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Online Discussion on Teaching about the Military Starts Feb. 19
The Education for Liberation Network is launching a new online discussion series called talkin ‘bout. This series will bring together educators, activists and youth to participate in a public conversation on the network website about timely and important topics in liberatory education.
The first talkin ‘bout will take place from February 19 to 21 and will focus on teaching about the military. This discussion is linked to the upcoming publication of Camouflaged: Investigating how the U.S. military affects you and your community, a curriculum collection developed by the New York Collective of Radical Educators. This resource guide features lesson plans created by teachers about the economic, social and psychological impact of the military on our society as well as counter recruitment strategies.
Bill Bigelow, Editor of Rethinking Schools, says in his foreward to the book:
This is a collaborative effort that seeks to provide students the kind of challenging curriculum that not only develops thoughtful citizens, but saves lives. Literally.
Here is how talkin ‘bout works: A group of panelists who have an expertise in a particular area (in this case, teaching about the military) will answer questions posted by a moderator to the discussion board below (coming soon!) starting Tuesday, February 19. All visitors to the website are invited to post their own questions and comments for the panelists and for each other. Anyone can read the discussion without registering. To post, first you must register to use the site. If you have already registered, just sign in.
Panelists include:
* Pablo Paredes, a naval petty officer who was court martialed after refusing to deploy to Iraq and applying for conscientious objector status.
* Seth Rader, a NYCoRE member and facilitator of the NYCoRE Counter Recruitment Project. He is currently a high school teacher at James Baldwin High School in NYC.
* Edwin Mayorga, a NYCoRE member and facilitator of the NYCoRE Counter Recruitment Project. He is currently a doctoral student in urban education at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a former elementary school teacher in NYC public schools.
* Bill Lamme, who teaches US History at Kelly High School, Chicago's second largest school, which is heavily recruited by all branches of the service. Bill advises the student club, Students for Social Justice, and has worked with a group of counter recruitment activists to influence the Chicago Board of Education's new recruiter policy.
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