from the earth and from each other. This session will examine the origins of these views as related to the United States experience, and will juxtapose them with Indigenous views of Earth, society and coexistence.
Presenter: Marlon Sherman
Rhythm, Resistance, and Education
This workshop will examine the role of music as a catalyst and expansion of resistance in a variety of shared social contexts. Music crisscrosses cultural, political, social, emotional and spiritual realms and has been used for centuries as a form of rebellion and sustained resistance against oppression. Rhythm transcends language and barriers and allows marginalized communities to gain a voice and empower themselves. There will be a regional focus on genres and musicians of the English and Spanish speaking Caribbean, Southern and Northwestern Africa, and Latin America. Through a critical analysis of songs, musical forms, film clips and poems, we will reflect on the historical and socio-political significance of music and its continued potential for social change, community activism and education.
Presenter: Ryan Mann-Hamilton
Art As A Tool For Domestic Violence Prevention
One out of every three women in America have reported being physically and/ or sexually abused by an intimate partner. Creating a violence free community is essential to us all. Come learn how art can be used to open up dialogue about domestic violence and create a platform for change.
Presenter: Blanca Bautista
What Does Intelligence Have to do With It?: Applying Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences in the College Classroom
In this workshop, you will learn about the MI theory, examine your own combination of MI and how your MI influence your teaching, and explore ways to incorporate MI into content delivery, student engagement, and assessment.
Presenter: Deborah Nolan
Elections for Radicals
Many people seem to believe either that voting is irrelevant as a tactic for pursuing genuine democratic social change, or that casting and counting ballots is the sum total of democracy. Although current US elections are profoundly undemocratic, if we want to ensure that people can meaningfully participate in making the decisions that affect their lives, we must elections. This workshop will explore ways for social change agents to engage in electoral politics while maintaining personal integrity.
Presenters: David Cobb, Adrienne Maree Brown
Reading For Reform (R.4.R.): A Literacy Project For Incarcerated Youth
Reading For Reform (R.4.R.) is an innovative literacy program designed to encourage the active reading and creative response to literature by delinquent youth on a pathway to reform. The purpose of a literacy project of this kind is to engage high-risk youth in social, cultural, and moral discoveries relating to both society and the self through literature, reflection, and group discussion. The goal of Reading For Reform includes: to encourage literacy and a life-long love of reading amongst juvenile youth; to explore various social, cultural, and ethical issues through literature and its study; to celebrate student responses to literature through creative assignments and engaging writing tasks to address character reform of the juvenile reader. Reading For Reform incorporates a holistic process of literacy promotion which includes literary analysis and critical reflection. R.4.R.'s slogan tells its own story, "The More We Read, The More We Live." This session is designed to actively share the successes enjoyed through a pilot program at the Butte County Juvenile Hall in advancing literacy and captivating adolescent audiences, various philosophies and effective strategies relating to motivation and high-risk youth, and radical approaches to alternative education and its practice of progressive pedagogy.
Presenter: M. Max Del Real
History and Geography: A Dynamic Duo for Teaching Social Sciences at all Grade Levels
Traditionally, the California History-Social Science Content Framework and Standards have favored History over Geography: timelines yea, space and place nay. Fortunately the Framework and Standards have changed and this session will focus on the powerful educational duo that History and Geography represent. Several hands-on lessons will be offered including up-to-date resources. The bottom line is that you can not teach History without Geography and vice versa. People and events happen not only in time, but also at a particular place
Presenters: Dennis Fitzsimons, Joseph Leeper
Educational Philosophy and Parents: Parents Partnering with Schools to develop the habits of responsibility and respect in students of the "roller coaster" years of middle school
Democratic parenting which provides clear boundaries while allowing for the experimentation that is naturally a part of their psychological growth provides the safety for teens to make mistakes and learn from them. Presented by Linda Inlay, director, of The River School, an award winning charter middle school, this program was developed in 1972 in Hawaii and has transformed many families in its thirty-four years of refinement at the two model schools, River School in Napa and Ho`ala School in Hawaii.
Presenter: Linda Inlay
Roundtable Event: Integrating LGBTQ Issues into Teacher Training Programs
In honor of the work of the late great Eric Rofes, come join the California Safe Schools Coalition, a statewide network of educators and safe schools advocates who are working to end school-based harassment and discrimination related to sexual orientation and gender identity. Learn about LGBT-inclusive curriculum that has been successful in teacher training programs across California. Network, share resources and advance Eric Rofes' vision to ensure that new teachers are culturally competent on LGBT issues as they enter the K-12 teaching profession.
Presenter: Meghan Elliott
Healthy and Wildly Happy at Any Size: Overcome the "Only-Thin-Is-In" Conspiracy to Let Joy Fill Your Body, Mind and Spirit
Laura Rose is the author of “Life Isn't Weighed on the Bathroom Scales.” She will lead you to examine the shackles that our society places on ample-sized women, and to recognize the societal forces who profit hugely in money and power through the use of lies and half-truths that convince countless women and girls to spend their precious life-energy on trying again and again to become thin, rather than on fulfilling their dreams and making their world a richer place to enjoy. Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of “Love, Medicine, and Miracles,” calls Laura's work: “A book full of wisdom and guidance. . .that teaches us how to be empowered to live our unique lives. . . After reading it there will be no limits on your life that someone else put there.” Workshop attendees will receive a free copy of Laura's book. Come to learn about your lifetime journey with your own beautiful body, or to help a friend who struggles with body-size issues.
Presenter: Laura Rose
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